[Editor: This is an entry from The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia (1925).] Black Wednesday, 9 January 1878, the day (so named as a bitter parody on Black Thursday) on which the Berry ministry dismissed public officials wholesale. The Victorian legislative council had … [Read more...] about Black Wednesday [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]
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Black Trackers [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]
[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]
Black Thursday [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]
[Editor: This is an entry from The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia (1925).] Black Thursday, 6 February 1851, the day on which an immense tract of country in Victoria was laid waste by one of the most disastrous bush fires known in Australia. Its origin was ascribed to … [Read more...] about Black Thursday [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]
Sir Joseph Banks [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]
[Editor: This is an entry from The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia (1925).] Banks, SIR JOSEPH (1743-1820), only son of William Banks of Revesby in Lincolnshire, was born in Argyle-street, London, on 13 February 1743, and educated at Harrow, Eton and Oxford. During his … [Read more...] about Sir Joseph Banks [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]
The Border Route [poem by Roderic Quinn, 15 January 1925]
[Editor: A poem by Roderic Quinn.] The Border Route Nursed onward weary mile on mile A laggard mob and slow, Along the dusty Border route The travelling wethers go. The grassless earth, made bare by drought, Burns hot beneath their feet; A sun-browned drover rides … [Read more...] about The Border Route [poem by Roderic Quinn, 15 January 1925]
The scheme opposed [1 April 1925]
[Editor: In 1925 the Aborigines’ Friends’ Association discussed the possibility of creating a separate state for Aborigines, but decided against it. The idea of a separate “black state” had been raised in the newspapers on previous occasions.] The scheme opposed. At a … [Read more...] about The scheme opposed [1 April 1925]
The Black Australians [26 March 1925]
[Editor: Article reports on the proposal for a separate Aboriginal state in Australia.] The Black Australians New State movements appear to be popular just at present. A Royal Commission has just spent about nine months and a good many thousand pounds of the taxpayers’ … [Read more...] about The Black Australians [26 March 1925]
Dying out: The Aborigines [14 March 1925]
[Editor: Article mentions the proposal for a separate Aboriginal state in Australia. Provides an example of the thinking of the time that the Australian Aborigines were “dying out”.] Dying out. The Aborigines. Adelaide, March 13. The rate at which aborigines are … [Read more...] about Dying out: The Aborigines [14 March 1925]