[Editor: This brief article regarding May Day was published in Heads of the People: An Illustrated Journal of Literature, Whims, and Oddities (Sydney, NSW), 8 May 1847.] The sweeps of Sydney. May-day was ushered in with the usual festivity. The murky sons and daughters of … [Read more...] about The sweeps of Sydney [re. May Day, 8 May 1847]
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May Day [brief article, and poem “On May Day”, 1 May 1847]
[Editor: This article, regarding May Day, was published in Heads of the People: An Illustrated Journal of Literature, Whims, and Oddities (Sydney, NSW), 1 May 1847.] May Day. Also in the calendars, the month of May Is marked the month of Love — two lovers stray, In the … [Read more...] about May Day [brief article, and poem “On May Day”, 1 May 1847]
Stockton [poem by T. Fennell, 29 May 1847]
[Editor: A poem published in The Sydney Chronicle, 29 May 1847.] Stockton. Some sing of castellated towers. Of mail-clad knights and deeds of arms; Some sing of groves and shady bowers, And ladies of unrivall’d charms;— But I of love or war sing not, I heed not … [Read more...] about Stockton [poem by T. Fennell, 29 May 1847]
The immigration report [18 September 1847]
[Editor: Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 September 1847.] The immigration report. This important document, which we yesterday placed before our readers, is inferior to none of its predecessors for the clearness of its views, the perspicuity of its statements, … [Read more...] about The immigration report [18 September 1847]