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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...
The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken captained by Dutchman, Willem Janszoon. In 1770, Englishman Lieutenant James Cook charted the Australian east coast in his ship HM Barque Endeavour. Coo...
In 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...
In 1788, the eleven ships of the First Fleet landed their 'cargo' of around 780 British convicts at Botany Bay in New South Wales. From 1788 to 1823, the Colony of New South Wales was officially a penal colony comprised mainly of convicts, marines and th...
Mr Salchany, lighthouse keeper of Neptune Islands signals a passing ship, 1963. In Australia, lighthouses are built in harbours, on islands, coral reefs and beaches. Courtesy of the Australian Heritage Photo Library, Department of Environment, Water Her...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. The myth of the digger and the larrikin hero is an important part of the Australian experience of pastoralism, the goldfields, bushranging, shearing and droving. The slang term 'digger' re-surfaced during th...
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 ...
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Australia's Culture Portal - Stories - Convict women in Port Jackson (website Culture and Recreation Portal )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...
Convict Women begins with the story of Maria Lord - convict 'whore', pioneer family woman, successful entrepreneur, abandoned wife - whose life illustrates many of the central themes of convict women's history in Australia. Kay Daniels is the co-editor of...
In 1838, The Governor of Van Diemens Land, Sir John and his wife, Lady Franklin visited and inspected the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart and attended a service in the factory chapel. This same refractory spirit was illustrated by another occasion when...
Contact First encounters: 1788 A site study for students visiting the Museum of Sydney and the Royal Botanic Gardens. Contents 1 Acknowledgments Introduction 2 Excursion notes 3 Syllabus links 4 The Place Sydneyís original vegetation 6 Mapping Sydney exc...
The first records of European mariners sailing into 'Australian' waters occurs around 1606, and includes their observations of the land known as Terra Australis Incognita (unknown southern land). The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and ...
In 1788, the eleven ships of the First Fleet landed their 'cargo' of around 780 British convicts at Botany Bay in New South Wales. From 1788 to 1823, the Colony of New South Wales was officially a penal colony comprised mainly of convicts, marines and th...
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Sidney Nolan, Kelly and horse, 1946, enamel on composition board. Image courtesy of the Nolan Gallery. Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Libraries Built, Natural & Historic Heritage Collecting Institutions Community Arts Cross Media ...
In 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...
Mr Salchany, lighthouse keeper of Neptune Islands signals a passing ship, 1963. In Australia, lighthouses are built in harbours, on islands, coral reefs and beaches. Courtesy of the Australian Heritage Photo Library, Department of Environment, Water Her...
Jolly Read won the Channel 7 Young Filmmakersí Award for Best Script and Best Film in 1975. 'Kangkushot, The Life of Nyamal Lawman Peter Coppin' was published in 1999 and short-listed for the 1999 WA Premierís Book Awards. ëWhoís Afraid Of The Working C...
>Dina Ross's plays include 'Smokescreens' (Chapel Off Chapel Melbourne 2002) and 'Waiting', (Festival of One, Bakehouse Theatre Adelaide 2003 and fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne 2003) which was nominated for a Green Room Award. Dina's short play 'Just Visi...
After it was over, the following public healths were drank with three cheers and the band playing God save the King, - The King - The Queen & Royal Family - The Prince of Wales - Prince William Henry - His Majesty’s Ministers - The Cumberland Family...
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