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  2. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

    "Fire at the back of the Academy [?]" was vociferously shouted by some one in Rundle-street shortly after 1.30 on the morning of Sunday, January 6. The alarm was promptly conveyed to the Fire Reel Stations, the reels quickly arrived ...

    Article : 499 words
  3. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF A BUSHMAN'S HUT.

    Houses in the bush, as everywhere else, are more or less respectable in outward appearance, and comfortable within, according to the owner's taste and wealth. Many a squatter's place, and many a farmer's too, presents a charming picture, ...

    Article : 504 words
  4. AN AUSTRALIAN SUMMER'S EVENING.

    In our picture an interesting domestic group is shown, where the fair young mother, with the youngest child on her knee, is telling--oh I such wonderful fairy stories to the emraptured ears of the little listeners. The girl, sitting apparently at her ...

    Article : 120 words
  5. SKETCHES ON A RIVERINA SHEEP STATION.

    Our illustration depicts incidents on a sheep station during shearing time, or, as it more aptly may be termed, "the squatters' harvest." Shearing time on pastoral properties is the busiest aud most important time of the year, supplying ...

    Article : 871 words
  6. THE NEWSPAPER ACT.

    A CONTEMPORARY recently made the assertion that the bulk of the working population of this colony owe their education to the newspapers they read. We are hardly prepared to endorse an allegation of such a ...

    Article : 602 words
  7. A MAN OVERBOARD.

    No two words in our language can produce greater excitement on board a vessel at sea than these. They will [?]ecall to many a traveller recollections of the most thrilling events he has ever witnessed, and even the landsman can imagine ...

    Article : 325 words
  8. THE VICTORIAN MINT.

    For years the want of a branch of the Royal Mint in Melbourne was felt by the Victorian community, and dilated upon by the press. Political associations throughout the country brought forward the establishment of a mint and a national ...

    Article : 493 words
  9. HOLIDAY TIME IN AUSTRALIA

    In the summer mouths we South Australians take advantage of every holiday to escape from the salamander temperature of our heated dwellings, or from the dust-laden streets of our metropolis, to inhale the untainted sea-breeze, or to ...

    Article : 472 words
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