Sport in the early days of New South Wales
The piece traces early Australian leisure, noting how sport emerged with the colony. It recalls 1803 Sydney Gazette inquiries into hunting and fishing near Sydney Cove, Parramatta races in 1810, and early cricket and football hints. It highlights frontier activities from horse racing to cockfighting, hunting, and boat races, illustrating sport's slow rise alongside colonial life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Sydney
Sydney Gazette
New South Wales Advertiser
Sporting
Sporting Reporter
George Howe
Srat
Sydney Cove
New South Wales
Phillip
Cape
Parramatta
Sydney Toll Gate
Belfast
Gazette
78Nd Regiment
Hyde Park
Hawkesbury
Windsor
Andde
God Veleee
Thuressay
Ollen
Dicky Dowling
Dicky
Port Jackson
Bradley's Head
Monitor
Australian
Australian Cricket Club
Windsor Cricket Club
Sydney Barracks
British Empire
Parsons Steam Turbine and Partners Update
Fragmentary notes indicate Parsons and associates pursuing steam turbine ventures with Raeney and Seveeeing Orders listed alongside Unclear references to MESERS and C A- Parsons and 0O. Further readable text unavailable.
Warship Armament Weights At Spithead Display
A discussion of naval gun calibers and projectile weights totals the ordnance at Spithead. Excluding machine guns and light pieces, the fleet comprises 1909 guns with weights per shell ranging from 1250 lb for the 13.5 inch to 50 lb for the 4 inch. If every gun fired one shot, the aggregate weight would reach 11,638 cwt.
France weighs ban on duels amid political shifts
A French senator introduces a radical bill to imprison duel participants, seconds, and physicians, arguing the custom reflects ancien regime remnants. The measure faces unsure prospects as public debate highlights political rather than social aims, with penalties planned for first offenses and harsher terms on repeat acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Tay &Fostta
Stameahag
Curious Bradford incident at coal wharf report
An odd report from the Buseex Daily News notes robins nesting near a Kaileham coal wharf. The account describes birds building a nest on a railing and a curious scene observed by staff at the harbor facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Robine
Buseex Daily News
E-Coal
Kaileham
Overheard in the Stable Explains Earthquakes and Volcaners
A gardener and Joe discuss the boss’s simple science lesson on earthquakes and volcaners. They compare crust, heat, and pressure to a cracked cricket ball, explain how cracks form, and describe how steam from deep volcanic activity can trigger eruptions, with references to Sydney and global fault lines.
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Joe
Spudsey
England
America
Martinike
Boas
Jos
Asid
Sydney
Eays
Cremorne Bere
Mount Vesuvius
New South Wales
Victoria
Bass’ Straits
Tasmania
Australia
Cooma
Yass
Gabo Island
Wilson
Geelong
New Zealand
Islands
Japan
North Pole
Iceland
West Indian Islands
Workman's Windfall Wins Chief Lottery Prize
Dutheil a slate roof repairer won the chief prize of £10,000 in the Consumptive Children's Lottery drawn July 10. He bought a paper after hearing the newsboys while at work, was penniless, and celebrated by dancing. He has a wife and three children. Additionally a Haslemere note reports Victoria the African lioness bearing five cubs at Robert Leadbetter's menagerie. Otters are increasing in the Lune district with hounds fiercer near Carlisle. a railway-found otter near Lancaster weighed 21b and died from a broken neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutheil
Robert Leadbetter
Haslemere Park
Haslemere
Buckinghamshire
Victoria
Asia
Enya
Manchester Courier
Lune
Carlisle
Gelgate
Lancaster
The Macquarie Place Obelisk Landmark History
A historical essay on Macquarie Place Obelisk as a key Sydney Cove marker. It reflects on dates, Governor Macquarie 1818, Captain Phillip 1788, and Hunter’s 1788 sketch, noting reclamation altered shores and urging a lasting memorial if the obelisk deteriorates. It champions the Australian Historical Society’s work and the spot’s significance in early Australian history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Australian Historical Society
Australia
Macquarie Place
Macquarie
Sydney
Moreton Bay
Phillip
Sydney Cove
England
George the Third
Hunter
Terrible Breaks Coaling Record On China Station
Captain Perby Scott sends full details of H M S Terrible on the China Station, stowing 2500 tons of coal in nine and a half hours. The ship averaged 263 tons per hour, with a peak of 425 tons in one hour, surpassing Prince and Majestic records and also claiming gunnery merit.
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Perby Scott
H.M.S. Terrible
China Station
Royal Navy
Prince
Majestic
Terrible
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Knights of the Trigger
Darling Harbour
Lane Cove
Botany Swamps
Pittsheet
Duck Creek
Government House
Zoological Gardens
Parsons’ Steam Turbine
Raeney
WM. Adams
Clarence-Street
Sydaty
Macquarie Place Obelisk
Governor Phillip
WH. Adams & Co., Ltd
Clarence-St
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