DOCSLIB.ORG

'Mitchell Or Burn ...'

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

–Magazine for members Spring 2015 ‘Mitchell or burn ...’ Message Mitchell or burn On 24 November 1943, at the height of the Second World ontents War, Dr HV Evatt opened the new Public Library of NSW Spring 2015 with a rousing speech about the value of libraries. Although Hitler destroyed books, he told the assembled group, the NSW government had pressed ahead with the new Library 4 WORLD RECORD 24 ARTIST’S RESIDENCY Drawing the Library building ‘so that the books should remain our eternal 6 NEWS heritage’. Speaking in his capacity as President of the Value added 26 NEW ACQUISITION Library’s trustees, he continued: Library champions A woman of opinion Great public libraries are essential to freedom and to free men. DX Lab: Loom FEATURE They must always be free. Free to collect, to house, to make First prize for humour 30 Live export available to all, books by men and women of every shade of Museum design opinion. And so, there is no religion, no philosophy, no political awards 34 PROVENANCE system, no science, no useful art, no profession, no mechanism SL Churchill Fellowship Bennelong’s sister of production or distribution, no proposal for social well-being, THE MAGAZINE FOR STATE LIBRARY OF NSW Interrobang FOUNDATION MEMBERS, which cannot be freely studied in this public library. MACQUARIE STREET BUILDING A STRONG FRIENDS AND VOLUNTEERS 38 SYDNEY NSW 2000 IS PUBLISHED QUARTERLY FOUNDATION The articles in this issue of SL magazine once again PHONE (02) 9273 1414 8 ON THIS DAY BY THE LIBRARY COUNCIL Planting dreams demonstrate the legacy of Dr Evatt, and reflect the efforts of OF NSW. FAX (02) 9273 1255 SPRING 2015 ENQUIRIES.LIBRARY@ 10 EXHIBITION the many people who have contributed to this great Library. VOL. 8 NO. 3 SL.NSW.GOV.AU VOLUNTEERS ISSN 1835-9787 (PRINT) An unforgettable 40 As ever, the Library’s job is to protect our heritage from ISSN 1836-1722 (ONLINE) WWW.SL.NSW.GOV.AU summer Behind the scenes destruction and from the ravages of time. P&D-4549-8/2015 OPENING HOURS PRINT RUN 3250 THE GOVERNOR MARIE A bundle of letters among the Thompson family papers, BASHIR AND MITCHELL 12 EXHIBITION 41 FOR OUR FRIENDS explored in this edition by Penny Russell, is a good example. LIBRARY READING ROOMS Satire in the time Literary lunch EDITOR MONDAY TO THURSDAY of war Labelled ‘Mitchell or burn’ in 1962, this precious CATHY PERKINS 9 AM TO 8 PM Friends UK travel correspondence was mercifully saved from the second fate CATHY.PERKINS@ FRIDAY 9 AM TO 5 PM SL.NSW.GOV.AU competition winner and donated to the Library. WEEKENDS 10 AM TO 5 PM 14 FEATURE DESIGN & PRODUCTION THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Mitchell or burn Important documents and other heritage objects can be ANNA COINTREL AREA IS CLOSED ON 44 RECENT HIGHLIGHTS SUNDAYS. saved from destruction, or from loss or deterioration PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERIES AND EXHIBITION 18 FEATURE Q&A through neglect, if they are deposited with the Library. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ROOMS OPEN TO 5 PM, 47 Buddhist modernism ALL PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK THURSDAYS TO 8 PM Benja Harney Through the expertise of our conservators and our many IS BY DIGITISATION AND IMAGING, COVER other specialists, we ensure that everyone can study our STATE LIBRARY OF NSW. BURNING A REPRODUCTION 22 COLLECTION CARE OF A LETTER IN THE heritage, consider its meaning and imagine our future. Dalrymple charts SUSTAINABILITY THOMPSON PAPERS, SEE PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA ARTICLE P. 14, PHOTO BY ALEX BYRNE BY PEACHY PRINT MERINDA CAMPBELL AND AUSTRALIA PTY LTD HAMILTON CHURTON NSW State Librarian & Chief Executive PAPER: BJ BALL’S ECOSTAR NOTE: NO MANUSCRIPTS 200 GSM AND 120 GSM. THIS WERE HARMED IN THE PAPER IS CARBON NEUTRAL MAKING OF THIS COVER. AND 100% RECYCLED FROM POST CONSUMER WASTE. THE STATE LIBRARY OF NSW IS A STATUTORY AUTHORITY OF, AND PRINCIPALLY FUNDED BY, THE NSW STATE GOVERNMENT World record Earth Platinum, the world’s largest atlas according to Guinness World Records, was on display in the Mitchell Library Reading Room from June to mid August. The Library holds Australia’s only copy of the 150 kg atlas, with pages spanning 2.7 m, which was acquired from Sydney publisher Millennium House in 2012. PHOTO BY JOY LAI NEWS Library champions Eight outstanding Library champions received Honours of the Library Council of NSW at an awards ceremony in June. Andrew Tink AM, President of the Library Council, conferred the Honours, which recognise outstanding contributions to the cultural enrichment of Australia through library and information excellence. Michael Crouch AO First prize for humour and Kerry Stokes AC received the Dixson Bernard Cohen’s political satire Medal, and Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies Interrobang was award the Ifould Medal. Emeritus (HarperCollins) has won Australia’s first The following is one of Professor Alan Frost and Mark Hildebrand humour writing award, announced at the approximately 350 questions accepted the title Emeritus Curator, and Library on 25 June. The $10,000 biennial answered each month by the Richard Fisher AM, Megan Martin and Russell Prize for Humour Writing was made Library’s ‘Ask a Librarian’ service. Samantha Meers became Honorary Fellows. possible by the generosity of the late Peter Churchill V Wentworth Russell. Selected from a field that Fellowship ? How much was a box of included fiction, nonfiction and poetry, the Jaffas in 1968? State Library judges praised the ‘biting wit’ of Cohen’s conservator Kate Hughes A Library staff member was novel, saying it gave Australians ‘the most ! has been awarded a researching an enquiry about elegant kick in the teeth we didn’t know we Churchill Fellowship to porridge brands in the 1960s needed’. The Library holds Bernard Cohen’s research the background when they came across a journal literary papers, and recently acquired of the Library’s First that proved to be a trove of useful the annotated manuscripts for Fleet watercolour information. We hold issues of The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies. collections. Kate will The Trader, produced by the spend eight weeks at the Grocers’ and Storekeepers’ DX Lab: Loom Natural History Museum Association of NSW, for the period Value added The Library’s DX Lab experiments with new in London analysing the between 1928 and 1970. After that technologies to find interesting ways to papers, watermarks and it was renamed Food Retailer and The cultural, historic and educational value of the Library’s explore our collections. Its first venture is a artist materials used to is still in publication. Issues from collection is priceless. But how much is it worth? In the past five web prototype called Loom. Created by create the museum’s the 1950s and 60s include price years the collection’s value increased by $1 billion. It was recently agency Grumpy Sailor, Loom allows you to significant collections lists of all grocery brands and valued at $3.15 billion (up from $2.142 in 2010), making it the fly through images taken at Circular Quay, from the same period. products available in NSW, as well most valuable library collection in Australia, the third most Darling Harbour and the Botanic Gardens She aims to discover as pharmaceuticals, liquor and valuable cultural collection in Australia, and the most valuable between 1870 and 2000. Each decade offers Museum design awards connections between cigarettes. Also covered are cultural collection in NSW. Largely responsible for this significant five images per location that you can tap to The design for last year’s Artist Colony this core reference set marketing techniques, pay rates increase was NSW government funding to provide electronic reveal the ‘library card’ with more information, exhibition has won a Museums Australia and watercolours in the for store employees, profit margin records for collection items and to digitise a large volume of and find links to similar images with tags Publications & Design Award (MAPDA). Library’s collection and calculators and even the names of books, manuscripts and artworks. These efforts have made it from fashion models to ferries. The next The judges praised the exhibition branding elsewhere in Australia. grocery items in four European possible for the valuers to see a greater number of items. In phase of Loom is an atlas view of the Library’s as a ‘successful and complete package’ with languages. So we can tell you that addition, some of the Library’s special collections, including rare catalogue, which maps how many images we ‘Glorious impact through colours and strong back in 1968 a small box of Jaffas books from the sixteenth century, were valued for the first time. have for various locations in Sydney. typography’. SL was highly commended in would have cost you 12 cents. DIXSON COLLECTOR’S CHEST, C. 1820, DG R4 dxlab.sl.nsw.gov.au/loom/ the magazine category. www.sl.nsw.gov.au/ask 6 / SL MAGAZINE Spring 2015 State Library of New South Wales SL MAGAZINE Spring 2015 State Library of New South Wales / 7 on this 4 September 1937 Olympian Dawn Fraser AO, MBE, is born at Balmain, NSW. DAWN FRASER AT NORTH SYDNEY OLYMPIC POOL, 1960 PHOTO BY KEN REDSHAW AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AGENCY - 08010 COMPILED BY Margot Riley, Research & Discovery 13 October 1933 Australia’s first traffic lights begin operating at the intersection of Market and Kent streets, Sydney. TRAFFIC SIGNALS, 13 DECEMBER 1939 PHOTO BY SAM HOOD HOME AND AWAY - 19466 18 September 1797 Lieutenant John Shortland makes the official discovery of coal in the Newcastle region. THE COAL RIVER OR PORT OF NEWCASTLE NEW SOUTH WALES, C. 1807, WATERCOLOUR DRAWING ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN LEWIN SAFE / PXD 942 / 2 12 November 1821 Lieutenant William Lawson, Commandant of Bathurst, arrives at the site of the future town of Mudgee.
Recommended publications
  • National Heritage Nomination

    National Heritage Nomination

    NOMINATION FORM The National Heritage List is a record of places in the Australian jurisdiction that have outstanding natural, Indigenous or historic heritage values for the nation. These places they are protected by federal law under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Nominating a place for the National Heritage List means identifying its national heritage values on this form and providing supporting evidence. If you need help in filling out this form, contact 1800 020 625. Form checklist 1. read the Nomination Notes for advice and tips on answering questions in this form. 2. add attachments and extra papers where indicated (Note: this material will not be returned). 3. provide your details, sign and date the form. Q1. What is the name of the place? The Coal River Precinct, Newcastle (NSW State Heritage Register No.1674) http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_02_2.cfm?itemid=5053900 and The Convict Lumber Yard (NSW State Heritage Register No.570). http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_02_2.cfm?itemid=5044978 For the purpose of this nomination ‘the place’ including both sites is called the ‘Coal River Heritage Park’. Give the street address, or, if remote, describe where it is in relation to the nearest town. Include its area and boundaries. Attach a map with the location and boundaries of the place clearly marked. See the Nomination Notes for map requirements. Q2a. Where is the place? The Coal River Heritage Park is situated at the southern entrance to the Port of Newcastle, New South Wales. It includes landmarks such as Nobbys, Macquarie Pier, the southern headland (Colliers Point/Signal Hill and Flagstaff Hill) including Fort Scratchley, the convict lumber yard and adjoining foreshore.
  • Notice Paper

    Notice Paper

    5047 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NOTICE PAPER No. 64 THURSDAY 23 JUNE 2016 The House meets this day at 10.00 am Contents Business of the House—Notice of Motion .......................................................................................................... 5048 Private Members’ Business .................................................................................................................................. 5048 Items in the Order of Precedence .............................................................................................................. 5048 Items outside the Order of Precedence ..................................................................................................... 5051 Government Business—Order of the Day ........................................................................................................... 5133 Business for Future Consideration ....................................................................................................................... 5134 Contingent Notices of Motions............................................................................................................................. 5135 5048 Legislative Council Notice Paper No. 64—Thursday 23 June 2016 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE—NOTICE OF MOTION 1. Mr Searle to move— That, under section 41 of the Interpretation Act 1987, this House disallows the Government Sector Employment Amendment (Transfers to Non-Government Sector) Regulation 2016, published on the NSW Legislation website on 17 June 2016. (Notice given
  • The Naturalist and His 'Beautiful Islands'

    The Naturalist and His 'Beautiful Islands'

    The Naturalist and his ‘Beautiful Islands’ Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific David Russell Lawrence The Naturalist and his ‘Beautiful Islands’ Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific David Russell Lawrence Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at http://press.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Lawrence, David (David Russell), author. Title: The naturalist and his ‘beautiful islands’ : Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific / David Russell Lawrence. ISBN: 9781925022032 (paperback) 9781925022025 (ebook) Subjects: Woodford, C. M., 1852-1927. Great Britain. Colonial Office--Officials and employees--Biography. Ethnology--Solomon Islands. Natural history--Solomon Islands. Colonial administrators--Solomon Islands--Biography. Solomon Islands--Description and travel. Dewey Number: 577.099593 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover image: Woodford and men at Aola on return from Natalava (PMBPhoto56-021; Woodford 1890: 144). Cover design and layout by ANU Press Printed by Griffin Press This edition © 2014 ANU Press Contents Acknowledgments . xi Note on the text . xiii Introduction . 1 1 . Charles Morris Woodford: Early life and education . 9 2. Pacific journeys . 25 3 . Commerce, trade and labour . 35 4 . A naturalist in the Solomon Islands . 63 5 . Liberalism, Imperialism and colonial expansion . 139 6 . The British Solomon Islands Protectorate: Colonialism without capital . 169 7 . Expansion of the Protectorate 1898–1900 .
  • Matthew Flinders: Pathway to Fame

    Matthew Flinders: Pathway to Fame

    INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC REVIEW VoL. 2 No. 1 {NEW SERIES) JUNE 2001 Matthew Flinders: Pathway to Fame joe Doyle Since his death many books and articles have been written about Matthew Flinders . During his life, apart from his own books, he wrote much himself, and there is a large body of contemporary correspondence concerning him in various archives in England and Australia. The bicentenary of the start of his voyage in Investigator is so important that it deserves once more, to be drawn to the atten­ tion of those interested in hydrography. This paper traces Matthew Flinders' early life and training as a hydrographer until July 1801 when he sailed from England in Investigator on his fateful mission to chart the little known southern continent, that land mass which had yet to be named Australia. Introduction An niversaries of two milestones of 'European ' Austral ia occur in 2001. The sig­ nificant event is the centenary of the formation of the Commonwealth of Australi a. It is also the bicentenary of the start of an important British voyage to complete the survey of that continent and from which the term Australia began to be accept­ ed as the name for the country. July 2001 is the 200th anniversary of the departure from Spithead of Investigator, a sloop' fitted out and stored for a voyage to remote parts. The vessel, under the command of Commander Matthew Flinders, Royal Navy, was bound for New South Wales, a colony established thirteen years earlier. The purpose of the voyage was to make a complete examination and survey of the coast of that island continent.
  • Australian Women, Past and Present

    Australian Women, Past and Present

    Diversity in Leadership Australian women, past and present Diversity in Leadership Australian women, past and present Edited by Joy Damousi, Kim Rubenstein and Mary Tomsic Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at http://press.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Title: Diversity in leadership : Australian women, past and present / Joy Damousi, Kim Rubenstein, Mary Tomsic, editors. ISBN: 9781925021707 (paperback) 9781925021714 (ebook) Subjects: Leadership in women--Australia. Women--Political activity--Australia. Businesswomen--Australia. Women--Social conditions--Australia Other Authors/Contributors: Damousi, Joy, 1961- editor. Rubenstein, Kim, editor. Tomsic, Mary, editor. Dewey Number: 305.420994 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design and layout by ANU Press Printed by Griffin Press This edition © 2014 ANU Press Contents Introduction . 1 Part I. Feminist perspectives and leadership 1 . A feminist case for leadership . 17 Amanda Sinclair Part II. Indigenous women’s leadership 2 . Guthadjaka and Garŋgulkpuy: Indigenous women leaders in Yolngu, Australia-wide and international contexts . 39 Gwenda Baker, Joanne Garŋgulkpuy and Kathy Guthadjaka 3 . Aunty Pearl Gibbs: Leading for Aboriginal rights . 53 Rachel Standfield, Ray Peckham and John Nolan Part III. Local and global politics 4 . Women’s International leadership . 71 Marilyn Lake 5 . The big stage: Australian women leading global change . 91 Susan Harris Rimmer 6 . ‘All our strength, all our kindness and our love’: Bertha McNamara, bookseller, socialist, feminist and parliamentary aspirant .
  • STEP Matters Number 172 August 2013

    STEP Matters Number 172 August 2013

    STEP Matters Number 172 August 2013 In this issue: Events and the annual general meeting Whatever happened to the Bushland Shire? Status of the NSW planning legislation How the Coalition and ALP environment policies compare Culling of recreational hunting in national parks and state forests Water Smart Program in Ku-ring-gai Stop feeding the weeds Letter to the editor – new freeways cure congestion Ahimsa open day STEP Talk – Tuesday 10 September – What do Tsunamis and a Harley Davidson have in Common? 8 pm - St Andrews Church Hall, corner Chisholm Street and Vernon Street, Turramurra Dr Catherine Chagué-Goff, Research Fellow at UNSW and Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Much of Catherine’s research focuses on palaeoenvironmental changes caused by storms and tsunamis. Her talk will describe some interesting discoveries about past tsunamis and experiences of wave strength and travel. Come to the talk to find out about the Harley Davidson's journey. STEP Lecture – Monday 21 October – Understanding the Science of Climate Change 8 pm - St Andrews Church, corner Chisholm Street and Vernon Street, Turramurra, following the AGM to be held at 7.45 pm (see page 2 for details about the AGM) The third annual STEP lecture will be presented by Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, based at the University of NSW. The Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science was established in 2011. The Centre is an international research consortium of five Australian universities and a suite of outstanding national and international partner organisations. Climate system science is the quantitative study of the climate system designed to enable modeling of the future of the climate system.
  • Buddhist Contribution to Social Welfare in Australia by Patricia Sherwood Lecturer in Social Anthropology Edith Cowan University P.Sherwood@Ecu.Edu.Au

    Buddhist Contribution to Social Welfare in Australia by Patricia Sherwood Lecturer in Social Anthropology Edith Cowan University [email protected]

    ISSN 1076—9005 Journal of Buddhist Ethics 8 (2001): 61- 74 Buddhist Contribution to Social Welfare in Australia By Patricia Sherwood Lecturer in Social Anthropology Edith Cowan University [email protected] Copyright Notice Digital copies of this work may be made and distributed provided no change is made and no alteration is made to the content. Reproduction in any other format with the exception of a single copy for private study requires the written permission of the author. All enquiries to [email protected] Abstract This article outlines the contribution of Buddhist organizations in Australia to education and social welfare. It is argued that from the viewpoint of Buddhist organizations in Australia, they have always been concerned with social welfare and education issues, and this is not a new phenomenon. This is illustrated through examining services delivered by Buddhist organizations in Australia in nine areas: education of adults; education of children; working with the sick and dying in the community; working in hospitals and hospices; working in drug rehabilitation; working with the poor; working in prisons; speaking up for the oppressed; and working for non-human sentient beings. The worldviews of these Buddhist organizations that state social engagement has always been integral to their tradition will be articulated. Background Although Christianity arrived with the first white settlers in 1788, the arrival of Buddhism to Australian is relatively recent. Croucher (1988) suggests that the earliest known Buddhist settlements in Australia were the Chinese migrants arriving in the 1860s during the gold rushes in the Eastern States.1 The earliest known group of Buddhists in Australia of non-ethnic background was the Theravādin Little Circle of Dharma formed in Melbourne in 1925 by Max Tayler, Max Dunn, and David Maurice.
  • The Hon Tf Bathurst Chief Justice

    The Hon Tf Bathurst Chief Justice

    THE HON T F BATHURST CHIEF JUSTICE OF NEW SOUTH WALES FRANCIS FORBES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN LEGAL HISTORY ‘A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK’1: THE HISTORY OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN NEW SOUTH WALES THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2019* INTRODUCTION 1. I would like to begin by respectfully acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. As I will discuss later in this tutorial, the first legal system in Australia belonged to that of Australia’s Indigenous people. We acknowledge and respect the ongoing laws and customs of the traditional custodians of this land. 2. If any of you are here to hear about the development of the law of New South Wales or the history of its courts, you are sure to be disappointed. To console you there will be plenty of these lectures during the Court’s bicentenary in a few years’ time. This speech is about the profession itself, not the law, Courts or judiciary. 3. A traditional view of the advent of the legal profession in New South Wales would focus exclusively on the advent of solicitors, both free and former- convict, and barristers in the emerging penal Colony. However, far too often we conflate the start of the legal profession in New South Wales with the start of the legal profession for men. The advent of the legal profession for women did not occur until over a century later, and regrettably, even later for Australia’s Indigenous peoples.
  • Australian Women's Book Review Is a Painting from Kathryn's Recent "Dronescapes" Series

    Australian Women's Book Review Is a Painting from Kathryn's Recent "Dronescapes" Series

    Australian Women’s Book Review Vol. 27: 1 and 2 (2015/2016) ISSN: 1033 9434 1 Editor: Carole Ferrier Editorial assistance: Irmtraud Petersson Editorial Advisory Board: Sharon Bickle Brigid Rooney Margaret Henderson Barbara Brook Nicole Moore Bronwen Levy Susan Carson ISSN: 1033 9434 Cover artwork: The Tree-of-Life Sends its Energy Underground (2016) Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox Submissions: Potential reviewers of recent books, please email Professor Carole Ferrier, in the School of Communication and Arts at The University of Queensland. Email Address: [email protected] 2 Australian Women’s Book Review Vol. 27: 1 and 2 (2015/2016) CONTENTS 4 Editorial Carole Ferrier 9 “The Conspiracy of Beauty in Greece” Gillian Bouras. Seeing and Believing Reviewed by Jena Woodhouse 14 “Drawing Back the Curtains of SFF History” Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein, eds. Letters to Tiptree Reviewed by Anita Harris Satkunananthan 20 “The Goddess, the Icon and the Breaking of the Stereotype” Sanjukta Dasgupta. Lakshmi Unbound Reviewed by Susri Bhattacharya 25 “The Biography of a Wife” Judith Armstrong. Dymphna. Reviewed by Christina Ealing-Godbold 30 “An Experience of Migration” Stephanie Bishop. The Other Side of the World Reviewed by Gillian Bouras 34 “In the Best Interests of the Child?” Penny Mackieson. Adoption Deception Reviewed by Sue Bond 40 “Songs of Compulsion” Laura Elizabeth Woollett. The Love of a Bad Man Reviewed by Lesley Synge 46 “Challenging the Dominance of Male Sport” Sarah Shephard. Kicking Off: How Women in Sport Are Changing the Game Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck 50 “Pioneer of Conservation” Anne McLeod. The Summit of Her Ambition: The Spirited Life of Marie Byles Reviewed by Marilla North 59 “Airborne Weaponised Drones and the Tree-of-Life” Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox 3 Editorial By Carole Ferrier Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox’s painting, on this cover of the AWBR, from her “Dronescapes” series, encourages meditation upon the application of technological advances, specifically within the history of warfare.
  • The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay

    The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay

    The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments to which are added the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball and Capt. Marshall with an Account of their New Discoveries Arthur Phillip A digital text sponsored by University of Sydney Library Sydney 2003 http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/setis/id/phivoya © University of Sydney Library. The texts and images are not to be used for commercial purposes without permission Prepared from the print edition published by John Stockdale London 1789 298pp. All quotation marks are retained as data. First Published: 1789 910.4/418 Australian Etext Collections at early settlement prose nonfiction pre-1810 The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments to which are added the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball and Capt. Marshall with an Account of their New Discoveries London John Stockdale 1789 TO THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, LORD CHAMBERLAIN OF HIS MAJESTY’s HOUSHOLD, &c. &c. THIS VOLUME, CONTAINING ALL THAT IS YET KNOWN OF THE SETTLEMENT AT SYDNEY-COVE, IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS LORDSHIP’s MUCH OBLIGED, AND MOST FAITHFUL HUMBLE SERVANT, NOVEMBER 25, 1789. JOHN STOCKDALE. Anecdotes of Governor Phillip ARTHUR PHILLIP is one of those officers, who, like Drake, Dampier, and Cook, has raised himself by his merit and his services, to distinction and command.
  • Admiral Arthur Phillip.Pdf

    Admiral Arthur Phillip.Pdf

    Admiral Arthur Phillip, R.N. (1738 – 1814) A brief story by Angus Ross for the Bread Street Ward Club, 2019 One of the famous people born in Bread Street was Admiral Arthur Phillip, R.N, the Founder of Australia and first Governor of New South Wales (1788-1792). His is a fascinating story that only recently has become a major subject of research, especially around his naval exploits, but also his impact in the New Forest where he lived mid-career and also around Bath, where he finally settled and died. I have studied records from the time Phillip sailed to Australia, a work published at the end of the 19c and finally from more recent research. Some events are reported differently by different observes or researchers so I have taken the most likely record for this story. Arthur Phillip in later life His Statue in Watling Street, City of London I have tried to balance the amount of detail without ending up with too long a story. It is important to understand the pre-First Fleet Phillip to best understand how he was chosen and was so well qualified and experienced to undertake the journey and to establish the colony. So, from a range of accounts written in various times, this story aims to identify the important elements of Phillip’s development ending in his success in taking out that First Fleet, made up primarily of convicts and marines, to start the first settlement. I have concluded this story with something about the period after he returned from Australia and what recognition of his life and achievements are available to see today.
  • New South Wales Inquests, 1794; 10 June 2008 1

    New South Wales Inquests, 1794; 10 June 2008 1

    New South Wales Inquests, 1794; 10 June 2008 1 SYD1794 Bench of Magistrates, Minutes of Proceedings Feb 1788 – Jan 1792, State Records N.S.W., SZ765 Murder of a Native Boy Bench of Magistrates Collins J.A., 17 October 1794 [375] Examination of the persons supposed to have murdered a Native Boy at the Hawkesbury, and the Evidence against them. ALEXANDER WILSON says that Robert Forrester informed him that he had shot a native Boy, and that he was induced to it from motives of humanity. The Boy having been previously thrown into the River by the neighbouring settlers, with his hands so tied, that it was impossible he could swim to the opposite side. ROBERT FORRESTER says that a large party of natives having appeared at the back of his Farm he alarmed his neighbours and went out to observe them. That in the road to the natives they met a Native Boy who they supposed was coming in for the purpose of discovering what arms they had. That they made him a prisoner; tied his hands behind his back [376] and delivered him to MICHAEL DOYLE to take to his [?]. That he was soon after alarmed by a cry from Doyles that the boy was escaped and had jumped into the River. That he and TWYFIELD immediately ran to the river and saw the boy swimming. That he then was prevailed on to shoot the boy by the importunities and testacies of all around. That the boy should get back to the natives and induce them to an attack by discovering there was no more than one musket in the whole neighbourhood.