The Moth of Moonbi led the Hassalls in early Queensland cinema
Marsden Hassall recalls starring in The Moth of Moonbi, Queensland’s first silent feature. He and wife Dell Ferris Hassall recount filming near Brisbane with Charles Chauvel, the cliff fight, long shoots, scarce equipment, and the film’s salvaged return to the National Library.
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Moonbi
Marsden Hassall
Queensland
Hassall
Canberra
National Library
Hassal
Charles Chauvel
Australia
Pathe
Dell
Brisbane
Rosevale
Spicer
Arthur Tauchert
Tauchert
Chauvel
Melbourne
London
Buckingham Palace
Hassalls
Times
Mr Hassall
America
Zukor
Paramount
Mixed crew rowers triumph stalls amid scandal
A Canberra rowing item reports uproar over a ban on women in men's events. A spokesman defends mixed crews while describing a chaotic Head of the Lake with a strain of inappropriate behavior and a race ending amid turmoil and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally — Crabs
Hilary
Bruce Hall
Canberra
Basil
Gloria
Mutiny on the Lake: Women’s Rowing Touch Off Dark Secrets
An eerie tale from the lake’s backwaters reveals a shells crew mutiny and disappearance after infiltrations by women rowers, with a lone car returning after hours adrift in icy waters. The writer claims a bias against mixed crews persists as a fearsome motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarramundi Beach
Lake Burley Griffin
Inca Capital Visit Sparks Colonial Archive Reflection
The narrator recalls a meeting with a Cuzco University professor in Iuzco Peru who leads to a tour of colonial papers. He urges study of Spanish colonial records in South America to illuminate Australian history, noting funding limits, language needs, and the potential for new discoveries beyond well known explorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iuzco
Peru
the Inca
Cuzco University
University
Philippines
Spanish South America
Spain
Literary Fund Fellowship fuels debate on Fitzgerald voice
The Commonwealth allegedly silences Fitzgerald for a year with a fellowship grant. Critics warn the move risks shaping an establishment slanted career and turning the era into a prolonged joke about free expression.
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Frances Kelly
Foreman
Dell Fert
Dell. Ferris
Coffee Palace
Mary Pickford
Tom Result
Flynn
Astralia
Homicide
New Guinea
Commonwealth Department of Works
Tom
Maryden Hassall As
Tom Resoult
ACT Rowing Association
Women’ Liberation Movement
Indy
Spinpaker Island
Cook
By Stewart Jamieson
Lima
de Quiros
Torres
Perts
Tara
Ireland
Literary Fund
Commonwealth
Fitzgerald
Fitz
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