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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...
> > > Reibey, Mary (1777 - 1855) Find all people... Occupation * * The details in the Occupation section have been interpreted solely from the article's text. Question marks indicate that exact years were not given in the text. ...
7, William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, 1901. 5, William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, 1897. 6, William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, 1898. ...
Mary Reibey (1777 - 1855), by unknown artist, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales. REIBEY, MARY (1777-1855), n~Že Haydock, businesswoman and trader, was born on 12 May 1777 in Bury, Lancashire, England. Print Publication Details: G. P. Walsh, 'R...
Home Listings Heritage Databases Heritage Database Search Heritage Item Click on the BACK button of your browser to return to the previous page. Kyle House is aesthetically significant as an important example of Inter-War Art Deco style emphasising vertic...
Crops and seed from the first successful Government Farm, worked by convicts, kept the infant colony from starvation in 1789. The most notable instance was the Castle Hill uprising when Irish convicts at the Castle Hill Government Farm rebelled and marche...
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Images of women's hair styles from around the world - esp. whistling woman's mouth - hyperlink back to unstopped/stopped mouths Is it because a whistling mouth looks like a kissing mouth? Boston, Beacon Press/London, The Women's Press 1989: 113-147; Agne...
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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...
The Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society (JRAHS), published twice yearly, is the oldest established journal of Australian history and contains a wide range of scholarly articles and reviews. Michael B Tyquin, 'Sir William "Mo" Williams KCMG...
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On display in:>Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill> 94/63/1-32/10 Glass negative, quarter plate, two men [one being Eric Sheldon?] On display in:>Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill> P2737 Photograph, B/W, reception...
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On display in:>Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill> A10678 Shawl, jacquard woven wool "paisley" [France]. On display in:>Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill> 98/89/2 Pendant / portrait miniature, gold / ivory / ena...
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By 1828, most employment in the Wollongong region was timber getting and land clearing for farming – it’s a story repeated by pioneers throughout Australia. Take for example various programs at the University of Wollongong, named Australia&rsq...
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL JEFFERY AC CVO MC GOVERNOR- GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ON THE OCCASION OF A CIVIC RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE WOLLONGONG CITY COUNCIL WOLLONGONG CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION CENTRE 11 NOVEMBER 2005 ...
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