LIKE the statesman whom in the early part of the present year he displaced, Mr. Disraeli is a man of "many summers." He was born in London, on December 21, 1805, it is said in Bloomsbury Square, rendered famous to most readers by ...
Article : 1,170 wordsMr. Giblin was born at Hobart Town on 4th November, 1840. He was educated at the school so long kept by his uncle, Mr. Robert Giblin, and afterwards at the High School in Hobart Town. In 1853 he entered the office of Messrs. ...
Article : 1,255 wordsTHE engraving bearing the above title, which appears upon our first page, is taken from a sketch made by Mr. E. L. Montefiore on the spot, and shown at the Academy of Art's last Exhibition here, and more recently at the Victorian ...
Article : 249 wordsTHIS event, which takes place on the 26th instant, is now exciting considerable interest, although the hopes of many admirers of the Melbourne men have been somewhat injured by the illness of Mr. Henderson, who may not be able to ...
Article : 481 wordsTHIS gentleman was born at Islington, in the year 1811. He is a much older colonist than many in Tasmania suppose, for, on his passage from England to New South Wales, in 1831, the vessel called at Hobart Town to discharge part of ...
Article : 650 wordsTHIS building, which we may be pardoned for referring to as one of the architectural gems of Sydney, was designed and erected by Messrs. Mansfield Brothers. The front, which is composed of a rich coloured sandstone, is Italian ...
Article : 622 wordsThe captain, chief officer, and five seamen of the brig Prairie were drowned on the 22nd ultimo, through their boat swamping in the vicinity of Cape L'Eveque, Torres Straits. ...
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