A CHILD'S face on the pillow, lace-shaded, so that the softened light throws a faint pattern of dainty flowers in shadow on the fair flushed cheek, on the broad white forehead, and on the exquisite pale gold hair that falls and ...
Article : 6,555 wordsTHERE never was such a crowd before at the Grand Stand, at Flemington, as attended on the Prince of Wales' birthday to see the race for the Melbourne Cup. Sir Hercules Robinson was there, with a goodly gathering of fashionable ...
Article : 87 wordsTHE Chinese inhabitants of Ballarat and the neighbourhood turned out in full force on the 20th of October, when the fete in aid of the asylum was held. They took a prominent part in a grand procession, wherein they represented the ...
Article : 100 wordsST. Peter's College was completed in 1853, and placed under the charge of the Rev. T. P. Wilson, of Brazenose College, Oxford, who was the first head master. Many additions have since been made, and the chapel is even yet ...
Article : 95 wordsTHE contest between Mr. Fincham and Mr. Jones, the Minister of Railways and Public Works, for the suffrages of Ballarat West, was the most exciting that has occurred in the sister colony for a very long time. The artist has ...
Article : 69 wordsTHE New Town Hall at Hotham is a noble building, whose erection is remarkably indicative of the energy and liberality of the inhabitants. Hotham was made a municipality 16 years ago, and was proclaimed a town last ...
Article : 122 wordsWHO does not know the ever familiar yet ever novel scenes that take place upon a Race-course? The melancholy faces of those sporting men whose horses are "Scratched," and who have therefore no part in the chances of the day; "the ...
Article : 127 wordsTHE opening of the Mataura Railway to Gore ia a step in that grand march of progress that will eventually lift the British colonies in the South Pacific Ocean to a foremost position among the empires of the earth. Every new mile ...
Article : 62 wordsTHE mingling of the sublime with the picturesque is nowhere seen to a greater extent than in those lovely valleys which intersect the Blue Mountain Chain, and the view selected by the accomplished artist, Mr. E. L. Piguenit, is ...
Article : 70 wordsTHE ninth of November was signalised by a great gathering of Protestant Societies, who marched in procession to Castlereagh-street, and assisted in the ceremony of laying the stone of " Protestant Hall." The scene in the Domain ...
Article : 61 wordsThis is an elevated peak on the south part of the Delegete range, and as seen from the sea, it lies about half-way between Coast and Howe Hills. ...
Article : 30 wordsTHE Oratorio of the "Messiah" will be performed at the Victoria Theatre on Christmas night, by a large choir and full orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Broadhurst, who has engaged almost every artist in town to complete the ...
Article : 60 wordsTHE Domain, although surpassed in size by the public parks of many European cities, has natural advantages such as, probably, no other recreation ground in the world can surpass. It is a subject of unending interest for the ...
Article : 205 wordsTHOSE of the denizens of Her Majesty's gaol at Darlinghurst who happen to be aborigines of New South Wales have sent an interesting contribution to the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876, consisting of a handsome pile of mats and matting ...
Article : 248 wordsCommon to all mountain streams is the one feature of a waterfall: it may be as Niagara is, an ocean flowing over a precipice, or it may be as the Dargle is, a mere rivulet, tumbling among rocks of no great magnitude; but it is ...
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