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The Macarthurs and the merino sheep - Australia's Culture PortalAustralia is also recognised as producing the world's highest quality woollen fibre – Australian merino wool. John and Elizabeth Macarthur were married in Devonshire in England in 1788. In 1796, John Macarthur bought his first merino sheep from a ...
As Australia had no native grape varieties suitable for wine-making, grapes were imported from Europe and much of the wine produced was shipped back to the United Kingdom. Early wine production at Lindemans, established in the Hunter Valley (New South Wa...
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H9576 Peg (in two parts), handmade, iron, reputedly used at the first hut built by John Macarthur at Camden Park, Camden, New South Wales, Australia, [c. 1810] - Powerhouse Museum Collection (website Powerhouse Museum )> + K845 CLOTHES PEGS, Five laundry clothes ... > + 85/1841-2 Clothes peg, galvanized iron, ... > >>Domestic Equipment-Home > Iron>>+ 18385 Iron samples:- Cold blast (samples......
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John Macarthur is from the Macarthur dynasty, the pioneers of Australia s wool industry. This John Macarthur grew up in Bombala near the Snowy Mountains and took up knitting to get through the long winters. John Macarthur was content to lead a hippy life...
>User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. Quill pen, feather, reputedley owned by John Macarthur, Camden, New South Wales, Australia, early 19th c. The Museum continues to update and add new r...
Domestic Equipment-Home > Clothes pegs>>+ 87/920 Wooden pegs (3), machine made, 'H... > + 87/921 Clothes pegs (5), wood / wire, ma... > + K845 CLOTHES PEGS, Five laundry clothes ... > + 85/1841-2 Clothes peg, galvanized iron, ......
>User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. Quill pen, feather, reputedley owned by John Macarthur, Camden, New South Wales, Australia, early 19th c. The Museum continues to update and add new r...
The waves of non-British immigration after 1945 led to a new role for Australia Day, one that celebrated new citizenship with naturalization ceremonies (now citizenship ceremonies). Citizenship ceremonies are still an integral part of Australia Day celebr...
> + F116 Wool specimen, stud ewe, bred by Co...> + F117 Wool specimen, stud ewe, bred by Co...> + F118 Wool specimen, stud ewe, bred by Co... > + F119 Wool specimen, stud ewe, bred by Co... > + F120 Wool specimen, ewe, bred by Collaro... > + 13288 Wool sa...
Photographs > Photographic prints>>+ 117 Photographic view, Norwood Model Sch... Photographic prints (3), sepia mounted on cardboard, locations in Yorkshire related to the life of the Reverend Samuel Marsden, paper / cardboard, photographer unknown, Engla...
[Z4899] COL/ A1 59/ 118 Correspondence from Port Curtis (Gladstone) relating to the practice of keeping Aboriginal women in the Native Police camp. [Z4900] COL/ A2 60/ 79 Correspondence from Native Police officers Carr, Murray and Morisset relating to a...
Australian wines have taken key international awards, competing favourably against longer-established national wine industries. In global terms, Australia was ranked sixth in the list of world wine producers in 2005, producing 1.4 billion litres of wine....
Photographs > Photographic prints>>+ 117 Photographic view, Norwood Model Sch... Photographic prints (3), sepia mounted on cardboard, locations in Yorkshire related to the life of the Reverend Samuel Marsden, paper / cardboard, photographer unknown, Engla...
+ 02 powerline autumn 05 As one of Australia s largest museums the Powerhouse contributes to the professional life of Australian museums in many ways. As part of our 125th celebrations this year, the Powerhouse is hosting the annual conference of Museum...
A Tale of Two Families: The Diary of Jan Packard by Jenny Pausacker. Scholastic Australia, My Story series, Gosford, 2000. Scholastic Australia, My Story series, Gosford, 2001. ...
One of the ladies remarked that the natural beauty of the peninsula reminded her of a spa in Germany, Bad Pyrmont. The northern end of the peninsula had a history quite distinct from Harris's Ultimo which remained farming land well into the 1800s. 500 Har...
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