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Australia's Culture Portal - Stories - Convict women in Port JacksonIn 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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Mary Reibey (website Dear Grandpa Pencil )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...
Australiaís currency comprises coins of 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent and one and two dollar denominations; and notes of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollar denominations. In 1988, Australia introduced its fi rst polymer bank note and in 1996, Australia became the fi ...
Australia’s currency comprises coins of 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent and one and two dollar denominations; and notes of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollar denominations. Australia’s notes are printed by Note Printing Australia, a division of the Reserve Ba...
The story of three sisters growing up during World War I. An exploration of the fantasy world that shapes three women's destinies, leads to disastrous marriages and ultimate tragedy. Falling in love, falling pregnant, falling from grace and falling apart...
"Maybe Bach" - Andrea is reading a romantic novel, waiting in a cafe for a blind date to arrive; "At the Centre" - Lee waits to... A conspiracy of characters creates a dream (or a play? War Trilogy is made up of three one-act plays which may also be pro...
Author Margaret DAVIS > Synopsis Based on the exploits of Mary Reibey, (nee Molly Haydock) who was transported to Australia in 1791 at the age of fourteen for horse stealing, but went on to become the colony's 'first lady of trade.' Format Full length Sty...
Newtown,Äôs main road, King Street, was the first suburban shopping centre outside the City Centre, and today this thoroughfare is still a shoppers,Äô mecca ,Äì lined with hundreds of stores, cafes and restaurants. Popular with the local community, this ...
Examples of them will be found in the print-collections at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth and at the British Museum, London. The Advertiser, Adelaide, 6 November 1929; W. Moore, The Story of Australian Art; information from National Gallery of Sou...
In 1996 he was a demonstrator at Avondale College, Cooranbong and took part in the Artist-in-Residence Program at Maitland City Art Gallery. From 1997 to 1999 he conducted painting workshops at Maitland City Art Gallery and Willandra Art Centre in Sydney...
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...
Australia was the first country in the world to have a complete system of bank notes based on plastic (polymer). At the same time the polymer notes are cleaner than paper notes and easily recyclable. Australia,Äôs currency consists of coins of five, 10,...
How are Australia's Currency Notes Made? A complete series of polymer notes from $5 to $100 was issued between 1992 and 1996. These were early designs of the $10 note featuring Banjo Paterson and Dame Mary Gilmore. ...
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...
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...
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...
The most historic of the Trust houses, Entally is thought to have been built in 1819 by Thomas Haydock Reibey, the eldest son of Mary & Thomas Reibey of Sydney. Entally House was opened to the public in 1950 and is justly proud of its magnificent collect...
Nowra lies on the southern shore of the Shoalhaven River, while Bomaderry is on the northern bank, east of the highway. Nowra Wildlife Park The Nowra Wildlife Park overlooks the Shoalhaven River. Around Nowra 1. Terara Terara lies 3 km east of Nowra on ...
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Irvine, Nance, Mary Reibey - Molly Incognita: A Biography of Mary Reibey, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1982, 161 pp. Dear Cousin: The Reibey Letters: Twenty-two letters of Mary Reibey, her children and their descendents, 1792-1901, 2 edn, Mary R...
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