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Bulli Mine Disaster Centenary, Michael K. Organ Jul 2015

Bulli Mine Disaster Centenary, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


The Old Mount Keira Inn : 59 Princes Highway, Figtree, Michael K. Organ Jul 2015

The Old Mount Keira Inn : 59 Princes Highway, Figtree, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Vale A.P. (Peter") Doyle, Michael K. Organ Jul 2015

Vale A.P. (Peter") Doyle, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


The First Show Society, Michael K. Organ Jul 2015

The First Show Society, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Pre-Raphaelite Wonderland: Christian Yandell's Alice, Michael K. Organ Jul 2015

Pre-Raphaelite Wonderland: Christian Yandell's Alice, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

In 1923, young Australian artist Christian Yandell (1894–1954) applied a Pre-Raphaelite pen to the task of illustrating an Australasian edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1924). A latecomer to the Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist worlds of myth and legend, Yandell’s work from the 1910s through to the 1930s strongly reflected both art movements, with theosophical underpinnings eventually dominating. Like Pre-Raphaelitism, Yandell’s was a narrative art, embedded in stories and telling their own, thus the natural application to Carroll's classic work of fantasy. Intelligent, mythological, spiritual, dreamy, and mystical, Yandell's drawings were less a reflection of her hometown Melbourne in 1923 …


Hume Cook And Christian Yandell's Australian Fairy Tales 1925, Michael K. Organ Jul 2015

Hume Cook And Christian Yandell's Australian Fairy Tales 1925, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

Hume Cook's Australian Fairy Tales of 1925 was the first book fully produced in Australia to bear that specific title. Its appearance followed on the passage of almost 30 years since the publication in London during 1897 of Frank Atha Westbury's similarly titled work, and Jessie Mary Whitfield's The spirit of the bush fire and other Australian fairy tales in Sydney the following year. There had been numerous stories about local fairies and other fantastical creatures written in Australia prior to 1925, including the Reverend Charles Marson's Faery Stories (Marson 1891) and the many small booklets, articles and monographs by …


The 'London' Edition Of Captain Charles Wilkes' Narrative Of The Us Exploring Expedition, 1845, Michael K. Organ May 2015

The 'London' Edition Of Captain Charles Wilkes' Narrative Of The Us Exploring Expedition, 1845, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

A copy of the rare 1845 imperial octavo 'London' edition of Captain Charles Wilkes' Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition exists in the National Library of Australia collection with original cloth bindings and ornamental blind and gold stamping featuring the seal of the United States on the front and back covers.1 This set of five volumes plus atlas allow us to obtain a precise bibliographic description of this little known variant of the Narrative.


Augustus Earle In Illawarra - 1827, Michael K. Organ Mar 2015

Augustus Earle In Illawarra - 1827, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

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Conrad Martens In Illawarra : July 1835, Michael K. Organ Mar 2015

Conrad Martens In Illawarra : July 1835, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Rev. Richard Taylor : Extract From Diary Of A Residence In New South Wales (1) 13th - 20th January 1839, Richard K. Taylor Mar 2015

Rev. Richard Taylor : Extract From Diary Of A Residence In New South Wales (1) 13th - 20th January 1839, Richard K. Taylor

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Illawarra's First Military Garrison 1816, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Illawarra's First Military Garrison 1816, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Wollongong Heritage Advisory Committee, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Wollongong Heritage Advisory Committee, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


The "Count: And Illawarra : Paul Edmund De Strzelecki's Supposed Excursion To Wollongong, December 1839 , Michael Organ Dec 2014

The "Count: And Illawarra : Paul Edmund De Strzelecki's Supposed Excursion To Wollongong, December 1839 , Michael Organ

Michael Organ

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The Birthplace Of Wollongong : The Brighton Beach And Wollongong Harbour Precincts : Archaeological And Historical Significance, Michael Organ Dec 2014

The Birthplace Of Wollongong : The Brighton Beach And Wollongong Harbour Precincts : Archaeological And Historical Significance, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


The Andrews Family Of Wollongong And Trooper Frank Andrews - A Boer War Casuality (Con'td From Feb Bulletin), Michael Organ Dec 2014

The Andrews Family Of Wollongong And Trooper Frank Andrews - A Boer War Casuality (Con'td From Feb Bulletin), Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Wollongong Or Randwick : Which Was The First Municipality In 1859?, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Wollongong Or Randwick : Which Was The First Municipality In 1859?, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Report On July Meeting: Mr Peter Poulton: The Boer War & Australia's Involvement, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Report On July Meeting: Mr Peter Poulton: The Boer War & Australia's Involvement, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Robert Brown At Hat Hill (Mount Kembla) 1804, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Robert Brown At Hat Hill (Mount Kembla) 1804, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


50th Anniversary Of The Illawarra Historical Society, Michael Organ Dec 2014

50th Anniversary Of The Illawarra Historical Society, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


The Search For The Identity Of Alexander Harris : Whilst In New South Wales (C.1825-41), Michael Organ Dec 2014

The Search For The Identity Of Alexander Harris : Whilst In New South Wales (C.1825-41), Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


The Regent Theatre, Wollongong : "Australia's Most Beautiful Theatre", Michael Organ Dec 2014

The Regent Theatre, Wollongong : "Australia's Most Beautiful Theatre", Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Black Diamond District Heritage Centre (Bulli Railway Station), Michael Organ Dec 2014

Black Diamond District Heritage Centre (Bulli Railway Station), Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Vale - A P Peter Doyle: 7 April 1921-19 December 1994, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Vale - A P Peter Doyle: 7 April 1921-19 December 1994, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Auction Of Menzies Papers, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Auction Of Menzies Papers, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


The Death Of Captain Waldron, 1834 (Yet Another Version), Michael Organ Dec 2014

The Death Of Captain Waldron, 1834 (Yet Another Version), Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


The Letters Of Rachel Henning : Have We Been Conned?, Michael Organ Dec 2014

The Letters Of Rachel Henning : Have We Been Conned?, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Woodlands Park, Bulli, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Woodlands Park, Bulli, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


The "Discovery" Of The Wreck Of The Queen Of Nations, Michael Organ Dec 2014

The "Discovery" Of The Wreck Of The Queen Of Nations, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Illawarra's First White Settlers 1796, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Illawarra's First White Settlers 1796, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.


Von Who' Gll? : Carl Von Hugel In Illawarra In 1834, Michael Organ Dec 2014

Von Who' Gll? : Carl Von Hugel In Illawarra In 1834, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

No abstract provided.