non-fictionBiography of pastoralist and parliamentarian, William John Turner Clarke ; includes accounts of contacts, often violent, with Aboriginal peoples. william john turner clarke, big clarke, derwent river (tas.), phillip island (vic.), early pastoralists, squatters

Thought to have originated in Austria in 1869, postcards first gained popularity in Australia in the 1890s.They were used to send short messages to friends and family. This collection was generated by Mary Emma Elliot of Talgarno. Talgarno is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, situated on the southern shoreline of Lake Hume, about 23 km east of Albury-Wodonga. The collection contains postcards from across the world. Mary Emma Sibley was born in Ironbark, Bendigo in 1859. She married James Elliot in 1893 and they settled at “Kelso”, Talgarno. They had two children – Mona and Sibley. Mary Emma Elliot died in Melbourne in 1944, aged 84 years. Australian postcards collected by Mrs. James Elliot between 1898 and 1915. 1405.261 Port Arthur, Dead Island No 1 1405.262 Launceston, Crusoe Hut, Cataract Gorge 1405.263 Kathleen Sound, Gordon River, W. Coast. Tasmania 1405.264 St. Patrick's Head. East Coast. Tasmania 1405.265 Hobart 1405.266 Restless Seas, Coast of Australia 1405.267 Brown's River Road 1405.268 The Rocking Stone, Mt. Wellington 1405.269 Cataract Gorge, Launceston. Tas 1405.270 Mount Olympus. Tasmania 1405.271 Latrobe Road near Devonport 1405.272 Salmon Ponds, New Norfolk 1405.273 Launceston from Trevallyn 1405.274 Burnie, N. W. Coast. Tasmania 1405.275 River Derwent, near New Norfolk 1405.276 Botanic Gardens, Hobart, Tasmania 1405.277 "The Winter Garden" 1405.278 Hobart Waterworks 1405.279 LAUNCESTON. King's Bridge 1405.280 The Bridge. Perth (Tasmania)postcards, collecting, collections, talgarno

Dr Bernie Dunn spotted a model of the merchant ship 'Ulimaroa' at Pollywoodside Museum after which he commissioned Ib Odfeldt, a Danish prize winning marine artist, to depict the vessel at sea.The painting was later gifted to ANZCA in 2006. John Traill, co-owner of Huddart Parker Ltd, named the ship in 1907 after his family home 'Ulimaroa' the building which was later purchased by the newly established ANZCA. The S S Ulimaroa was one of the popular ships in the Huddart Parker fleet that was in regular service between Australia and New Zealand from 1908 to 1934. This service was interrupted by WWI when it was commissioned by the NZ Government to carry troops. During the depression it was de-commissioned where it lay in Sydney Harbor until 1934 when it sailed under its own steam to Japan to be converted into scrap metal. Oil on board painting of the merchant ship S S Ulimaroa on the Derwent River, Hobart, with landscape in distance and small steam boat on of main ship. Set in a plain gold and black wooden frame.[on frame in white ink] HUDDART PARKER LTD. / 1908 1934 / S/S ULIMAROA [on reverse in black ink] THIS PAINTING WAS COMMISSIONED / BY DR BERNARD L. DUNN & WIFE JEAN. / FOR THE ANZ COLLEGE OF ANESTHETIST 2006 ("ULIMAROA" ST KILDA RD MELBOURNE ) / TITLE: ULIMAROA ON THE DERWENT RIVER, (TASMANIA) / ARTIST IB ODFELDT / MEDIUM: OIL ON BOARD 2006 / THE SMALL STEAMER IN THE BACKGROUND S/S WARRENTINA / 808 CYGNET COAST RD / PETCHEY'S BAY 7109 TAS. / RED STAMP dunn, bernard, ulimaroa, odfeldt, ib, parker, huddart, traill, john