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A short history of Australia: new and revised edition, Clark, Manning, 1964
... A short history of Australia: new and revised edition... lettering; 274 pages. A short history of Australia: new and revised ...History of Australia: 1788-1969.Some references to Ballarat including the Monster Meeting and the Eureka Stockade.Hardback with dustjacket; green and white background; black lettering; 274 pages.Front cover: Author's name and title; white round price sticker. Back cover: Author's biography and other publications. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - australia, history - ballarat, history - indigenous, convicts, macquarie, immigration, politics -
Anglesea and District Historical Society
History Book, Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press, A Short History of Australia by Ernest Scott, 1916
... A Short History of Australia by Ernest Scott... at University of Melbourne. A Short History of Australia by Ernest Scott ...Hard cover book printed 1916 by Ernest Scott, Professor of History at University of Melbourne.history, australia, e. scott -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Oxford University Press, A short history of Australia, 1937
... A short history of Australia....374. A short history of Australia Book Oxford University Press ...Outline of Australian history to the outbreak of the First World War ; includes refererences to Governor George Arthur's "Black line" and George Robinson's work among Aboriginal Tasmanians.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.374.non-fictionOutline of Australian history to the outbreak of the First World War ; includes refererences to Governor George Arthur's "Black line" and George Robinson's work among Aboriginal Tasmanians. australia - history, australia - social life and customs -
Camberwell Historical Society
Book, Ernest Scott, A Short History of Australia, 1928
... A Short History of Australia... and maps A Short History of Australia Book Book Ernest Scott Oxford ...398 pages with illustrations and mapscamberwell, australia, history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ENTERTAINMENT ON THE GOLD FIELDS 1850 - 1890. M. DIXON
... A Short History of Australia... Mackay Mackay & Co Sandhurst Bee M Clark A Short History ...Typed account of the entertainment in Bendigo in the early days. People made their own entertainment and from 1853 theatres and concert halls became a part of life on the goldfield. Singers and musicians came to perform. There was also processions, race meetings and sporting events.bendigo, entertainment, gold fields, entertainment on the gold fields 1850 - 1890, m dixon, lola montez, amy castles, charles thatcher, bendigo advertiser, the theatre royal, yates, royal exchange restaurant, shamrock hotel, merchant of venice, othello, hamlet, lady of lyons, royal victoria theatre, bendigo histrionic club, the old curiosity shop, benevolent asylum, shakespearean society, criterion theatre, w howitt, land labour and gold, frank cusack, bendigo a history, the bendigo advertiser centenary edition, r ward, the australian legend, the shamrock concert hall, royal princess theatre, j c williamson, maggie moore, ilma de murska, easter fair, jim crilly, annals of bendigo, gilbert and sullivan, dick davey's pub, g mackay, mackay & co, sandhurst bee, m clark, a short history of australia, r lacour-gayet, a concise history of australia, jack hattam -
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Photograph - Map, Robert Thorne's Map, 1527, 1527
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... explorers Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia ...This map serves the purpose of proving that Thorne and the Spanish geographers knew nothing about a continent near Australia.Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, robert thorne, robert thorne's map, spanish explorers -
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Map, Map Published at Paris, 1587, 1527
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott. Map Published ...This map shows a portion of New Guinea, but the plae occupied by Austrlai was left as open ocean.Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, paris map, new guinea, early australian mapping -
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Map, Plancius's Map (Amsterdam), 1594, 1594
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott. Plancius's Map ...Copy of a Dutch map published in Amsterdam. showing a large stretch of outhern land called Terra sustralis Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, plascius, placius's map, terra australis, dutch map -
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Map, Map of Java La Grande, 1542, 1542
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott. Map ...Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, chart of the southland, hessel gerritsz, dutch discovery of australiaj.e heres het aandael -
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Map, Map Illustrating Voyage of Ban Neck's Fleet to Dutch East Indies, 1598-1600, 1598-1600
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott. Map ...Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, van neck's fleet, dutch east indies -
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Photograph - Map, Map of New Holland from a chart by Isaac de Graaf (1690-1714), c1714
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott. Map of New ...Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, new holland, hollandia nova, isaac de graaff, new guinea, australia of the holy spirit, papua, new hebrides, new zealand, nuyts land, van dieman's land, tasman's track -
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Map, New Holland and New South Wales as Known after Cook's Voyages
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... island point hicks timor Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory ...Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, new holland, norfolk island, point hicks, timor -
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Photograph - Map, Portion of Captain James Cook's Chart of New South Wales, 1770, 1770
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... cook new south wales coast Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory ...Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, voyages, captain james cook, new south wales coast -
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Map, Map of Abel Tasman's Voyages, 1642-1644
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest ...Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, abel tasman, voyages -
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Map, Botany Bay and Port Jackson
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... parramatta rose hill sydney Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory ...Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, voyages, new south wales coast, port jackson, botany bay bankstown, prospect hill, parramatta, rose hill, sydney -
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Map, The Blue Mountains, New South Wales
... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest... Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest ...Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, new south wales coast, parramatta, sydney, gosford, maitland, newcastle, blue mountains, picton -
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Photograph - Map, Freycinet's Map, Showing 'Terre Napoleon'
... Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest... napoleon australia Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia ...Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, freycinet, terre napoleon, australia -
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Photograph - Map, Hobart and Port Dalrymple
... Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest... harbour maps plans Copy of a map from 'A Short History ...Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, bass straight, hobart, port davey, georgetown, beaconsfield, queenstown, gordon rover, derwent river, launceston, port dalrymple, banks straight, macquarie harbour, maps, plans -
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Map, Westernport and Port Phillip
... Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest... river yarra yarra river Copy of a map from 'A Short History ...Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, westernport, port phillip, queenscliffe, melbourne, brighton, williamstown, port arlington, hobson bay, cape otway, geelong, barwon river, ballarat, yarra river, yarra yarra river -
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Map, King George's Sound
... Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest... williamsburgh Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia ...Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, king george's sound, perth, fremantle, bunbury, busselton, bridgetown, albany, york, williamsburgh -
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Map, Melville Island
... Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest... pine creek daly river Copy of a map from 'A Short History ...Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, melville island, tiwi islands, arnhem land, palmerston, daly, croker island, bathurst island, pine creek, daly river -
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Map, Australian Inland Exploration, 1815-1928, 1815-1828
... Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest... darling downs liverpool Copy of a map from 'A Short History ...Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, australian alps, westernport, port phillip, hume and hovell, oxley, evans, cunningham, darling downs, liverpool -
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Map, Exploration of Eyre, Sturt, Stuart, Gregory, Burke, and Wills
... Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest... from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott ...Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, burke and wills, sturt, stuart, gregory, melbourne, perth, sydney, mitchell river, a.c. gregory, darling river, lachlan river, mt stuart, murray river -
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Map, Exploration of Eyre, Sturt, Stuart, Gregory, Burke, and Wills
... Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest... of carpentaria mount grey forrest Copy of a map from 'A Short History ...Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, stuart, gregory, melbourne, perth, sydney, darling river, murray river, adelaide, albany, fitzroy river, flinders river, brisbane, great australian bight, gulf of carpentaria, mount grey, forrest -
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Map, Australian Colonies (States), c1918
... Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest... History of Australia' by Ernest Scott published in 1918 ...Copy of a map from 'A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott published in 1918. map, australia, indian ocean, van dieman's land, tasmania, new south wales, sydney, western australia, perth, albany, launceston, hobart, south australia, melbourne, townsville, rockhampton, brisbane, northern territory, queensland -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Book, C.E.W. BEAN (Author) Formerly Australian Official War Historian et al, Anzac to Amiens, 1953
... A Shorter History of the Australian Fighting Services... Dandenong melbourne WW1 History A Shorter History of the Australian ...WW1 HistoryA Shorter History of the Australian Fighting Services in the First World War. Canberra Australian War Memorial 1952. (Third Edition). -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Article, Newsletter, Watsonia Barracks: the home of the Royal Australian Corp of Signals
... A short history of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals...A short history of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals ...A short history of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals at Watsonia Barracks, including background history of the land.Printed article with black and white photos, 3 pageswatsonia army barracks, simpson army barracks -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Animal specimen - Bluebird
Eastern bluebirds are well-known song birds that live in eastern North America. They are sexually dimorphic, easily recognised by the male's bright royal blue upper plumage, chest of reddish brown and white abdomen. The females is duller in colour than the male, with greyer upperparts and blue tinges to her wings. These Bluebirds, the European variety, are the most common of the three Bluebird species. When not nesting, these birds fly in small flocks around the countryside. Bluebirds feed on small insects including moths, termites and mosquitoes. They also eat grasshoppers, crickets and caterpillars. The Bluebird can spot caterpillars and other insects in tall grass from a distance of over 45 meters. The Bluebird is commonly identified in numerous cultures as being symbolic as a harbinger of happiness. Often in Russian fairytales, the Bluebird is used as a symbol of hope. This specimen is part of a collection of almost 200 animal specimens that were originally acquired as skins from various institutions across Australia, including the Australian Museum in Sydney and the National Museum of Victoria (known as Museums Victoria since 1983), as well as individuals such as amateur anthropologist Reynell Eveleigh Johns between 1860-1880. These skins were then mounted by members of the Burke Museum Committee and put-on display in the formal space of the Museum’s original exhibition hall where they continue to be on display. This display of taxidermy mounts initially served to instruct visitors to the Burke Museum of the natural world around them, today it serves as an insight into the collecting habits of the 19th century.This specimen is part of a significant and rare taxidermy mount collection in the Burke Museum. This collection is scientifically and culturally important for reminding us of how science continues to shape our understanding of the modern world. They demonstrate a capacity to hold evidence of how Australia’s fauna history existed in the past and are potentially important for future environmental research. This collection continues to be on display in the Museum and has become a key part to interpreting the collecting habits of the 19th century.This female bluebird (likely Eastern) has a medium brown head and back, a rufous breast, and a cream belly. The bird has blue-tinged wing and tail feathers. The bill is short and has been stylized with the bill partly open to provide the illusion that the bird is making a call. This specimen stands upon a wooden mount and has an identification tag tied around its leg. The bird's plumage has faded since it was first preserved; females generally have duller colouring than their male counterparts but the colour of this particular specimen is paler than it would have been.Label: 122a. Blue-Bird / Catalogue Page 29. / Metal tag: 107taxidermy mount, taxidermy, animalia, burke museum, beechworth, australian museum, skin, reynell eveleigh johns, bird, american birds, bluebird -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Animal specimen - Superb Lyrebird, Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1860-1880
The Superb Lyrebird is a large ground-dwelling bird with powerful legs and long tail. Found in rainforest habitats in southeastern Australia, it forages in leaf litter for food. It has a very powerful song and is known for mimicking other species. The males have spectacular long tail comprising a variety of feather types, where juveniles and females lack the longer tail feathers. This specimen is part of a collection of almost 200 animal specimens that were originally acquired as skins from various institutions across Australia, including the Australian Museum in Sydney and the National Museum of Victoria (known as Museums Victoria since 1983), as well as individuals such as amateur anthropologist Reynell Eveleigh Johns between 1860-1880. These skins were then mounted by members of the Burke Museum Committee and put-on display in the formal space of the Museum’s original exhibition hall where they continue to be on display. This display of taxidermy mounts initially served to instruct visitors to the Burke Museum of the natural world around them, today it serves as an insight into the collecting habits of the 19th century.This specimen is part of a significant and rare taxidermy mount collection in the Burke Museum. This collection is scientifically and culturally important for reminding us of how science continues to shape our understanding of the modern world. They demonstrate a capacity to hold evidence of how Australia’s fauna history existed in the past and are potentially important for future environmental research. This collection continues to be on display in the Museum and has become a key part to interpreting the collecting habits of the 19th century.This female Superb Lyrebird is primarily grey/brown. It has shorter tail feathers than the male, which are dark and light brown, and vary in size. The bird's wings, chest and belly are a lighter grey/brown, and there are hints of yellow-white in the edges of the feathers and through the bird's chest. The bird has strong legs and a small beak. This specimen stands upon a wooden platform.37a. / Lyrebird / See Catalogue, page [illegible] /taxidermy mount, taxidermy, animalia, burke museum, beechworth, australian museum, skin, reynell eveleigh johns, bird, superb lyrebird -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Malachite, Unknown
Malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide mineral and was one of the first ores used to make copper metal. Malachite has been utilised as a gemstone and sculptural material in the past as its distinctive green color does not fade when exposed to light or after long periods of time. Malachite is formed at shallow depths in the ground, in the oxidizing zone above copper deposits. The material has also been used as a pigment for painting throughout history. This particular specimen was recovered from the Burra Burra Copper Mine in Burra, South Australia. Otherwise known as the 'Monster Mine', the Burra Burra Copper Mine was first established in 1848 upon the discovery of copper deposits in 1845. Within a few short years, people from around the world migrated to Burra to lay their claim in the copper economy. By April 1848 the mine was employing over 567 people and supporting a population of 1,500 in the local township. Up until 1860, the mine was the largest metals mine in Australia, producing approximately 50,000 tonnes of copper between 1845 to its closure in 1877. The Burra Burra Mine was also famous for a number of other specimens, including; crystalline azurite, cuprite, and botryoidal and malachite.Malachite is considered a rare gemstone in that the original deposits for the stones have been depleted leaving behind very few sources. In addition, the use of Malachite as gemstones and sculptural materials remains just as popular today as they were throughout history. It is quite common to cut the stone into beads for jewellery. The fact that Malachite has such a rich colour and one that does not fade with time or when exposed to light makes it particularly rare. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study. A solid hand-sized copper carbonate hydroxide mineral with shades of yellow, blue, and light green throughout.geological, geological specimen, burke museum, indigo shire, malachite, malachite specimen, burra burra mine, burra, south australia, australian mines, mines, monster mine