168th anniversary of Adam Lindsay Gordon’s birth
On 19 October 1833, at Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham, Adam Lindsay Gordon was born, the third of five children, and the only son of Harriet Elizabeth and Adam Durnford Gordon…
South East Art Society to present Adam Lindsay Gordon Award
The inaugural ‘Adam Lindsay Gordon Award’ will be presented to the overall winner of The South East Art Society (SEAS)’s 2021 Members Exhibition which has attracted more than 70 entries.…
Wattle day is worth celebrating!
1 September is Wattle Day in Australia (formerly 1 August) but, either way, we celebrate the wattle as did Adam Lindsay Gordon.
155 years since Adam Lindsay Gordon last rode in the Great Western Steeplechase, Coleraine
The first Great Western Steeplechase took place in Coleraine in 1858, and was the first steeplechase race in Victoria, and the oldest in Australia. The original course, laid out by…
162 years ago … a horror week on the wreck of the Admella
At 3.30 pm on Monday 8 August 1859 the news of the colony of South Australia’s worst maritime disaster reached Adelaide from Mount Gambier. Less than two years after her…
Barry Coulter – not one, but three books!
The man renowned for ‘getting things done’ in the Northern Territory – Barry Coulter – after many years has finally got around to writing his biography. However, it is not…
Noel Buntine … 34 years ago!
On 3 August 34 years ago, the horse Scarvila, ridden by Ricky Lloyd, won the 1987 Darwin Cup. Scarvila was owned jointly by Top End road train pioneer Noel Buntine,…
‘At a Cost’ now available again!
Having been unavailable for several years, we are pleased to announce that the book At a Cost has now been reprinted. Former Northern Territory Administrator, Ted Egan, AO, in 2005…
Timely book launch for World Biscuit Day
Almost coinciding with World Biscuit Day (29 May), Glynis Conlon’s book, The Biscuit Factory, encapsulates the life of early South Australian colonist, Alexander Murray, who arrived in 1840, just four…
NEW BOOK out soon! The Biscuit Factory: Hidden history in Coromandel Valley
Coromandel Valley resident Glynis Conlon spent many years meticulously researching the history of Alexander Murray's family and the origins of The Biscuit Factory ... the subject of her first book,…