History
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“A small match-box full of gold…”
The birth of Bendigo, and a nominee for Aussie iconography… Christian Asquith began life in one of the…
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History
History
History · People
A top hat, five tame rabbits and a plank
A top hat, five tame rabbits and a plank. In another time and place, they’d be a magician’s…
Art
Art · History
‘Jeannette and Jeannot’, 1848
This drawing depicts the separation of two young lovers, as one leaves to fight in the French Revolutionary…
Art
Art · History
Charles Wightman Sievwright: Aboriginal protector
Charles Wightman Sievwright (1800-1855), soldier and protector of Aborigines, was born on 31 March 1800 in Edinburgh, third…