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[Bright beautiful sunshine] [re horse racing, 27 May 1892]

19 August 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This untitled article, about horse racing, was published in the Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 27 May 1892.] [Bright beautiful sunshine] Bright beautiful sunshine favored the first day’s racing of the Sydney Turf Club’s meeting at Randwick yesterday, but the … [Read more...] about [Bright beautiful sunshine] [re horse racing, 27 May 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, horse racing, SourceTrove, year1892

Coalminers in Conference [27 May 1892]

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[Editor: This article was published in the Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 27 May 1892.] Coalminers in Conference. At the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, yesterday afternoon, a conference of coal mining delegates, representing the northern, western, and southern districts, was … [Read more...] about Coalminers in Conference [27 May 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Eight Hour Day Movement, SourceTrove, strikes, unions, year1892

[Professor Ray Lankester and the suggestion of exchanging British and colonial professors] [27 May 1892]

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[Editor: This brief untitled article was published in the news section of the Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 27 May 1892.] [Professor Ray Lankester and the suggestion of exchanging British and colonial professors] Professor Ray Lankester (says the Daily Graphic) has … [Read more...] about [Professor Ray Lankester and the suggestion of exchanging British and colonial professors] [27 May 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Australia and British Empire relationship, education, SourceTrove, year1892

[The speeches of the members for Balmain] [27 May 1892]

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[Editor: This untitled article was published in the news section of the Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 27 May 1892.] [The speeches of the members for Balmain] The speeches of the members for Balmain on Wednesday evening showed the difficulty in which Australia has been … [Read more...] about [The speeches of the members for Balmain] [27 May 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, colonial White Australia attitudes, federation issues, racial attitudes, SourceTrove, year1892

The commutation of the death sentence on M’Crow [27 May 1892]

15 August 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This untitled article was published in the news section of the Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 27 May 1892.] [The commutation of the death sentence on M’Crow] The commutation of the death sentence on M‘Crow to imprisonment for life will, it is to be thought, do no … [Read more...] about The commutation of the death sentence on M’Crow [27 May 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, capital punishment, crime law and punishment, SourceTrove, year1892

The black streak in Queensland [25 April 1892]

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[Editor: This article about kanakas in Queensland was published in The National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW), 25 April 1892.] The black streak in Queensland. Eight vessels are being fitted out in Queensland for the Islands on “black-birding” expeditions. In other words a … [Read more...] about The black streak in Queensland [25 April 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: blackbirding, kanakas, Pacific Islander immigration, racial attitudes, racial purity (White Australia), SourceTrove, year1892

May Day in Europe [poem by Henry Lawson, 7 May 1892]

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[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson, regarding May Day, was published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 7 May 1892.] May Day in Europe. Bar the gates of Mammon Castle! See that troops are posted there! I have seen the crimson banner of the children of Despair! Here they … [Read more...] about May Day in Europe [poem by Henry Lawson, 7 May 1892]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), May Day, poem, publication The Bulletin (Sydney), SourceTrove, year1892

A War Song [by Caleb, 22 October 1892]

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[Editor: This pro-union song was published in The Worker (Brisbane, Qld.), 22 October 1892.] A War Song. Rise! Australian sons of Labour, Hearken to the bugle’s bray, Buckle on your shield and sabre, Gird you for the fray. Burst the Tyrant’s chains asunder Which … [Read more...] about A War Song [by Caleb, 22 October 1892]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: labour poetry, song, SourceTrove, year1892

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

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[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

An eccentric seaman [22 January 1892]

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[Editor: This is a report on an incident which was the basis for Henry Lawson’s poem “A Study in the Nood”. Published in The Advertiser, 22 January 1892.] An eccentric seaman. Three days without water Port Pirie, January 21. A man belonging to the ship Oweenee, … [Read more...] about An eccentric seaman [22 January 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: reference, SourceTrove, year1892

Sir Henry Parkes [article in The Strand, 1892]

10 May 2013 · 1 Comment

[Editor: This article on Sir Henry Parkes was published in the “Portraits of Celebrities” section of The Strand Magazine, 1892.] Sir Henry Parkes. Born 1815. Sir Henry Parkes, Prime Minister of New South Wales, was the son of a Warwickshire farmer, and was born at … [Read more...] about Sir Henry Parkes [article in The Strand, 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: @ graphics added, Henry Parkes (1815-1896) (subject), SourceArchiveOrg, year1892

A Rhyme of the Pretty Girls of Colac [poem, 31 May 1892]

17 October 2012 · 1 Comment

A Rhyme of the Pretty Girls of Colac In this dear Southern land of ours, Of pretty girls there’s no lack; And there are none more fair to see Than the pretty girls of Colac. But as, tho’ in the universe Unnumber’d suns are burning, There’s only one that shine’s for … [Read more...] about A Rhyme of the Pretty Girls of Colac [poem, 31 May 1892]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, SourceTrove, year1892

[Australia is becoming every day more and more Australian] [29 December 1892]

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[Editor: This untitled article puts forward the proposition that the increasing population of native-born Australians (in contrast to those who came from overseas) see Australia as their homeland, leading to a growing sense of Australian nationality. Published in The Advertiser, … [Read more...] about [Australia is becoming every day more and more Australian] [29 December 1892]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian-born, Australianism, SourceTrove, year1892

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