Robinson Crusoe (28 copies) flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, robinson crusoe

.Blue cloth-covered hardback with gold printing. Very worn, especially at corners. Front flyleaf missing. Title page foxing, torn, ragged edges. P. 1-2 missing. Front & rear covers detaching. Rear flyleaf missing. 394 pp. Loose pages towards centre. Yellowing. Poor condition.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library.

A red hard covered book titled 'The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'. Published by Cassell & Co London 428 pages. Includes many illustrations. First published 25th April 1719. Author Daniel Defoe inspired by the story of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish Sailor who went to sea in 1704. Markings & Inscriptions: To Roy with Mr Stewarts best wishes Xmas 1899.Daniel Defoebook, human survival

Ill, p.378.fictionThe timeless tale of survival and adventure that set the standard for the English novelRobinson Crusoe is the only man still alive when his ship is destroyed in a terrible storm. Washing up on a deserted island, he realizes that he is stranded, with no immediate hope of rescue. Displaying remarkable ingenuity, Crusoe builds a crude home, raises crops, and keeps track of the passing days with a rudimentary calendar. Loneliness is his greatest adversary until a tribe of cannibals arrives with their intended victims. When one of the prisoners escapes, Crusoe rescues him. juvenile fiction, adventure fiction

Handwritten notes titled 'Bendigo's Water Supply'. Notes mention the early water supply for Bendigo, The construction of the reservoirs, some costs, and the dates they were constructed.document, bendigo's water supply, e h emmett, bendigo water works co, no 7 reservoir, law courts, coliban scheme, j f sullivan, the bendigo council, water works, robinson crusoe gully, angus mackay, state rivers and water supply commission, lauriston reservoir, lake eppalock, dates when reservoirs were built, preston vale, bendigo and vicinity

A small soft cover book with a blue/green cover,on the front cover is a painting of early Australia with Indigenous Australians hunting with spears alongside them is a European with long unkept hair and a beard dressed in animal skins,on the back cover is text by the author giving a brief outline of the book.buckley, sorrento, robinson crusoe, port phillip, van diemen's land, colonialism, 1840, convicts, indigenous tribes.

Reminiscences of environmental artist Neil Douglas as told to Abbie Heathcote. Kangaroo Island stories, living naturally, bumbling through the Depression, Robinson Crusoe gardening, trials of a conservationist, health and home, artist friends, aninal friends. Illustrated by Neil Douglas and incudes photographs of his home and garden at Bend of Islands.1. Paperback; 140 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 2. Hardback (missing dust jacket); 140 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN 095950950xstories, social customs, alternative lifestyles, kangaroo ground, gardening, reminiscences, bend of islands, conservation, neil douglas, abbie heathcote, environment,

Artwork. Norman Penrose collection: (A) Crayon or pencil (coloured) drawing of a building and fence. A man is walking in an archway in the distance. The buildings are yellow and orange. The picture illustrates perspective. (B) Coloured crayon drawing of a one legged man carrying a parrot on his arm, walking along the cliff top beside the sea. A sailing ship is on the water. (C) Coloured crayon drawing of a green fire breathing dragon above the waves of the sea. The moon and stars are shining in a dark sky. The drawing has a blue paint wash. (D) Coloured crayon drawing of Robinson Crusoe. He is on the beach and has a large trunk open. He is looking in it. A number of coconuts and bowls are around the trunk. It is beside a palm tree. A ship with two masts is just off the shore.(C) N. Penrosedrawing, crayon, norman penrose collection, artwork, crayon drawings

A plaster replica of the 377 ozs gold nugget that was discovered in March 1861 in Robinson Crusoe valley at a depth of 5 feet by Mr John Knott and his son. It was the largest nugget found on the field. Value in 2016 $595,463. An article by the Bendigo Advertiser on Saturday 16 March 1861 describes the discovery "One of the largest pieces of gold that have been turned out of the ground on Bendigo, was yesterday brought to light in a small gully called Dead Bullock Gully, on the Kangaroo Flat side of Robinson Crusoe. The fortunate discoverers of the treasure are in this instance, as is generally the case, "fossickers," and where the nugget was found is in some old ground that has no doubt been turned over times innumerable within a few feet of the spot where the prize was lying hid. The exact weight of the nugget is 377 oz 6¾ dwts of as pure gold as ever came out of the ground. The finders are Mr John Knott and his son; the latter,a lad, being the party who actually found it, which he did under rather peculiar circumstances. He was down below in the old hole, putting a drive into an old pillar that had been left, when he drove his pick into the mass of gold, and partially discovered it. Under the excitement of the moment he cried out loudly, and his father, who was on top, immediately jumped down the hole, under the impression that his son had met with an accident, but fortunately found that he only required assistance in extracting the welcome stranger. The following is a description of the nugget. Length, twelve inches; width, six; while in some places it is of about two inches in thickness, in others it is only about half an inch. It has that peculiarity of form which from the days of the early finders of nuggets has enabled one to discover a resemblance to something either common or uncommon. We have had nuggets resembling frying pans, legs of mutton, dampers, and other articles in use in the rosy days of the diggings. In the present instance several parties who have seen the nugget assert that both in shape and size it is very much like an Australian Platypus, one of the ends of the nugget being exactly in formation like the snout of the animal. It will be exhibited today in the gold office of Mr Bannerman, and will, no doubt,attract the gaze of a crowd. Mr Knott states that at breakfast, before going to work in the morning, the boy mentioned to his mother that he had dreamt on the previous night that he would find a large nugget. May the similar dreams of every alluvial miner come as true as this realization of a prize worth between fourteen and fifteen hundred pounds in value."It has a sticker on it that says 'The Platypus 112'mining, models, plaster model of victorian gold nugget, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87375584

Hard cover book, Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1883 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction“Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery” is Jules Verne’s 1882 adventure novel, originally written in French as L’École des Robinson's (“The School for Robinson's”). It follows a wealthy San Franciscan, Godfrey Morgan, who is sent on a voyage to toughen him up, only to end up marooned in a Robinson Crusoe style survival story. The original French edition was published in 1882, the first British English edition published in March 1883 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's

Bibliography, index, ill, p.447.non-fictionReproduces some of Jerrold's "hitherto unknown work": Capsicum house for young ladies -- The life and adventures of Miss Robinson Crusoe -- Our honeymoon -- Exhibition of the English in China.punch (london) - england, satire - britain