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  2. UNDER ONE ROOF.

    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 words
  3. THE LAWN ON THE RACE DAY.

    THERE 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 words
  4. THE CHINESE AT THE BALLARAT FETE.

    THE 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 words
  5. ST. PETER'S COLLEGE, KENT TOWN, S.A.

    ST. 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 words
  6. THE BALLARAT ELECTION.

    THE 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 words
  7. THE TOWN HALL, HOTHAM.

    THE 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 words
  8. SKETCHES ON THE RACE-COURSE.

    WHO 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 words
  9. THE MATAURA RAILWAY.

    THE 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 words
  10. IN THE GROSE VALLEY, BLUE MOUNTAINS.

    THE 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 words
  11. THE ORANGE PROCESSION.

    THE 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 words
  12. GENOA PEAK.

    This 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 words
  13. THE CHRISTMAS ORATORIO.

    THE 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 words
  14. OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

    THE 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 words
  15. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION.

    THOSE 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 words
  16. FALLS ON THE BONDI.

    Common 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 ...

    Article : 71 words
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