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GEORGE COLLINGRIDGE THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA

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George Collingridge (1847 – 1931) was an Australian writer and illustrator best known today for his early assertions of Portuguese discovery of Australia in the 16th century. He was born in Oxfordshire, England, educated in Paris, served in the Papal Zouaves (alongside his brother Alfred, who died in the Battle of Mentana), and migrated to Australia in 1879 aboard the Lusitania (not the ship of the same name that sank in 1915). He settled in the then isolated area of Berowra, before moving to nearby Hornsby, New South Wales. Since his French academic qualifications as a "Professeur" were not recognised by Australian universities, he worked as an artist and art teacher, and contributed drawings and articles to local newspapers. He founded the first Australian art magazine, and was one of the founders of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. [more]

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GEORGE COLLINGRIDGE THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA

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George Collingridge (1847–1931) was an Australian writer and illustrator best known today for his early assertions of Portuguese discovery of Australia in the 16th century. He was born in Oxfordshire, England, educated in Paris, served in the Papal Zouaves (alongside his brother Alfred, who died in the Battle of Mentana), and migrated to Australia in 1879 aboard the Lusitania (not the ship of the same name that sank in 1915). He settled in the then isolated area of Berowra, before moving to nearby Hornsby, New South Wales. Since his French academic qualifications as a "Professeur" were not recognised by Australian universities, he worked as an artist and art teacher, and contributed drawings and articles to local newspapers. He founded the first Australian art magazine, and was one of the founders of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. [more]

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William H. Thomes The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia

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William Henry Thomes , 1824-1895 Since my return from Australia, I have been solicited by a number of friends to give them a history of my adventures in that land of gold, where kangaroos are supposed to be as plenty as natives, and jump ten times as far, and where natives are imagined to be continually lying in ambush for the purpose of making a hearty meal upon the bodies of those unfortunate travellers who venture far into the interior of the country—where bushrangers are continually hanging about camp fires, ready to cut the weasands of those who close their eyes for a moment—and lastly, where every other man that you meet is expected to be a convict, transported from the mother country for such petty crimes as forgery, house-breaking, and manslaughter in the second degree. [more]

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Henry Handel Richardson Australia Felix (Fiscle Part-Xii)

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In A Shaft On The Gravel Pits, A Man Had Been Buried Alive. At Work In A Deep Wet Hole, He Had Recklessly Omitted To Slab The Walls Of A Drive; Uprights And Tailors Yielded Under The Lateral Pressure, And The Rotten Earth Collapsed, Bringing Down The Roof In Its Train. The Digger Fell Forward On His Face, His Ribs Jammed Across His Pick, His Arms Pinned To His Sides, Nose And Mouth Pressed Into The Sticky Mud As Into A Mask; And Over His Defenceless Body, With A Roar That Burst His Ear-Drums, Broke Stupendous Masses Of Earth. [more]

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Henry Handel Richardson Australia Felix(Fiscle Part 3)

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On The Summit Of One Of The Clay Heaps, A Woman Shot Into Silhouette Against The Sky. An Odd Figure, Clad In A Skimpy Green Petticoat, With A Scarlet Shawl Held About Her Shoulders, Wisps Of Frowsy Red Hair Standing Out Round Her Head, She Balanced Herself On The Slippery Earth, Spinning Her Arm Like The Vane Of A Windmill, And Crying At The Top Of Her Voice: "Joe, Boys!--Joe, Joe, Joey!" It Was As If, With These Words, She Had Dropped A Live Shell In The Diggers' Midst. A General Stampede Ensued; In Which The Cry Was Caught Up, Echoed And Re-Echoed, Till The Whole Flat Rang With The Name Of "Joe." Tools Were Dropped, Cradles And Tubs Abandoned, Windlasses Left To Kick Their Cranks Backwards. Many Of The Workers Took To Their Heels; Others, In Affright, Scuttled Aimlessly Hither And Thither, Like Barnyard Fowls In A Panic. [more]

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J Lort Stokes Discoveries In Australia Volume I

With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-43

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Admiral John Lort Stokes, RN (1 August 1811[1] – 11 June 1885)[Notes 1] was an officer in the Royal Navy who travelled on HMS Beagle for close to eighteen years.Stokes grew up in Scotchwell near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. He joined the Navy on 20 September 1824. The first ship he served on was HMS Prince Regent, then in October 1825 he joined the crew of the Beagle under Captain Phillip Parker King. The Beagle was involved in a survey of the waters of South America. In 1828 the commander of HMS Beagle, Pringle Stokes (not related to John Lort Stokes), died and Robert FitzRoy assumed command; the ship returned to England in 1830 and was recommissioned. From 1831 to 1836 Stokes served on board when Charles Darwin undertook his voyages. [more]

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J Lort Stokes Discoveries In Australia, Volume 1.

With An Account Of The Coasts And Rivers Explored And Surveyed During The Voyage Of H.M.S. Beagle, In The Years 1

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John Lort Stokes, RN (1 August 1811[1] – 11 June 1885)[Notes 1] was an officer in the Royal [more]

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LOUIS BECKE, WALTER JEFFERY THE NAVAL PIONEERS OF AUSTRALIA

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian Pacific trader, [more]

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Louis Becke , Walter Jeffery The Naval Pioneers of Australia

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian Pacific trader, [more]

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Louis Becke , Walter Jeffery The Naval Pioneers of Australia

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian Pacific trader, short-story writer and novelist.Becke was born at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, son of Frederick Becke, Clerk of Petty Sessions and his wife Caroline Matilda, née Beilby. Both parents were born in England. Becke was the ninth of twelve children and had a tendency to wander; he has stated that before he was 10 he had twice run away from home. [more]

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