The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
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Harriet and Helena Scott
Antheraea Eucalypti 1851. By Scott, Harriet. Contributed by Biodiversity Heritage Library (Plate 1 from 'Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations drawn from the life by Harriet and Helena Scott; with descriptions, general and systematics, by AW Scott', London, 1864) Have you done…
Sydney's governesses
Lydia Allen, governess c1876-1880. By Newman, Hubert. From the collection of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, a4157033 / P1/33 There's been some recent media coverage about the federal government reimbursing parents of their nanny fees and the…
Book Review: Fractured Families
Fractured Families: Life on the margins in colonial New South Wales By Tanya Evans, Paperback, Apr 2015, UNSW Press, ISBN 9781742232577, 336pp Review by Dr Catie Gilchrist Fractured Families: Life on the Margins in Colonial New South Wales, by Tanya Evans. Published…