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  2. SOCIAL LIFE.

    Visitors to the colony have so often remarked "that we are more English than the English" that the expression has become proverbial. It is true that we retain the manners and customs of our ...

    Article : 2,031 words
  3. CLUBS AND CLUB LIFE.

    The clubs in Sydney—as Froude remarks in "Oceana" —combine the privileges of the club with the conveniences of a private hotel; in other words, a member may reside in his club just as he ...

    Article : 572 words
  4. THE STAGE AND ITS WORE IN SYDNEY.

    Of late we have had a sort of controversy on the stage and its influences upon society. The fight has ended in victory for neither side. The stage here in Sydney prospers, and upon the whole prospers ...

    Article : 880 words
  5. AQUATICS.

    The immense expause of our harbour, and the proximity of the Parramatta River, afford unusual opportunities for the development of aquatic sports, and the high standard attained in their various branches ...

    Article : 2,752 words
  6. FINE ART IN SYDNEY.

    It is a matter for congratulation for Sydney and its people that art-taste has made such rapid strides of late, and though, if comparisons be indulged in, Sydney must stand very far below many other capitals in its ...

    Article : 1,175 words
  7. HOUSE-RACING.

    Horse-racing is one of the most popular sports in Australia, and New South Wales stands out prominently both as a breeding and a racing colony. Almost every district of note has a stud, and ...

    Article : 691 words
  8. FIELD SPORTS.

    Australia may justly be termed the land of sport, and Australians the most ardent votaries of outdoor pastimes in the world. Our sunny clime favours the pursuit of outdoor recreation, and there are in this ...

    Article : 1,640 words
  9. CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES.

    The honour of having discovered Australia has been claimed by several nations, and it is oven now impossible to say exactly what bold navigator was the first to sight the great Southern land. It is certain, ...

    Article : 2,466 words
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