NOTHING can better convey to Europeans the characteristics of an Australian Christmas than the coloured plate presented with the present issue of the ILLUSTRATED SYDNEY NEWS. The contrast between the dull, snowy, ...
Article : 319 words"THE holly, the ivy, and the mistletoe," being in berry, during midwinter only, are not available for the decoration of Australian houses at Christmas; but the gorgeous fronds of the fern trees and of the Cycads are ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 173 wordsNOT the least interesting feature of Christmas in Australia in the eyes of "new chums," is the contrast which it presents to the festive season in the mother country. While here the prevalence of warm, sunny weather ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 292 wordsTHE manufacture of ornamental hair for head-dresses is of great antiquity, the earliest nations being acquainted with the use of wigs or head coverings made of natural hair, as a preventive of the numerous evils arising from ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 297 wordsTHE crowds which daily frequent the Art Gallery at the Garden Palace furnish the best possible proof of its popularity. It has been asserted that the character of some of the pictures in the French Court has much to do with ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 3,848 wordsTHE trial of the Wantabadgery bushrangers has become rendered remarkable by the energetic manner in which Scott conducted his defence. During the reading of the indictment he listened with earnest attention to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,117 wordsTHE proposed shipping improvements at Darling Harbour, Sydney, as shown on the plan and notes prepared and previously submitted to the Colonial Government by Mr. H. T. Sheppey, Government Wharfinger, ...
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