W A B Yarra Portraits Early New South Wales Pioneers
A narrative chapter portrays settlers flooding Silver River with ships and assigned servants, building farms, houses, and jetties as Captain Dick Galloway establishes Margaret Island. Officers like Lieut. Blair govern Crown Lands. bushrangers threaten, while anti transport leagues curb exile flows and O’Hegarty’s legend grows. Eric Strong consolidates Green Mountain Station aided by local allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackbo
John Blair
Lancashire
Devonshire
Silver River
Dick Galloway
Sydney
Margaret Island
Blair
Crown Lands
Uney
Anti-Transportation League
Britain
Ireland
Hobart Town
Tasmania
O'Hegarty
Mary Murray
Mary
New South Wales
Eric Strong
Blackboy
Karl Kramm
Eric
Green Mountain
Tommy
Wonga
Black Snake
Absolam
Stor
Strong of Green Mountain and the Grey Dove in a frontier settlement
In a colonial frontier tale, Strong of Green Mountain hunts fat cattle to feed the Black settlement, paying rations to local leaders who distribute meat. Mrs. Jack Blake and a women’s committee aid convict families, improving huts and gowns as Emancipatists press for reform. Margaret the Grey Dove gains support despite contempt from Anvil Annie, while Kitty Blair arranges church planning with Bishops and ship movements toward Sydney aboard the Blackboy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strong
Green Mountain
Kitty Blair
Jack Blake
Annie
Meg
Margaret
O'Hegarty
Margaret Strong
Karl Kramm
Anvil
Tag
Grey Dove
Silver River
Sydney
Orythé
Blackboy
Church of England
Mke
Tim
Fran Kramm
Eric
Svenson
Little Conrad
Dick Galloway
Black Mary
Yettee
Conrad
Mary
Kart i Kramm
Sne
Mr. Swenson
Tommy
Health Enemy No 1 and the Case for Exercise
Health notes warn laziness about expressions and careless eating fill hospitals. Professor Huxley’s tale favors digestion and exercise as foundations of success, urging massive full body workouts and a tight elastic waist to improve appetite, digestion, and brain blood supply.
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Professor Huxley
Huxley
Unusual Bush Lizard Brought From Ashby
A rare lizard specimen was presented to the Maclean office by J. Simms of Ashby. The six inch creature resembles a frilled lizard without the frill, but has a flat tail unlike the usual tapering form. The body is dark and velvety with a soft, lighter tail, provoking local curiosity among authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maclean
J. Simms
Ashby
Daily Examiner
Simms
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