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Australia [The Waterford News (Ireland), 26 February 1864]

3 March 2023 · Leave a Comment

The Waterford News

[Editor: This section of articles, regarding the Australasian colonies, was published in The Waterford News (Waterford, Ireland), 26 February 1864.] Australia. MELBOURNE, DEC. 26. — GREAT GALE AND FLOOD. — The flood, which was expected in the United Kingdom on the 14th … [Read more...] about Australia [The Waterford News (Ireland), 26 February 1864]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, floods, Maori Wars (New Zealand), Melbourne (Victoria), national origin Ireland, Oxford comma, population, SourceMiscellaneous, year1864

Danger-signals from Australia [2 January 1942]

2 January 2023 · Leave a Comment

The Spectator, front cover, 2 January 1942

[Editor: This article, written in response to John Curtin’s article “The task ahead” (27 December 1941), was published in The Spectator (London, England), 2 January 1942 (during the Second World War, 1939-1945).] Danger-signals from Australia It would be a grave mistake … [Read more...] about Danger-signals from Australia [2 January 1942]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Australia and British Empire relationship, Australia and USA relationship, foreign relations, John Curtin (1885-1945) (subject), SourceMiscellaneous, World War Two (1939-1945), year1942

Extract of a letter from an officer in the Botany Bay Fleet, dated Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 7, 1787 [29 April 1788]

13 August 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This brief news item, about the voyage of the First Fleet, is an extract from the “Postscript: London” section published in the The London Chronicle (London, England), 29 April 1788.] Extract of a letter from an officer in the Botany Bay Fleet, dated Cape of Good … [Read more...] about Extract of a letter from an officer in the Botany Bay Fleet, dated Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 7, 1787 [29 April 1788]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, British periodicals 18th Century, First Fleet, SourceMiscellaneous, year1787

The Boer War: Bravo, Australia! [poem by C. H. Cracknell, ca. 1899-1902]

4 February 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem, by C. H. Cracknell, was published as a single-sided leaflet, circa 1899-1902. According to the leaflet, copies were being sold in order to raise funds for a family in financial distress.] The Boer War Bravo, Australia! Australia’s Sons, rise to the … [Read more...] about The Boer War: Bravo, Australia! [poem by C. H. Cracknell, ca. 1899-1902]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Boer War (1899-1902), leaflet, poem, SourceMiscellaneous, YearEraBoerWar (1899-1902)

Eureka Stockade: A fighting affair of the Australian gold field [George L. Kilmer, 16 July 1892]

30 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article on the Eureka Rebellion, by the American author George L. Kilmer (1851-1905); it contains various inaccuracies, but is of interest regarding how the story of the rebellion was told in other countries. Published in the South Side Signal (Babylon, New York), 16 … [Read more...] about Eureka Stockade: A fighting affair of the Australian gold field [George L. Kilmer, 16 July 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Eureka Rebellion, George L. Kilmer, national origin USA, SourceMiscellaneous, year1892

Kookaburras and Satyrs: Some Recollections of The Fanfrolico Press [by P. R. Stephensen, 1954]

2 August 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This booklet by P. R. Stephensen was published in 1954.] Kookaburras and Satyrs Some Recollections of The Fanfrolico Press by P. R. Stephensen Talkarra Press 64 Young Street, Cremorne, Australia Of this book 225 copies have been … [Read more...] about Kookaburras and Satyrs: Some Recollections of The Fanfrolico Press [by P. R. Stephensen, 1954]

Filed Under: books booklets pamphlets Tagged With: book, Brian Penton (1904-1951) (subject), Jack Lindsay, John T. Kirtley, Norman Lindsay, P. R. Stephensen (1901-1965) (author), SourceMiscellaneous, The Fanfrolico Press, The Mandrake Press, year1954

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