Old Times From Sydney Papers Fifty Years Ago
Collections from the Sydney Herald dated June 16 1851 recount circus notices at Malcom’s Royal Australian Circus in York Street offering a horse Sancho Panza by lottery, along with updates on steam navigation talks to Australia and local government salary increases. Also listed are funerals auctions and market prices as Bathurst and Sydney reports note gold diggings licences and shipments to England.
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Une
Herald
Malcom
Royal Australian Circus
York-street
Sancho Panza
C. Attelle
Chittenden
Alessrs
Raymond
Thomas Stencker
Uander
Flour Company
Shephard and Alger
George-street
Margaret Coleman
Jumaic
Parramatta-street
Charles Kinela
Goulburn-street
Macquarie House
Macquarie Place
Bridge-street
Bank of New South Wales
Henry Rotton
Queen Victoria
William-street
Bathurst
Abraham
A. Abraham
the Royal Hotel
Lords of the Admiralty
Singapore
Sydney
Mount Edgecombe
England
New Zealand
Mfe
Executive Council
Entwistle
Masonic Hall
York Street
John M'‘Lerie
Cockatoo
Australia
Waterloo
St. George
Hamlet
London
James F. Howe
Wm. B. Olds
Elam Covington
H. W. Carpenter
Clark Burnam
At-Arma
Wm. B. Stockton
Jas. Burnham
Page
G. Pollard
Iter Wheeler
Porter
M. Chapman
Addo
Mr. Kendig
Sampson
Mr. Smith
George C
Mr. Austin
H. Lambert
Ben
M‘alpin
M.kinstry
Williams
Jédal
Assembly
Ophir
Hardy
Pam Summerhill
D. Cooper
Bydney
Mesars
Best van Diemien
N.Z
Wilkie
Armstrove
Burt
Mitchell
Crown Lands
Maranoca_district
Leichhardt
St. James's
Devon Oddity Echoes From a Yeoman's Farm Life
A Devon man from old yeoman stock stood out for looks wit and idiosyncrasies. He wore a light summer cap defying family norms, pursued a solitary farm life with early rising and late rides, and mocked conventional crops while keeping gentle humor. He trained as a doctor briefly, fled to Gretna Green, and later sold his land for a lucrative, well-timed exit.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Devon
Gretna Green
Hla
Elizabeth
Glasgow University History and Building Transformation
A detailed chronicle of the University of Glasgow from its medieval founding, through royal patronage and the grant of LL.Ds, to the 1860s relocation from High Street. It covers architecture by Sir Gilbert Scott, funded expansion, Hunterian Museum, the new west-end pile on Gilmore Hill, financials, endowments, and notable faculty and alumni.
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Cotland Boasin
St. Andrew's
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Lord Beauchamp
New Zealand
Lord Glasgow
Martin Howy Irving
University of Melbourne
Civil Service Commissioners of Vicoria
University of Glasgow
Nicholas V
James II
Scotland
William Turnbull
University of
Bologna
Italy
School of Learning
Rotten Row
City Improvement Trust
University
Facultion
James
Lord Hamilton
James VII
College of Arta
Oliver and Boyd
Episcopal Church
Whch
High Street
Hunterian Museum
William Hunter
Rowman Dorle
R. Etrange
College
Highstreet
Franklin
Universities
City of Glasgow Union Railway
Gilmore Hill
Senate
Donald Hill
Clayslaps
Glimore Hill
Corporation of Glasgow
Gilbert Scott
R.A
Prince of Wales
Alexandra
James Lumsden
High-street
Duke of Montrose
Belahouston
GI Hill
University Ofce
Museum i
Carnegie
Queen Margaret's College
Jeabella Elden
J. G. Kendrick
Robert Muir
University Council
University Court
Western Infirmary
Merchants' House
Trades House
Chamber of Commerce
Earl
Natio Glottiana
Lanarkshire
Natio Transforthiana
Forth
Natio Rotheriana
Renfrew
Bute
Aye
Natio Loudoniana
William Elphinstone
James Dalrymple
Viscount Stair
Gilbert Burnet
Salisbury
John Douglas
Adam Smith
William Hamilton
Tait
Canterbury
Jantha Watt
Old College
Sydney
G. G. A. Murray
Terence Aubrey Murray
N.S.W. Legislative Council
Australia
Merchant Taylors School
London
St. John’s College
Oxford
Mary Henrietta Howard
Earl of Carlisle
Glasgow University Court
Second Marriages in Parlor of Folklore and Finance
A Liverpool Daily Post anecdote collection on second marriages contrasts a tailor's and an alderman's fates at St Peter's gate. It threads through a Bank of England note figure and quips from a minister's dismissals, arithmetic lessons, and a beggar's demand, all with light humor and cultural edge.
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Bill
Liverpool Daily Post
Gates of Paradise
St. Peter
Peter
Purgatory
Bank of England
Primrose Lore and the First Flower of Spring
The article traces the primrose as first flower of the year across languages and cultures, noting related terms in French Italian Spanish and German. It links primrose to cowslip and lesser celandine, cites Wordsworth and Shakespeare references, and cherishes children gathering primroses as a seasonal emblem. It mentions Saintly and botanical details, poetical examples from Clare and Thoreau, and the primrose’s role in rural life and folklore.
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Sharon
Europe
Titania
John Clare
Northamptonshire
Voyage of the India to Melbourne 1839 1840
A daughter of Rev Andrew Lore recounts the voyage of the India under Captain Campbell from Greenwich in 1839. The ship endured storms, two dismastings, and a lightning fire before reaching Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne's rough first days included famine prices, huts, and a perilous landing by the mother with five children. The family helped establish Geelong's first brick manse, while interaction with indigenous Australians occurred amid early colonial scenes.
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Andrew Lore
Greenwich
India
Highland
Campbell
Veegel
Ireland
Cork
Gail
Cape de Verde Islands
Erebus
Terror
Kees
Port Shbislip
Greenock
Snodridge
Melbourne
Geelong
Victoria
John Franklin
George Giore, Govenor
We South Wales
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