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A SENIOR GOES SHOPPING
Posted at Pauline Conolly, A BIG DAY OUT I detest buying clothes. It’s not that I don’t like to look nice, but it’s so time consuming and irritating. The older I get the more I dislike the whole...
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MRS MACQUARIE & DR JOHNSON
Posted at Pauline Conolly, A WEDDING On November 3 1807, Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell married Lieutenant Colonel Lachlan Macquarie at Holsworthy in Devon. The ceremony was conducted by the Reverend...
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THE MISSING MACQUARIE RELICS
Posted at Pauline Conolly, On the trail of the Macquarie relics, in Scotland. Browsing through drawings and paintings of early Sydney at the city’s Mitchell Library, I came across a...
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AN HISTORIC PAINTING RETURNS HOME
Posted at Pauline Conolly, A MISSION Elizabeth Macquarie (nee Campbell) For some time I have been attempting to trace four unidentified sketches by Elizabeth Macquarie. Elizabeth was the wife of...
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THE MYSTERY OF THE MACQUARIE MINIATURES
Posted at Pauline Conolly, On September 17 1879 the much anticipated Sydney International Exhibition opened in the vast, purpose built Garden Palace. It was located at the south-western end of the...
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GOVERNOR MACQUARIE’S CAMPAIGN DESK
Posted at Pauline Conolly, One of the most personal and evocative relics held by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales is a campaign desk once owned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Governor...
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LOOKING FOR PAULINE CONOLLY
Posted at Pauline Conolly, Hello, Editor Des here. I have been in Sydney doing some historical research. However, my trip turned into a real life drama So here’s what happened. I went into the city on...
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DEAR DAMNED DIARY
Posted at Pauline Conolly, It is such a privilege to have access to someone’s diaries. I find myself handling them with something akin to reverence. Recently I have been in Sydney’s Mitchell...
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TWO WILLIAM BLIGHS OF BLACKHEATH
Posted at Pauline Conolly, The old Admiral and Governor ONE BLIGH OF THE BOUNTY, TWO OF BLACKHEATH In 1910, Governor Bligh’s grandson, William Russell Wilson Bligh (1827-1914), bought a house called...
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GUNSHOT IN THE MITCHELL LIBRARY
The old Mitchell Library Reading Room, now the Friends’ Room. As a young woman, Miss Joyce Cocks became an attendant (and later a buyer) at Sydney’s historic Mitchell Library. The Mitchell now forms...
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INTO THE LIGHT – THE NEW MITCHELL LIBRARY GALLERIES
New exhibition galleries are due to open at Sydney’s Mitchell Library in October 2018. Here is a little of what is underway; As part of our transformation of the...
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Miles Franklin’s Waratah Cup
MILES FRANKLIN AND HER BRILLIANT IDEA Many literary figures of the day visited Miles Franklin (1879-1954) at her home in the Sydney suburb of Carlton. The author of the beloved book My Brilliant...
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THE MYSTERY PAINTING OWNED BY LACHLAN MACQUARIE.
Sydney’s Mitchell Library is in the process of doubling the size of its exhibition gallery space. In a new initiative, 300 works of art have been selected for permanent display. Some have rarely been...
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THE LOVE OF LIBRARIES
‘I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.’ Eleanor Roosevelt. Dorothy Parker was certainly correct in...
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THE MYSTERY OF THE MACQUARIE MINIATURES
TASMANIAN TREASURES On September 17 1879 the much anticipated Sydney International Exhibition opened in the vast, purpose built Garden Palace. It was located at the south-western end of the Royal...
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GOVERNOR MACQUARIE’S CAMPAIGN DESK
One of the most personal and evocative relics held by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales is a campaign desk once owned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Governor Lachlan Macquarie Lachlan...
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LOST AND FOUND IN OLD SYDNEY TOWN
Hello, Editor Des here. I have been in Sydney lately doing some historical research on Queen Victoria and her husband Albert. However, my trip turned into a real life drama So here’s what happened. I...
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DEAR DAMNED DIARY
It is such a privilege to have access to someone’s diaries. I find myself handling them with something akin to reverence. Recently I have been in Sydney’s Mitchell Library reading those of...
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TWO WILLIAM BLIGHS OF BLACKHEATH
The old Admiral and Governor ONE BLIGH OF THE BOUNTY, TWO OF BLACKHEATH In 1910, Governor Bligh’s grandson, William Russell Wilson Bligh (1827-1914), bought a house called Whiteleaf Cross, in...
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GUNSHOT IN THE MITCHELL LIBRARY
The Mitchell Library in 1923 The Mitchell Library Reading Room, now the Friends’ Room. As a young woman, Miss Joyce Cocks became an attendant (and later a buyer) at Sydney’s historic Mitchell...
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