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Monday, July 3, 1865 [news items, 3 July 1865]

28 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: These untitled news items, extracts from a general news section, were published in The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 3 July 1865. These include reports regarding commemorations of Victoria’s separation from NSW, introduced species, crime reports, manufacturing, squatters and … [Read more...] about Monday, July 3, 1865 [news items, 3 July 1865]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, crime law and punishment, dummying, extracts, introduced species, manufacturing, separation of Victoria from NSW, SourceTrove, squatters, theatre review, tragedies, volunteer military, weather, workplace accidents, year1865

A vignette of Port Phillip [by “Tom Collins” (Joseph Furphy), September 1906

6 June 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This short story by “Tom Collins” (Joseph Furphy) was published in Steele Rudd’s Magazine (Brisbane, Qld.), September 1906.] A vignette of Port Phillip. (For Steele Rudd’s Magazine.) If the heaven of the hedonist be found (as some think) in idyllic conditions … [Read more...] about A vignette of Port Phillip [by “Tom Collins” (Joseph Furphy), September 1906

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, Joseph Furphy (author) (1843-1912), short story, SourceJASAL, Tom Collins, year1906

The real Australian tongue [by P. I. O’Leary, 11 August 1938]

12 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article about the languages of the Australian Aborigines, by P. I. O’Leary, was published in The Advocate (Melbourne, Vic.), 11 August 1938.] The real Australian tongue Too true it is, alas, that the Australian Aborigines are becoming fewer and fewer. Will … [Read more...] about The real Australian tongue [by P. I. O’Leary, 11 August 1938]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Aboriginal words, Australian Aborigines, Patrick Ignatius O'Leary (author) (1888-1944), SourceTrove, year1938

The Cobra-Bal, or Bald Pated Blacks [10 July 1858]

6 November 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A “tongue in cheek” article about a newly-discovered tribe of Aborigines, who were said to have goldfields nearby. Published in Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (Sydney, NSW), 10 July 1858. See the related article, “New race of Aboriginals: Gold … [Read more...] about The Cobra-Bal, or Bald Pated Blacks [10 July 1858]

Filed Under: jokes and humour Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, gold discovery, humorous, SourceTrove, year1858

New race of Aboriginals: Gold discovery [10 July 1858]

6 November 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article published in Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer, 10 July 1858. See the related light-hearted article, “The Cobra-Bal, or Bald Pated Blacks”.] New race of Aboriginals. — Gold discovery. — Some time since a paragraph appeared in the Empire … [Read more...] about New race of Aboriginals: Gold discovery [10 July 1858]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, SourceTrove, year1858

Black Trackers [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]

17 April 2014 · 1 Comment

[Editor: This is an entry from The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia (1925).] Black Trackers, aboriginals attached to the police force in several Australian States, who are employed chiefly in tracking criminals and lost persons in outlying districts. The earliest known … [Read more...] about Black Trackers [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, Australian Encyclopaedia, SourceIACLibrary, year1925

New Colony [October 1787]

21 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article about Australia, printed prior to the establishment of the colony at Sydney, New South Wales. Published in The New London Magazine, October 1787.] New Colony. A description of New Holland, particularly the Eastern Coast, called South-Wales, in which … [Read more...] about New Colony [October 1787]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australia description, Australian Aborigines, SourceGoogleBooks, year1787

Settlement of Tasmania: Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks [chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

23 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton. Published in The Sunday Mail, 24 March 1935.] The story of Australia — XXXIX Settlement of Tasmania Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks Colonel David Collins, the first Governor of Tasmania, … [Read more...] about Settlement of Tasmania: Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks [chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, bushrangers, convicts, George Arthur, Martin Hambleton, SourceTrove, Tasmania, The story of Australia [articles by Martin Hambleton], Thomas Davey, William Sorell, year1935

Among the Aborigines: A Perth lady’s visit: Mrs. Daisy Bates eulogised [11 September 1921]

10 September 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article on the work of Daisy Bates. Published in The Sunday Times, 11 September 1921.] Among the Aborigines A Perth lady’s visit Mrs. Daisy Bates eulogised By Miss C. L. Ruxton. [Recently Miss C. L. Ruxton, of Government House, Perth, paid a visit to … [Read more...] about Among the Aborigines: A Perth lady’s visit: Mrs. Daisy Bates eulogised [11 September 1921]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Aborigines as a dying race, Australian Aborigines, Daisy Bates (subject) (1859-1951), SourceTrove, year1921

Liquor for half-castes [7 August 1936]

29 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

Liquor for half-castes. Concern at Exemption Ordinance Adelaide, Aug. 6.— A recent ordinance of the Federal Government allowing certain half-caste aborigines in Northern Australia to purchase intoxicating liquor was discussed today at a meeting of the Aborigines’ Friends’ … [Read more...] about Liquor for half-castes [7 August 1936]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, SourceTrove, year1936

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