Robyn Annear ransacks Trove Newspapers for stories from an era when there was – literally – nothing on TV.
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Robyn Annear ransacks Trove Newspapers for stories from an era when there was – literally – nothing on TV.
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April 23, 2020
Mr Denning’s Umbrage
Wherein we consider what counts as an amusement...<br /> <br /> <br /> Argus (Melbourne), 22 September 1855, p. 8 ('Amusements' column)<br /> <br /> <br /> A dance manual by one of Mr Denning's teachers, Eugene Coulon. Find the full text of<br /> the second edition (c. 1852) here.<br /> <br /> <br /> Hm...
October 8, 2019
A Pig in a Poke
Wherein we plunder suitcases full of mystery...<br /> <br /> <br /> Herald (Melbourne), 18 December 1893, p. 4, col. 5<br /> <br /> Here's a sample of the headlines that would follow railway lost property sales –<br /> <br /> <br /> And why not read on – here and here<br /> <br /> Moreover, there was this –<br /> and this –<br /> <br /> <br /> That last item, in The Catholic Press (Sydney) in 1898, noted:<br /> ‘That the Lost Property Office has many times been used for the purpose of hiding things in there can<br /> be no doubt. Butler hid Lee Weller’s sea chest and some of his belongings there.’<br /> 'Butler' was Frank Butler, considered by some to have been Australia's first serial killer, with Lee Weller<br /> one of his victims. Read about Butler's crimes and the 'cloaking' of Weller's sea chest here and also here.<br /> <br /> The Melbourne Argus (27 July 1923, p. 7) asks a very good question –<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The headline (above) is a ball-tearer – but the text (at Trove Newspapers) is all but illegible.<br /> See if your eyes fare better than mine. (I'd love to know the story.)<br /> <br /> There were still umbrellas aplenty on offer at a Sydney lost property auction in 1940 –<br /> <br /> <br /> Could the chap in vest and shirtsleeves (below) be the legendary Sid Whittred,<br /> the Queensland Railways auctioneer who 'never failed to see the funny side of things'?<br /> <br /> (Brisbane Courier, 26 August 1932, p. 16)<br /> <br /> And finally, here's the link I promised – to ‘The Lost Property Office’, by William G. Fitzgerald,<br /> from The Strand magazine, vol X, July–December 1895. Featuring eye-popping photos taken<br /> inside the lost property depots of the major London railway stations and Scotland Yard,<br /> it's a real gem. You can find it here, digitised by the Internet Archive.
September 3, 2019
What is Really Real?
Wherein we shed some light in the phonebox...<br /> <br /> <br /> Space travel in the Sun (Melbourne), July 1969.<br /> (Blame the tilt on a lack of gravity)<br /> <br /> <br /> 'The Pals' Corner' with 'Grandad', Advertiser, 23 June 1933, p. 5<br /> <br /> Leaf through the whole issue at Trove Newspapers – including the two missing pages!<br /> <br /> <br /> The yawn-inducing headline. Read the paper in its entirety at Trove.<br /> <br /> Thanks again to Anwyn and Barb for supplying the 'really real' newspapers for this episode.
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