Benjamin Danks was b. 1853 England, ordained 1878, and died 1921 in Rookwood, NSW. DANKS, Benjamin (1853-1921) Michael Horsburgh DANKS, BENJAMIN (b. Wednesbury, England, 12 Feb 1853; d. Sydney, NSW, 12 April 1921). Methodist missionary in New Britain and missionary administrator. Benjamin Danks migrated to Vic with his family when a young child. He entered the Wesleyan Methodist ministry in 1878 and was sent with his wife, Emma, daughter of John and Elizabeth Watsford, to join the Rev George Brown in the newly established missionary venture on the Duke of York group in New Britain, where he remained for nine years. An opponent of 'blackbirding', the traffic in indentured island labour for the Australian sugar cane industry, he warned local inhabitants not to go aboard any vessel recruiting labour for distant places, much to the displeasure of the labour traders. In 1880 he participated in the rescue of the survivors of the ill-fated settlement established by the Marquis de Rays. In 1907 he succeeded George Brown as the general secretary of Foreign Missions for the Methodist Church of Australasia and was president of the NSW Conference in 1908. He retired in 1918 and died in 1921 after a long illness attributed to the privations of his missionary career. Danks was highly regarded as a linguist and published the first book in the Tolai language of New Britain. He was a strong supporter of state legislation to control social evils, and to ensure pure food and drugs. He was an ardent temperance advocate. George Brown, An Autobiography (London, 1908); New South Wales Methodist Conference, Souvenir of the Presidency of the Rev. Benjamin Danks (Sydney, 1909); Wallace Deane (ed), In Wild New Britain (Sydney, 1933); Neville Threlfall, One Hundred Years in the Islands (Rabaul, 1975). MICHAEL HORSBURGH Electronic Version © Southern Cross College, 2004. Content © Evangelical History Association of Australia and the author, 2004.Engraving of Rev. Benjamin Danks based on the portrait."Rev. B. Danks. Late of New Guinea, Foreign Mission Secretary, Melbourne."danks, benjamin, new britain

This is the final 4 pages of the Scrap book Cat No 8225. Page 17. The article refers to Mrs Doreen Crawford having spent 12 years as Assistant Secretary at the Bendigo RSL Memorial Hall until 1967, on leaving this job she took on a Visiting Officers role with Legacy in McKenzie Street Bendigo where she be looking after and visiting approximately 200 War Widows in their own homes as well as Homes & Hospitals. Page 18 & 19. The two photos re building sites pertain to the construction of the War Widows Flats in Kangaroo Flat about 1971/72. Page 20a. The B & W photo shows the completed War Widows Flats in Kangaroo Flat in 1973. This was a project by the War Veterans Homes Trust and the Bendigo RSL. Page 20b. The article is re the newly installed Bendigo RSL President Jack Plant receiving a Life Membership in 1974 from Robert Temple immediate past President. The article goes on to outline Jack Plants RSL work with the RSL, he first joined the RSL in Chinkapook in 1944, Committee and President Raywood RSL 1956 - 1958. Refer Cat No 8129P for his Bendigo RSL involvement.Four pages from a Spiroflex sketch pad. Page 17. Article with a photo of a female as main item. Page 18. B & W photo of a building under construction. page 19. B & W photo of cleared ground with building beginnings. Page 20. one B & W photo showing several buildings in a row. Article with two persons re award of Life membership.On page 17 in blue pen, "Advertiser 11.9.76", page 18 in blue pen, "War Widows Flats at Kangaroo Flat"brsl, smirsl, scrap book

This 1860s book of classic fiction was deemed suitable as a second prize to a student of Latin, Daniel B Sellers. Sellers was a student at the National School in Warrnambool and received this prize in December 1861.The book is locally significant for its role in the education of local students. The National School of Warrnambool was part of the early history of the city and connected to the access to, and growth of, education in Warrnambool. Book, brown covers, embossed with borders and patterns and gilt decoration and titles. The book includes illustrations. Handwritten inscription on the front paste-down page. The opposite page has a stamped and a handwritten inscription. The book was presented as a prize to a Latin student at the National School, Warrnambool in 1861. Title: Odd People being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man. Alternate title: Odd People or Singular Races of Man Author: Captain Mayne Reid Publisher: Routledge Warne & Routledge, London Date: 1860 Further information: additional text on the spine reads 'A Proper Study of Mankind is Man'Handwritten inscription, seven lines of text: "Second Prize Latin Class gained by Daniel B Sellers. National School Warrnambool. Dec. 1861" Black ink stamp "000320" Handwritten in pencil "V.53"shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, odd people, captain mayne reid, national school warrnambool., daniel b sellers, classic fiction, the proper study of mankind is man, singular races of man, , routledge warne and routledge, latin student

One of 5 B/W photographs showing areas within Caulfield Town Hall. Production date unknown sometime after 1931 and before 1976. Original source unknown. Copyright for this image is unknown, although likely commissioned by Council. It has been digitised and published here for educational and research purposes. If you believe that you have copyright to this image and would like it removed from the site please contact us through the 'Leave a Comment' tab below.B/W photograph showing the upper foyer at the Glen Eira Town Hall. Image shows couches and armchairs and two central octagonal seats with central stands and small urns.Small Sticker, green and gold, adhered to r.h.s.verso corner 'The Speciality Press Pty. Ltd.'

Brown envelope, used to post 8264 a,b. Two 50c stamps, two postmarks ' DANDENONG LC VIC FMOOR 707 27 JUN 04 2:58' DANDENONG LC VIC FMOOR 706 28 JUN O4 14:50Front: 'Miss B. Vivian PO. Box 103 PORTLAND VICTORIA 3305' - handwritten, blue biro Back: 'NEWTON PO. Box 44 LANCEFIELD 3435' - handwritten, blue biro

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Details the coming of the white man, including explorers and squatters to the Wangaratta area, from a white perspective, written by Wendy Mitchell, and an Aboriginal perspective, written by Freddie Dowling.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, word listswangaratta, pangarang, genocide

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A comprehensive history of the Aboriginal people of the Monaro district. Written by a collection of contributors.maps, b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, document reproductions

Place names often evoke important information about features of the environment and their place in Indigenous knowledge. On the other hand, place names given by European settlers are largely arbitrary.Maps, b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, word listsplace names, wik, cape york peninsula, ngalakgan, alawa, marra, yukgul, kaurna, yuwaalaraay, yuwaaliyaay, gamilaraay, ngiyampaa

Various authors: studies of wider patterns in Aboriginal language and culture, including migration, tool exchange, and particularly the role of linguistic evidence in establishing historical connections between Australian tribes as well as further afield in the Australasian region.B&w illustrations, b&w photographs, maps, word listsanthropological linguistics

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Contextualizing Native American LPP: legal-political, demographic and sociolinguistic foundations; conceptualizing Native American LPP: critical sociocultural foundations; Native American languages 1492-2012; Indigenous literacies, bilingual education and community empowerment: Navajo case study; language regenesis in practice; language in the lives of Indigenous youth; planning language for the Seventh GenerationMaps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, colour photographslanguage planning, language policy, native american languages, language standardisation, language restriction

Includes index. Bibliography. For secondary school students.B&w illustrations, b&w photographs, maps, word listsgamilaraay, yuwaalaraay

This study explains why the locality of what is now known as Murchison is one of the most important historic Aboriginal places in regional Victoria.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, document reproductionsngurai-illam balug, ngurai-illam wurrung, daungwurrung, yaithmathang, yortayorta, yorta yorta, bangerang, murchison, murnang, george augustus robinson, goulburn river aboriginal protectorate, goulburn river region, victorian history

A history of the section of Victorian coastline from Andersons Inlet to Cape Woolamai. Includes descriptions of the impacts and consequences of European occupation on the Aboriginal people of this region.maps, colour photographs, b&w photographs, b&w illustrationsbunurong, boon wurrung, andersons inlet, cape woolamai, colonisation

Reproductions of various transactions and reports dealing with Aboriginal people in Port Phillip in the period 1835-39, beginning with some of the earliest reports and tracing the evolution of government interaction and policy towards Aborigines in the 19th century. Covers mission work, government reports, the native police, conflicts with squatters, with numerous illustrations and original reports. Contents: Part I, Evolution of British policy Ch. 1. Proposals to appoint protectors of aborigines Ch. 2. Racial conflict in the year of official settlement at Port Phillip Ch. 3. House of Commons Select Committee on Aborigines Part II, The Wesleyan Mission at Buntingdale Ch. 4. Establishment and early operations of the Wesleyan mission Part III, The Government acts Ch. 5. Establishing the first government mission 1835-7 Ch. 6. Food and clothing for the Aborigines Ch. 7. Punishment of Aborigines found drunk, 1836-8 Ch. 8. Operations of the government mission, November 1837 to March 1839 Ch. 9. First attempt to form a native police corps Part IV, Growing conflict with squatters, 1837-8 Ch. 10. The disappearance of Gellibrand and Hesse Ch. 11. Attacks in the Western District Ch. 12. Attacks on the overland routes to Port Phillip Ch. 13. Evolution of policy in Sydney, 1838.b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, tables, document reproductionsvictorian history, colonisation, justice system

Aboriginal knowledge of flora and fauna from the Moyle River and Neninh areas.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, colour photographs,marri ngarr, magati ke, wadeye, moyle river, northern territory, flora, fauna, ethnobiology

Notes on plants in the area, including swamp/water plants.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, colour photographsdandenong ranges national park, indigenous vascular plants, weed management