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  2. Edward Charles Cracknell, Esq.

    Mr. Cracknell, Superintendent of Telegraphs for New South Wales, was born at Rochester, county Kent, England, in 1831. He was educated at Oxford, and remained in that city until he attained ...

    Article : 850 words
  3. Presbyterian Synod.

    THE Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia commenced its sittings in St. George's Church, Castlereagh-street, on the 5th, and after several days' sittings the synod closed on the 14th instant. On ...

    Article : 706 words
  4. Notes and Queries. AN ABORIGINAL CURIOSITY.

    SIR,—" Insanity, so common in the civilized world is, I believe, altogether unknown among the Australian aborigines," so says a learned writer: and I would like to know if any of your readers can remember to ...

    Article : 55 words
  5. A GOOD DRINKING PEOPLE.

    Sir,—It is recorded that in New South Wales " in 1835 there were 953 individuals registered as qualified jurors for the County of Cumberland, of whom 203 were publicans. The average annual consumption of ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN CHAMPAGNE.

    Sir,—All praise to Mr. Fallon for manufacturing Australian champagne in 1878, yet it may not be known that a book published by a well-known writer in London, in 1848, contains the following:—I take ...

    Article : 265 words
  7. TELEGRAPH WIRES.

    OVER the land for miles, By hamlet, village, and town, By the glebe where the landscape smiles, By flowery meadow and down, ...

    Article : 307 words
  8. Advertising

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    Advertising : 122 words
  9. A CURIOUS RELIC.

    It will be remembered that a letter appeared in " Notes and Queries" a few months ago, of which the following is a copy:— A RELIO FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. ...

    Article : 481 words
  10. OLD RECORDS OF THE COLONY, AND THE EARL OF LIMERICK.

    The Parliament of New South Wales has before it a short bill for the purpose of enabling the Government to obtain the records of births, marriages, and deaths of the Church of England of the collony from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 811 words
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