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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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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…
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Grace Vale: pioneer female doctor
Grace Vale (1860-1933) was a pioneer Australian female doctor and suffragist who devoted much of her career to…
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Amy Castilla: pioneer female doctor
In the 1890s, when women cyclists in Melbourne were uncommon, and women doctors very rare, for several years…
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Lucinda Musgrave: charity worker and anti-suffragist
Born Jeanie Lucinda Field (1833-1920), Lady Lucinda Musgrave was a prominent American-born promoter of women’s charitable projects in…
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Bob ‘Doc’ Cunningham: magician
Robert (Bob) ‘Doc’ Cunningham (1873-1951), was an American illusionist, stunt performer, and showman whose stage names included Zante,…
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Frank Eliason: illusionist
Franklin ‘Frank’ Eugene Eliason (1878-1921?), was an American illusionist, magician and shadographer, who used stage names including Dante,…
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Edmunda Hammer: magician
Virginia ‘Verge’ Edmunda Hammer (1873–1946), was an American variety performer, whose stage names included Electra the Magic Wonder,…
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Oscar Eliason: magician
Oscar Eliason (1869–1899), known by the stage name Dante the Great, was an American illusionist and magician who…
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School graduation, Ulithi
A high school graduation parade on the island of Ulithi, in the Federated States of Micronesia. After graduation…