Articles from page 11: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. HISTORY OF PARRAMATTA AND DISTRICT.

    The first bushranger to spread alarm among our townspeople in 1790, was a big muscular American black named Caesar. In April, 1789, he absconded from ...

    Article : 181 words
  3. A Municipal Conference At Dundas.

    On Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Humphreys and Aldermen Swane and Feather, as a deputation from the Ermington and Rydalmere Council, waited upon ...

    Article : 865 words
  4. The C.C.E.C.C. Concert.

    The annual concert under the auspices of the Central Cumberland Electorate Cricket Club was held in the Town Hall, Parramatta, on Tuesday, and it is to be ...

    Article : 420 words
  5. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 2,777 words
  6. Epping.

    OVERHEAD BRIDGE.—The overhead bridge question has been decided at last, but not in the way it was hoped by the " opposition party " in the Epping Progress ...

    Article : 136 words
  7. Incidents during the Famine at Rosehill in 1790.

    Despite the loss of the Sirius and the famine regulations, three hundred bushels of wheat, raised at Rosehill, were reserved for seed in April, 1790, and the Governor ...

    Article : 209 words
  8. Killing Kangaroos for Food in 1790.

    In May, 1790, very little labor could be enforced, as the people had very little food to eat, hence the killing of a few kangaroos in our town was hailed as a blessing. ...

    Article : 44 words
  9. Packs of Dingoes Ravage the Town Gardens at Night-time in 1790.

    During the first year of the existence of Parramatta, the native dog or dingo was the scourge of the townspeople. Packs of these audacious prowling pests would visit ...

    Article : 139 words
  10. Extraordinary Desertion of Five Residents of Rosehill in 1790.

    On the night of the 26th September, 1790, three of the most desperate characters, residents in our district, named respectively, George Lee, George ...

    Article : 376 words
  11. First Public Thanksgiving Service in Parramatta in June, 1790.

    On 3rd June, 1790, the Lady Juliana, after being nearly shipwrecked, arrived with news that the King had happily recovered from a dangerous illness, and the ...

    Article : 133 words
  12. First Detachment of the New South Wales Corps in Parramatta in 1790.

    In July 1790, a subaltern's detachment from the New South Wales corps arrived in our town to perform military duty in conjunction with the marine corps. They ...

    Article : 64 words
  13. The First Military Garden in Parramatta in 1790.

    About the middle of July, 1790, the Governor-personally superintended the laying out of a spacious garden for the exclusive use of the newly-arrived New South ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. The First Execution in Parramatta in October, 1790.

    The first execution in our district occurred on, the 20th of October, 1790, when two bushrangers named respectively,. William Harris and Edward Wildblood ...

    Article : 199 words
  15. Population in Parramatta in July 1790.

    On the 25th July, 1790, the Commissary General, John Palmer, visited Parramatta and prepared a return of all those victualied from the public stores. This return showed ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. First Expedition from Parramatta in August, 1790.

    On the 1st August, 1790, Captain Lieutenant Watkin Tench, Lieutenant William Dawes, Mr. Worgan. and some officers left Parramatta on the first ...

    Article : 103 words
  17. "The Argus " in Sydney.

    THE ARGUS can always be obtained at the Railway Bookstall, Redfern, every Tuesday and Friday evening. Residents on the way home about 6 o'clock should be able to obtain it at ...

    Article : 41 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$