Visions and Profits: a portrait of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort
Doctor Alan Barnard of Australian National University presents a study of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort, Sydney’s 19th century business leader. The author details Mort’s rise from modest beginnings to wealth, his public works including Mort's Dock, and attempts to commercialize refrigerated meat exports, while noting Mort the man remains largely elusive despite thorough research.
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Canberra
Alan Barnard
Australian National University
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort
Sydney
Mort
Bodulla
Barnard
Ludwig Leichhard
A.m.procety
Prince Consort
Sailors’ Home
Mood
Mort's
H.J.M
Melbourne University Press
Portrait of the First Bohemian by Robert Baldick
Robert Baldick’s portrait surveys Murger the bohemian chronicler of Paris life. It notes his cold personality behind scenes of poverty illness and late nights fueling Scenes de la Vie de Boheme while honoring the enduring charm of his world and its grisettes.
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Bohemia
Murger
Mr. Baldick
M.P
Memmian
Robert Baldick
Hamiltan
Knights of Bornu travelogue and Calabash of Diamonds review
Douglas Bolling's The Knights of Bornu is a vivid travel narrative about Northern Nigeria and Lake Chad with engaging detail and humor, though an aborted elephant herd quest marks its limits. Margaret Lane's A Calabash of Diamonds is a dated treasure-hunt tale frail in plot but has some adventurous ingredients. the expedition to find diamonds fails.
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The
Knights of
Bornu
Douglas Bolling
Nigeria
Lake Chad
Switzerland
Sahara Desert
Botting
B.B.C
Botling
Peter Shinnie
Lake
Chad
Margaret Lane
Kimberley
Por
Hodder and Stoughton
Heinemann
Thrillers Of The Week and New People At The Nollies
A literary note reviews two Hodder and Stoughton thrillers. Driven to Kill by Clif ford Witting shows a double plot with early clues too obvious for regular readers. New People at the Nollies by Josephine Bell unfolds around a nursing home scene where a former officer and two boys face devious schemes and limited official interest.
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Clifford Witting
Hodder and Stoughton
Willing
Nollies
Josephine Bell
Hodder and
Stoughton
Kettle of Fish by Nigel Tranter review
Review notes a light humorous novel set near the English-Scottish border where poaching is forced by a Fisheries Act. A new schoolteacher uncovers the scheme, challenging the act with wit and simple characters. The tale unfolds with easy pacing and gentle humor.
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Tranter
Kettle of Fish
George Cole
Aquire
R.R. Kettle OF Fish
Nigel Tranter
Hodder and Stoughton
Crosswords Hint At Private Industrial Plan Drafting Service
Disturbance and vocal uproar lead to clues in the Times crossword. The page listsAcross and Down entries with hints and ends by noting a private and industrial plan drawing service offered by TRUELINE DRAFTING SERVICE in Braddon Canberra with contact numbers.
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Trueline Drafting Service
Lanxdsle St
Braddon
Canberra
New Adrivals Ern Malley Books and Cricket Title
Books page reviews Ern Malley hoax poems reprint with background by Max Harris and Molnar postcards and drawings. Also preview of The Australian Way cricket book edited by Jack Pollard with illustrations and twenty players contributing chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molnar
Sydney Morning Herald
Jack Pollard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mort OF
Mort Street
N.S.W
Goldsbrough
Douglas Botting
Paris
Champfleury
Nadar
Goncourt
Rodolphe
Mimi
Africa
Verity Hewitt
Civic Centre
Garema Vilace Canenabra
Entre Ce
Lunda Street
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