[Editor: This extract, regarding the Kangaroo and Map stamps, was published in The Australian Stamp Catalogue (1964, 5th edition).] Australian Commonwealth HISTORICAL NOTE: Although the Commonwealth came into existence in 1901, and the Post Office immediately … [Read more...] about Australian Commonwealth: Kangaroo issues [1964]
book extracts
Capture of Beersheba, Oct. 31 [report by General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, 1919]
[Editor: This article, regarding the Battle of Beersheba (1917), which took place during the First World War (1914-1918), is an extract from A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the Command of General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby G.C.B., G.C.M.G., … [Read more...] about Capture of Beersheba, Oct. 31 [report by General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, 1919]
[The problem of immigration and White Australia], by Sir John Foster Fraser [1912]
[Editor: The British travel writer Sir John Foster Fraser (1868-1936), in Australia: The Making of a Nation, gives his ideas on the future of Australia. Whilst he writes of his support for the White Australia Policy, he also puts forward his idea to populate the top half of … [Read more...] about [The problem of immigration and White Australia], by Sir John Foster Fraser [1912]
Relation of a Memorial [Captain de Quiros reports on Australia Incognita, ca.1607-1614, reprinted 1770]
[Editor: This is a presentation made to King Phillip II of Spain by Captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros (a Portugese explorer working for the Spanish monarchy). It mentions “Australia del Espiritu Santo”, although Captain de Quiros was actually referring to the New Hebrides, which … [Read more...] about Relation of a Memorial [Captain de Quiros reports on Australia Incognita, ca.1607-1614, reprinted 1770]
[William Dampier’s account of his experiences of New Holland in 1688] [published 1697]
[Editor: William Dampier gives an account of his exploration on the coast of Western Australia (although Australia was then known as New Holland); being an extract from chapter XVI of A New Voyage Round the World (1697). Explanations for some abbreviations and archaic words have … [Read more...] about [William Dampier’s account of his experiences of New Holland in 1688] [published 1697]