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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. One in five of the convicts to arrive in the penal colony (1788-1823) was female and they made up the lar...
Product Description: Original cast recording of the Ensemble Theatreís 1998 production of "Mary Bryant". Cast - Pippa Grandison, Jason Langley, Ben Harkin, Jonathan Mill, Danielle Barnes, Peter Eyers, Ron Haddrick and Danny Nash. Originally commissioned...
In partnership with Screen NSW and Screen Australia, Metro Screen launches the Breaks programs. 05 Nov 09 | NSW Dominates National Drama Production Survey30 Oct 09 | Aurora - Screen NSW calls for applicants for 2010 Program28 Oct 09 | NSW Government secur...
Mary Bryant is a true life epic of an extraordinary young woman... And her fight for the freedom and dignity of her young family in the colony of Botany Bay, on the open seas of the Pacific Ocean, in the fine homes of Timor and the courts of Boswell's Eng...
18th Century Historical Trekking,1680-1760 (Australia). Historical trekking, living history, experimental archaeology, period living skills, primitive wilderness survival skills and much more. This Blog contains information about 17th & 18th century Livi...
18th Century Historical Trekking,1680-1760 (Australia). Historical trekking, living history, experimental archaeology, period living skills, primitive wilderness survival skills and much more. This Blog contains information about 17th & 18th century Livi...
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Convict escape (Event nma.evt-000174), National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2006, http://www.nma.gov.au/advancedSearchResultsItemDetail.jsp?irn=174. Convicts (Topic nma.top-000175), National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2006, http://www.nma.gov.au/a...
Arthur Orton (1834 - 1898), by Maull & Co. Photographers, c1872, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery. ORTON, ARTHUR (1834-1898), presumed imposter, was born in Wapping, London, son of George Orton, butcher and purveyor of ships' stores. Print Publicati...
ARSCOTT, JOHN (fl.1783-1794), carpenter, a native of Truro, Cornwall, England, was sentenced at Bodmin on 18 August 1783 to be transported for seven years; he sailed with the First Fleet in the Charlotte. Print Publication Details: A. J. Gray, 'Arscott, ...
CURREY, CHARLES HERBERT (1890-1970), educationist and legal historian, was born on 25 May 1890 at Ulmarra, New South Wales, fifth child of Frederick Charles Currey, a schoolteacher from Maryland, United States of America, and his Australian-born wife Alic...
John Shortland (1769 - 1810), by unknown engraver, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales. SHORTLAND, JOHN (1769-1810), naval officer, was born on 5 September 1769, the eldest son of John Shortland. Print Publication Details: Arthur McMartin, 'Shor...
(A-Z) Bryan, William (1801? BRYANT, MARY (b.1765), convict, was baptized on 1 May 1765 at Fowey, Cornwall, England, the daughter of a mariner named Broad, whose family was 'eminent for sheep stealing'. On 20 May 1786 at the Exeter Assizes she, referred ...
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The Proposition was rated Best Film in the IF Awards, and Little Fish secured the top acting awards across the board, thanks to Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Noni Hazlehurst. Cate Blanchett in fact received two awards in the AFIs, as did Chris Kennedy;...
Australian composers will be seen and heard in all their musical diversity at the annual APRA ñ AGSC Screen Music Awards on November 6, 2006. MICHAEL YEZERSKI is nominated three times, twice for Thursdayís Fictions (Best Soundtrack Album and Best Origina...
ëOWZAT FOR TETAZ With only his second feature film score, for Wolf Creek, Francois Tetaz has won the coveted Feature Film Score of the Year award from his peers at this yearís Screen Music Awards, joining veteran composers Paul Grabowski (Documentary, Unf...
German actress Martina Gedeck, who has a small role as a German woman Damonís agent beds in the film, accepted the award for her absent co-stars. THE AUSTRALIAN FILMS While the Australian films at the festival were screened in sidebar categories and did ...
Australian composers will be seen and heard in all their musical diversity at the annual APRA ñ AGSC Screen Music Awards on November 6, 2006. Paul Byrnes, outgoing director of the Sydney Film Festival after a decade, feels ñ rightly ñ that this was perha...
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