WE present our readers this month with a series of views of this national event—a spectacle more imposing than any ever witnessed, or likely to be again witnessed, on the continent of Australia. The ceremony was no idle ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,420 wordsTHIS engraving is taken from the famous picture by Evers, in his series of sketches, entitled "Egypt." The artist has caught exactly the character of the dusky beauties of the East; but the special merit of the picture ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 104 wordsTHIS engraving fitly represents the celebrated picture by Axenfield, which created such attention at the last Exhibition of the Salon in Paris. The old dame is surveying herself in the mirror held up to her by her ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 89 wordsTHIS lawless and bloodthirsty crew are still, we regret to say, at large, all efforts to capture them having been found futile. Every exertion is being made to render their escape impossible; and the Governments of Victoria ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 269 wordsOUR engraving is taken from one of the excellent series of photographs which Mr. Holtermann has been at such pains to take. The Macquarie River, near Dubbo, is spanned by an excellent girder bridge substantially ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 94 wordsONE of the most curious members of the feathered tribe is the Coturnix pectoralis, or Stubble Quail of the Australian Continent. The mysterious habits of the bird, and its great value for sport and for food, mark it ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 441 wordsKOEMMERER'S celebrated picture in the Paris Salon of last season, is very well rendered by our engraving. The event is evidently one of intense interest to all the parties concerned, but especially to the young mother, who watches ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 127 wordsWE are indebted to a correspondent for a sketch of the wreck of this steamer, which occurred off Port Macquarie last month. Fortunately no lives were lost, but the Richmond River Company loses in the Ballina a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 176 wordsIT must be peculiarly gratifying to Lady Robinson to receive such substantial proofs of the affectionate regard in which she is held by the ladies of Sydney. On the 8th instant, a deputation of four ladies, ...
Article : 607 wordsANOTHER tale of sadness comes from the sea. On the evening of Monday, March 10, these steamers came into collision, some ten miles off the "Nobbies," Newcastle. It would seem, says the Herald, that the Barrabool ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 480 wordsAS illustrating the evil influence of the successful raids of the Kelly gang, some few weeks ago another band of adventurers essayed the same rule, and met with some little success in the neighbourhood of Balranald. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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