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'Trooper Gordon & Kangaroo Jack' by Di Ashworth

Adam Lindsay Gordon remembered through art

  • Post author:Lorraine Day
  • Post published:18/10/2023
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The South East Art Society (SEAS) is holding its annual Members’ Exhibition in the Old Courthouse Gallery, Mount Gambier until 12 November 2023. There were two prize categories – the…

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Read more about the article Adam Lindsay Gordon … born 190 years ago

Adam Lindsay Gordon … born 190 years ago

  • Post author:Lorraine Day
  • Post published:03/10/2023
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On 19 October 1833, Australia's national poet was born at Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham and the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire, England. Nineteen years later he left his homeland, never to return,…

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Read more about the article On this day 164 years ago, the SS Admella was wrecked on Carpenters Reef

On this day 164 years ago, the SS Admella was wrecked on Carpenters Reef

  • Post author:Lorraine Day
  • Post published:06/08/2023
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With a total complement of 113 on board, including 84 passengers and 29 crew, this would be the beginning of a week-long horrific ordeal, in mid-winter, at the mercy of…

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Read more about the article August is poetry month … why not dip into the works of Adam Lindsay Gordon?

August is poetry month … why not dip into the works of Adam Lindsay Gordon?

  • Post author:Lorraine Day
  • Post published:02/08/2023
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This is a great opportunity to become acquainted, or re-acquainted, with Australia’s national poet – Adam Lindsay Gordon – who, according to fellow poet Henry Kendall, ‘… sang the first…

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Read more about the article Bungala House: Historic country home in Yankalilla

Bungala House: Historic country home in Yankalilla

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  • Post published:16/04/2023
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New book - Bungala House: Historic country home in Yankalilla - available soon. With more than 160 years of history, Bungala House began in the 1860s with the Butterworth brothers,…

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Read more about the article World Poetry Day – 21 March

World Poetry Day – 21 March

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  • Post published:20/03/2023
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Question not, but live and labour     Till yon goal be won, Helping every feeble neighbour,     Seeking help from none; Life is mostly froth and bubble,     Two things…

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Happy New Year!

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  • Post published:31/12/2022
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Freestyle Publications would like to wish all our customers, authors, and supporters, a successful and productive 2023. Amid the turmoil in the world, the devastation of floods in Australia, and…

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Read more about the article 150 years of Undoolya station and Centralian pastoralists

150 years of Undoolya station and Centralian pastoralists

  • Post author:Lorraine Day
  • Post published:02/10/2022
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The Northern Territory's oldest pastoral leases, No. 1 and 2, were issued to Edward 'Ned' Meade Bagot in April 1872 to form a property he named Undoolya (Ntuyle) station, believed…

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Read more about the article This day, 163 years ago, was the beginning of South Australia’s worst maritime disaster

This day, 163 years ago, was the beginning of South Australia’s worst maritime disaster

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  • Post published:06/08/2022
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On 6 August 1859, the iron-hulled screw steamer Admella, on a voyage from Adelaide to Melbourne, under command of an experienced Captain Hugh McEwan, was wrecked on Carpenters Reef, near…

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Read more about the article 152 years since death of Australia’s national poet

152 years since death of Australia’s national poet

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  • Post published:24/06/2022
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Today, 24 June 2022, marks 152 years since Australia’s national poet, Adam Lindsay Gordon, died by his own hand in tea-tree scrub near his home in Brighton, Victoria, aged just…

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