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Women in colonial times - Australia's Culture PortalIn addition to the female colonists there were female Indigenous Australians - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women whose lives were changed dramatically when the English colonists arrived in large numbers. The lives of women like Truganini, Walye...
Many Australians are directly or indirectly involved in farming. For those Australians not involved with farming, the country's recent rural and agricultural history still has strong links to the heritage and culture of Australia. Wheat and other grain ...
Australia is also recognised as producing the world's highest quality woollen fibre – Australian merino wool. John and Elizabeth Macarthur were married in Devonshire in England in 1788. In 1796, John Macarthur bought his first merino sheep from a ...
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...
As Australia had no native grape varieties suitable for wine-making, grapes were imported from Europe and much of the wine produced was shipped back to the United Kingdom. Early wine production at Lindemans, established in the Hunter Valley (New South Wa...
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Powerhouse Museum Collection (website Powerhouse Museum )irn=113970&search=1922&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=123874&search=1922&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=28560&search=1922&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/databa...
irn=157621&search=merino&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=230033&search=merino&site_id=3 > F7822 Wool specimen, pure merino ewe, bred by Vincent James Dowling, Lue, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 1905 http://www.pow...
irn=141551&search=Philately&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=141552&search=Philately&site_id=3 > 94/54/3 Counter advertising display, 'Vineyard regions', cardboard, Australia Post, Australia, 1992 http://www.powerhousemu...
Australia is also recognised as producing the world's highest quality woollen fibre – Australian merino wool. In 1796, John Macarthur bought his first merino sheep from a flock of Spanish merino sheep reared in South Africa. It is fitting that bot...
Design of George Peppin stamp derived from Peppin Heritage Centre. Pack design by Lisa Christensen, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio. Scarf image on the pack designed by Liz Williamson, fleece on pack designed by Ron Ryan and Coo-ee....
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. CSIRO has a range of facilities that are opened to the public, with each offeri...
SHEEP BREEDING IN AUSTRALIA Containing an Historical Sketch of the Merino Sheep; the Pedigrees of the Principal Stud Sheep in the Australian Colonies; and a Treatise on Breeding. Description: Walker, May & Co. 1880 1880 [iv], corrections slip, 516 pages, ...
G...> >>Photographs > Sepia photographs>>+ H6692 Undress uniform and photograph, Ch... > + 86/3220 Tooth Collection: Photographs (3...> + 86/3250 Tooth Collection: Photographs fr... > + 96/68/1 Photographic print, framed, 'C D... > + 97/28/1 Photograph, b...
G...> >>Photographs > Sepia photographs>>+ H6692 Undress uniform and photograph, Ch... > + 86/3220 Tooth Collection: Photographs (3...> + 86/3250 Tooth Collection: Photographs fr... > + 96/68/1 Photographic print, framed, 'C D... > + 97/28/1 Photograph, b...
irn=157706&search=lisa&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=345454&search=lisa&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=142779&search=lisa&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/datab...
irn=368292&search=president&site_id=3 > F4618 Wool specimen, special stud ram 'President No 4', bred by James Gibson, Bellevue, Tasmania, Australia, 1895 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=369434&search=president&site_id=3 > F5397 W...
It is my purpose here to exhibit the merino sheep in its true light. "I am killing your sheep. There is another kind of sheep in Australia, as great a curse in his own way as the merino -- namely, the cross-bred, or half-merino-half-Leicester animal. ...
I grew up on lamb chops, roast lamb, lamb shepherd's pie, lamb patties, lamb cutlets, lamb kebabs, lamb casseroles, lamb sandwiches and lamb any other way you can think of eating it. Land Water and Wool sheep & wool research body. 'First cross' sheep - ...
TOBRUK Sheep Station is set on 150 acres (70 hectares) on a high plateau above the Hawkesbury River, and is surrounded by State Forests, with amazing views to the Blue Mountains. You could be 1,000 miles from anywhere. ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA > Sel...
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