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Country post [attacks by Aborigines, Oatlands, 1 November 1828]

12 September 2024 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: These items, regarding Aborigines attacking settlers, are extracts from the “Country post” section published in The Hobart Town Courier (Hobart Town, Tas.), 1 November 1828.] Country post. Oatlands, 28th Oct. 1828. — A Coroner’s Inquest was held on the 24th … [Read more...] about Country post [attacks by Aborigines, Oatlands, 1 November 1828]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, conflict Aborigines vs Whites, SourceTrove, year1828

Country post [affray in a public house, 1 November 1828]

12 September 2024 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: These items, regarding a fight at a pub and the subsequent dismissal of two policemen, are extracts from the “Country post” section published in The Hobart Town Courier (Hobart Town, Tas.), 1 November 1828.] Country post. An affray has taken place in the public … [Read more...] about Country post [affray in a public house, 1 November 1828]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, crime law and punishment, drunkenness, SourceTrove, year1828

Country post [cucumbers, 1 November 1828]

12 September 2024 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, being a report of some successful and unusual gardening results in Launceston (Tasmania), is an extract from the “Country post” section published in The Hobart Town Courier (Hobart Town, Tas.), 1 November 1828.] Country post. Launceston, October … [Read more...] about Country post [cucumbers, 1 November 1828]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, gardening, SourceTrove, year1828

Country post [attacks by Aborigines, Pittwater, 1 November 1828]

12 September 2024 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding some Aborigines attacking some settlers, is an extract from the “Country post” section published in The Hobart Town Courier (Hobart Town, Tas.), 1 November 1828.] Country post. Pittwater, Oct. 27. — On Saturday last Mr. Walpole, son-in-law … [Read more...] about Country post [attacks by Aborigines, Pittwater, 1 November 1828]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, conflict Aborigines vs Whites, SourceTrove, year1828

Epistolary eloquence [letter from a convict, 7 November 1828]

3 June 2024 · Leave a Comment

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[Editor: This letter from a convict, sourced from an English newspaper, was republished in The Australian (Sydney, NSW), 7 November 1828. The convict describes New South Wales as “the devil’s own country ... this most detestable, damnable, country”.] Epistolary … [Read more...] about Epistolary eloquence [letter from a convict, 7 November 1828]

Filed Under: correspondence Tagged With: 500x500, convicts, letters, negative attitudes towards Australia, SourceTrove, year1828

Lines addressed to Miss ———, of V. D. Land [poem, 9 April 1828]

22 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem published in The Monitor, 9 April 1828.] Lines addressed to Miss ———, of V. D. Land. It was o’er the tall Pine, on the brow of the mountain, The dew-drops distill’d from their crystalline fountain; When the first tint of morning in purple hues … [Read more...] about Lines addressed to Miss ———, of V. D. Land [poem, 9 April 1828]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: good poetry, poem, romantic poetry, SourceTrove, year1828

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