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In 1788 the First Fleet landed at Camp Cove in Port Jackson with the 'cargo' of convicts which helped establish the penal colony of New South Wales. Image courtesy of Parramatta Heritage Centre 'Women Transported'. Stories of three very different convict...
Mary Reibey was born Mary Haydock in England in 1777. After his death in 1811, Mary was left with seven children and control of Entally House which by then included rural properties, sealing operations in Bass Strait, as well as overseas trading. Thanks t...
An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Dear Cousin: The Reibey Letters: Twenty-two letters of Mary Reibey, her children and their descendents, 1792-1901 © Copyright The Aus...
An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Mary Reibey - Molly Incognita: A Biography of Mary Reibey Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1982, 161 pp...
Macquarie Place Park is on the corner of Bridge and Loftus Streets, Sydney. This obelisk was erected by Governor Macquarie in 1818 to mark the place from which public roads in the colony were measured. Governor Macquarie,Äôs Doric fountain, designed by ...
Biography 1954 Born, Sydney 1975-77 Studied art at East Sydney Technical College - Art Certificate 1978-81 Studied art at Alexander College of Advanced Education - Art Diploma 1981-85 Art teacher at Charlton Boys Home, Liverpool Art Society, Fairfield Scu...
In 1788 the First Fleet landed at Camp Cove in Port Jackson with the 'cargo' of convicts which helped establish the penal colony of New South Wales. One in five of the convicts to arrive in the penal colony (1788-1823) was female and they made up the lar...
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These were early designs of the $10 note featuring Banjo Paterson and Dame Mary Gilmore. The $50 note, designed by Brian Sadgrove, was issued in October 1995 bearing the portraits of David Unaipon and Edith Cowan. The polymer $100 note, designed by Bruce...
18 The site is on Norfolk Island, an outposted penal station of New South Wales ( NSW) over two periods, the second as a place of punishment for re- offending convicts. The Old Military Barracks includes barracks, officers quarters, privy and guard room...
165 Kingston and Arthur s Vale Historic Area management plan ( 2008) Old Government House and Domain, Parramatta Park management plan ( 2007) Hyde Park Barracks management plan ( 2007) Brickendon conservation management plan ( 2008) Woolmers conservation...
Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Terry Bailey. 2 Whilst First Government House was the command centre of the colony, Government House also played an important role as many governors conducted their busine...
Such a public building is the museum in Launceston. One museum is the official Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston; the other is an historic house, Entally, on the outskirts of Launceston, a private building turned public. I knew that this was a time of ...
One time I asked my mother why it had that name and she lowered her voice to a whisper, explaining that it was really Reibey's Hill, named after Mary Reibey who had been a convict woman. My mother made it clear that Mary Reibey and other convict women we...
CATCHPOLE, MARGARET (1762-1819), convict and pioneer, was born on 14 March 1762, reputedly at Nacton, Suffolk, England, the natural daughter of Elizabeth Catchpole and a farm labourer, although the baptism of a Margaret Catchpole on the same day is record...
CAMPBELL, OSWALD ROSE (1820-1887), artist, was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, son of Captain Rose Campbell and his wife Elizabeth, n~®e Sutherland. A. Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts, vol 1 (Lond, 1905); E. La T. Armstrong, The Book of the Public Lib...
Piper interceded in Hayes's favour with Governor William Bligh, and Hayes was allowed to return to Sydney. Print Publication Details: Vivienne Parsons, 'Hayes, Michael (1767? Vivienne Parsons, 'Hayes, Michael (1767? ...
SANDS, JOHN (1818-1873), engraver, printer and stationer, was born in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England, on 12 November 1818, son of Robert Sands and his wife Hannah. His great-great-grandfather, Robert (b.1729), was a noted engraver and his great-grandfathe...
HOWE, GEORGE (1769-1821), printer, editor, publisher and poet, was born on the island of St Kitts in the West Indies, the son of Thomas Howe, government printer at Basseterre on St Christopher's Island. The main difference between George and Robert was t...
> (A-Z) Howe, Ann (c. HOWE, GEORGE (1769-1821), printer, editor, publisher and poet, was born on the island of St Kitts in the West Indies, the son of Thomas Howe, government printer at Basseterre on St Christopher's Island. Print Publication Details: J...
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