Religion and rebellion in China: the London Missionary Society collection
... Nanking on 7 July 1854, after an official visit to the Taiping capital on board Her Majesty's Steamer "Rattler". Medhurst's official report on this river journey lists the Taiping items he ... a Kempis (1389?-1471) and the Jesuit Father Ferdinand Verbiest, whose unique map of the world hand-painted on silk in China in 1674 is also housed at the National Library. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is held in several nineteenth and twentieth century Chinese editions. There are also hymn books and …[read more]
PORT ALBERT MARITIME MUSEUM
Description: Award winning maritime museum at Port Albert, South Gippsland, Victoria.…[read more]
... east of Melbourne. Historic Port Albert was settled in 1841 following the wreck of the paddle steamer Clonmel , and the arrival of Angus McMillan, seeking a port for shipping cattle from the lush ... industry at Port Albert. The Clonmel was a wooden hulled, two masted schooner-rigged paddle steamer. She was wrecked on the shifting sands just offshore of what is now the Port Albert entrance. …[read more]
Gold Coast Houseboats holidays, Tweed River with Boyds Bay Houseboats, Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Australia
Description: Gold Coast Houseboats - gateway to the Tweed River…[read more]
... and meeting place for local councilors. The first meeting of the Nerang Shire Council was held at the Nerang Court House on 19th February I880. Southport was established as a town in 1902, ... clearing its way out of dense bush. The first auction of allotments in the new township was held at Beenleigh in July 1872, with prime site blocks overlooking the ocean on today's Goodwin …[read more]
Biodiversity and Its Value: Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 1
Description: This paper outlines what biodiversity is, and the three levels at which it is usually defined: genetic, species and ecosystem. M…[read more]
... and accelerated erosion of topsoil, reducing the land's productivity. Trees, on the other hand, lower the water table and remove deposited salt from the upper soil horizons. Soil protection ... C.E. (Eds) (1992). Australian Dry-Zone Acacias for Human Food. Proceedings of a workshop held at Glen Helen NT, 7-10 August 1991 . CSIRO, Canberra 27 . Ralph, W. (1993). From bush tucker …[read more]
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