Architectural innovator John Her Hunt 1838 1904 profile
A sharp, period appraisal of John Her Hunt by J M Freeland, tracing his early work in Gothic Romanesque church designs to bold domestic and commercial projects. It highlights his forward thinking, brick reintroduction, massing, and notable buildings like Rose Bay Convent, Cranbrook, Tivoli, and Victoria House, plus his influence on Australian architecture.
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John Her Hunt
J. M. Freeland
Cassell
University of New South Wales
Professor Freeland
Hunt
Australia
Freeland
Baroona
Whittingham
New South Wales
Sir
Rose Bay
Sydney
Cranbrook
Kambala
Rose Hay
England
John Barnet
Customs House
Circular Quay
Edmund Jacket
Blacket
Maitland
Blackets
Massing
John Sulman
Martin Place
Sydney Harbour
St Leonards
Evening News
Mort
Victoria House
William White
Muswellbrook
Greenway
Bisho Turner
Armidale
Grafton
Newcastle
Christ Church
Bodalla
St Mary's Star of the Sea
Trevenna
Tudor House
Moss Vale
Highlands
Waitara
Rose Bay Convent of the Sacred Heart
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Institute of Architects
Rose Bay Convent
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Picture books for the younger set
A survey of preschool picture books from several publishers. Gunilla Wolde and Dick Bruna titles use bite size text with simple illustrations, while I Can Read and science books offer basic vocabulary and nature facts. Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox stands out as a longer, serial read for older toddlers and early readers.
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Roald Dahl
Mr Fox
Thomas
Gunilla Wolde
Brockhampton Press
Marian
Yasuo Takeichi
Shichiro Miyamoto
Yoshimasa Sejima
Oxford
Timothy
Dobson
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Guy Daniels
Flavio Constantini
Allen and Unwin
Dahl
Death in the Forest: Katyn Massacre and the Soviet Role
A critical review of J K Zawodny’s Death in the Forest detailing the Katyn mass graves found near Smolensk, the conflicting Soviet and German narratives, and the broader wartime political pressures shaping allied responses to the massacre of about 15,000 Polish officers and intellectuals.
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Germany
Soviet Union
Asia
Stalin
Smolensk
Katyn Forest
Tiltic States
Moscow
Zawodny
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
Ome
Katyn
Churchill
Dr Zawodny
NKVD
Poland
Bologoe
Belorussia
Dergache
Ukraine
Barnave
Sibera
Vyshinsky
The Incurable a restless helpmate review
Nell Dunn’s The Incurable follows Maro a young wife in a comfortable home who wanders through East End London seeking meaning after her husband’s illness. The critique says Dunn loses control of the material and over simplifies characters and social critique, leaving a vague hopeful void.
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Eve
Nell Dunn
Maro
London
East End
Ama
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