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The birth of the newspaper in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

The Sydney Gazette, first published by ex-convict George Howe in 1803. George Howe was also permitted to print Australia's first newspaper from a humble shed located at the rear of Government House. The Sydney Gazette was the only newspaper circulated i...

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The birth of the newspaper in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

The Sydney Gazette, first published by ex-convict George Howe in 1803. George Howe was also permitted to print Australia's first newspaper from a humble shed located at the rear of Government House. Walker, R B 1976, The Newspaper Press in New South Wal...

Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall, State Library of Victoria   (website State Library of Victoria (SLV) )

Tom excelled at Rugby School in sports; returning to Melbourne in 1856 he became the transcendent cricketer in the colony of Victoria. Elizabeth left Mrs McGillivray s and on 2 December 1833 married Horatio Wills, editor of the Sydney Gazette, after a cou...

Warren Fahey: Sydney Folklore Project - Characters and Eccentrics   (website Warren Fahey: Australian Folklore Unit )

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Warren Fahey: Sydney Folklore Project - Gold, Emigration and Free Selection   (website Warren Fahey: Australian Folklore Unit )

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Warren Fahey: Sydney Folklore Project - Characters and Eccentrics   (website Warren Fahey: Australian Folklore Unit )

Lewington & James Hawkins.The match was for £lo a side to drill a single handed hole ,2o" deep ,with 4 drills ,the smallest to he 7-8" with 2" steel . At 2pm they were started and Hawkins drill was the first broken, Lewington still proceeding stead...

AUSTRALIAN FOLKLORE UNIT - Warren Fahey   (website Warren Fahey: Australian Folklore Unit )

(Tune: Land, Land, Land) or... The monthly magazine appears to be a Christian Guide to Emigration and includes religious-influenced stories, puzzles and poor songs. The magazine contains various games and discusses the importance of puzzles and word games...

List of subjects used in the index — State Records NSW   (website State Records Authority of New South Wales )

The subject headings used in the Index are listed here for quick reference and to provide researchers with an overview of the Project as a whole. The subject indexing is limited and researchers are reminded that, when researching an activity, an approach...

List of Applicants - H   (website Burke and Wills - Terra Incognita )

* HACK, Stephen ** HADDEN, Thomas HADEN, James, 1830- HAGERTY, Thomas, 1834- ** HALE, Charles HALL, G. ** HALL, Robert, 1832- HANCOCK, John, 1824- (see also THOMAS, Henry Byron, 1833-) HANDFORD, Charles HANDLEY, Charles, 1827- HARINGTON, George, 1835- HAR...

Driving Australian e-culture   (website The Wolanski Foundation )

A week later, the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) [i] held its second OZeculture conference, Taking the Next Step, to induce thoughts on Australian culture in the digital age. David Kennedy from the National Offic...

TWF: research: culture1   (website The Wolanski Foundation )

The dull monotony was attacked on Boxing Day 1832, when two plays were presented in the saloon of the Royal Hotel, Sydney. By October 1833, the theatre behind the hotel had been completed and, on 5 October, Levey's second season of plays opened at the Th...

David Scott Mitchell's armchair and lorgnette | State Library of New South Wales   (website State Library of New South Wales )

You are here :: Home › Exhibitions & events › Exhibitions › Past exhibitions › 2007 past exhibitions › A Grand Obsession: The DS Mitchell Story including the book First fruits of Australian poetry by Barron Field[Sydney...

Law in Australia | State Library of New South Wales   (website State Library of New South Wales )

Law in Australia covers all aspects of local and international law which relates to New South Wales and the people of New South Wales. Almanacs listing New South Wales legal practitioners and directories of Australian law firms are collected. Original ma...

1160-GUIDE 2004 v5   (website State Library of New South Wales )

TheNelsonMeersFoundationHeritageCollectionopenedin2003,withtheaimofrevealingaselectionoftheStateLibrary sfinestobjects. Overadecade,theHeritageCollectionwillcontinuetoshowcaseanarrayofrare,famousandhistoricallysignificantitemsfromtheStateLibrary sworld-r...

0941-Guide-13Jan/v21   (website State Library of New South Wales )

A free exhibition from 25 January to 31 December 2003 State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Telephone (02) 9273 1414 Facsimile (02) 9273 1255 TTY (02) 9273 1541 Email library@ sl. For the first time in the Libraryís history...

heritage collection - nelson meers foundation - 2005   (website State Library of New South Wales )

TheNelsonMeersFoundationHeritageCollectionopenedin2003,withtheaimofdisplayingaselectionoftheStateLibrary sfinestitems. 10NELSONMEERSFOUNDATIONHERITAGECOLLECTION2005NELSONMEERSFOUNDATIONHERITAGECOLLECTION200511GeoffreyChaucer( c. 18NELSONMEERSFOUNDATION...

19th Century Archive | State Library of New South Wales   (website State Library of New South Wales )

George Augustus Robinson (1791-1866)<br/>Journal, Bruny Island Mission, 1829<br/>Exhibited date: April 2005 to March 2006<br/>ML A 7025 (Vol. George Augustus Robinson (1791-1866)<br/>Correspondence and other papers, Port Phillip Directorate, 1845-1849<br...

The Sydney Gazette | State Library of New South Wales   (website(s) State Library of New South Wales    Discover atmitchell collections )

In 1803 Governor King authorised the publication of Australia's first newspaper, the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. As well as shipping news, town gossip and commercial news the newspaper contained government proclamations, regulations an...

317 December 2009.indd   (website(s) Australian Book Review    Australian Book Review (ABR) )

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Newspapers | State Library of New South Wales   (website State Library of New South Wales )

The State Library has an extensive newspaper collection consisting of about 1700 different newspapers, published in Australia and overseas. The Library specialises in collecting suburban and regional newspapers published in New South Wales with these new...