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Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History GroupWork on paper - Address Delivered by Mr A.E.C.Kerr, President, Adam Lindsay Gordon Memorial Cottage Committee, 3/4/1938, To honour the Late President Mr Fred J. Martell. Photograph attached of metal plaque at Craig's Hotel entitled "Royal Hotel Stables", 3/4/1938. Photograph-date unknown
... ...Poet's Corner Westminster Abbey...Martell Mr A.E.C.Kerr Adam Lindsay Gordon Cottage Adam Lindsay Gordon Memorial Cottage Committee Craig's Royal Hotel Ballarat Craig's Hotel Livery Stables Craig's Hotel Livery Stables Metal Plaque Dougles Sladen Poet's Corner Westminster Abbey Bath Lane Australian Poet Adam Lindsay Gordon Bust Gardens Ballarat None 8 pages with 3 illustrations and 2 title pages. ...The Address in honour of the memory of the Late Fred J. Martell given 3/4/1938, President of the Adam Lindsay Gordon Memorial Cottage was delivered by Mr A.E.C.Kerr, President of the Adam Lindsay Gordon Memorial Cottage Committee, Ballarat. The photograph of Craig's Hotel Stables' sign is included as Adam Lindsay Gordon held the leasehold of these livery stables in 1867.Mr Martell made valuable contributions to the Ballarat community as one of the Founders of the Ballarat Art Gallery, Registrar of the School of Mines and was "really [the] founder" of the Lindsay Gordon Memorial Cottage. His ashes were scattered around the Cottage.8 pages with 3 illustrations and 2 title pages. The 3 black and white illustrations are of Fred J. Martell, the Adam Lindsay Gordon Memorial Cottage and Adam Lindsay Gordon. The photograph of Craig's Stables is high gloss in colour. Nonejohn garner, doctor, john garner collection, ballarat botanic gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, fred j. martell, mr a.e.c.kerr, adam lindsay gordon cottage, adam lindsay gordon memorial cottage committee, craig's royal hotel ballarat, craig's hotel livery stables, craig's hotel livery stables metal plaque, dougles sladen, poet's corner westminster abbey, bath lane, australian poet, adam lindsay gordon bust, gardens, ballarat -
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.Book - Book, memorial, Adam Lindsay Gordon the poet of Australia : unveiling of the memorial in Westminster Abbey, 1934
... The memorial bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon was unveiled by the Duke of York on 11th May 1934 in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. It is situated on a pillar near the bust of Lord Tennyson and the inscription reads ADAM LINDSAY GORDON POET OF AUSTRALIA BORN 1833 DIED 1870. ...The memorial bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon was unveiled by the Duke of York on 11th May 1934 in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. It is situated on a pillar near the bust of Lord Tennyson and the inscription reads ADAM LINDSAY GORDON POET OF AUSTRALIA BORN 1833 DIED 1870. ...non-fictionadam lindsay gordon, westminster abbey, 1934, memorial -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History GroupWork on paper - Lindsay Gordon's Cottage, Ballarat Courier 15 August, 1934, 15 August 1934
... Adam Lindsay Gordon Adam Lindsay Gordon Cottage Lindsay Gordon's Cottage Craig's Hotel Poet Ballarat Botanical Gardens John Garner Doctor John Garner Collection Craft Cottage Brighton Cemetery "The Sick Stockrider". Westminster Abbey Livery Stables 1867-1868 Gardens Ballarat In the top lefthand corner of p.1 15 August 1934 is written in blue biro. 2 pages of newspaper print with one column relevant to Gordon on each page. ...The Australian poet Lindsay Gordon had a strong following in Ballarat half a century ago.The cottage where Gordon lived was once the sample room at Craig's Hotel and by renovating and moving it to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, it was hoped that it would become a tourist attraction.2 pages of newspaper print with one column relevant to Gordon on each page.In the top lefthand corner of p.1 15 August 1934 is written in blue biro.adam lindsay gordon, adam lindsay gordon cottage, lindsay gordon's cottage, craig's hotel, poet, ballarat botanical gardens, john garner, doctor, john garner collection, craft cottage, brighton cemetery, "the sick stockrider"., westminster abbey, livery stables 1867-1868, gardens, ballarat -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Fictional Stories, Thomas Hardy, A Group of Noble Dames, 1894
... poets like Philip Larkin. He died in 1928 as a literary elder statesman; his heart was buried in his beloved Dorset, while his ashes were placed in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner....poets like Philip Larkin. He died in 1928 as a literary elder statesman; his heart was buried in his beloved Dorset, while his ashes were placed in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. ...The subject novel A Group of Noble Dames is a collection of ten historical short stories bound together by a classic frame narrative. The premise is that to escape the boredom of a rainy day, ten male members of the "Wessex Field and Antiquarian Club" gather together. To pass the time, each member including a local historian, an old surgeon, a rural dean, and a churchwarden takes a turn telling a scandalous, tragic, or ironic tale about a high-born lady from the local aristocracy of the 17th and 18th centuries. Unlike Hardy's deeply somber major novels, he categorized these stories as "Romances and Fantasies." However, they still contain classic Hardyan cynicism.A Group of Noble Dames Author: Thomas Hardy Publisher: Macmillan And Co Date: 1894 Further Information: Olive hardcover and spine with spine lettering in gold. The spine has a Library label with inscription.non-fictionThe subject novel A Group of Noble Dames is a collection of ten historical short stories bound together by a classic frame narrative. The premise is that to escape the boredom of a rainy day, ten male members of the "Wessex Field and Antiquarian Club" gather together. To pass the time, each member including a local historian, an old surgeon, a rural dean, and a churchwarden takes a turn telling a scandalous, tragic, or ironic tale about a high-born lady from the local aristocracy of the 17th and 18th centuries. Unlike Hardy's deeply somber major novels, he categorized these stories as "Romances and Fantasies." However, they still contain classic Hardyan cynicism.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, a group of noble dames, thomas hardy
