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William Locke Brockman (1802 – 28 November 1872) was an early settler in Western Australia, who became a pastoralist and stock breeder, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Biography
Townsville Heritage Centre: 5 Castling Street, Townsville: Colonial: 1888–1921: NTA: Townsville Heritage Centre: Wolston House: 223 Grindle Road, Wacol: Old Colonial [clarification needed] 1852–1860s: NTA [148] Media related to Wolston House at Wikimedia Commons Wyaralong: Beaudesert: Late Victorian: 1895–1907: ACH [13]: page:99 The ...
They were published in 1884 as Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia. Moore died in his London apartment on 30 December 1886. Stannage (1978) writes that he died "apparently friendless", and Cameron (2000) adds "it was a sad end to a worthwhile colonial career."
Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia, the best known publication of Moore's diary. The diary of George Fletcher Moore is an important record of early colonial life in Western Australia, because it is one of a few records that were written from the point of view of an ordinary colonist, as opposed to the official correspondence of a salaried public official.
Red Hill (postcode: 2603) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb is named after the northernmost hill of the ridge to the west of the suburb. The ridge is a reserve and managed as part of the Canberra Nature Park. The hill is an element of the central Canberra design axis.
This era of prohibition is commemorated today in the form of a pub named after O'Malley that was established in the city centre of Canberra in 2000. [15] An international competition was held in 1911 by O'Malley to select a design for the layout of the capital city. An American architect, Walter Burley Griffin, won the competition in 1913.
A portrait from the late 18th century by an unknown artist, believed to depict Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798), a British naval explorer in 1792, who claimed the territory of modern-day Washington state in the Pacific Northwest region along the West Coast of North America for the United Kingdom / British Empire and named the inlet / bay of Puget Sound.
William Spencer (1824 – 21 July 1901) was an early settler of Western Australia. Arriving in Bunbury from England in 1842, he remained in the area for the rest of his life, serving several terms as the town's mayor. He was elected to the colony's Legislative Council of Western Australia in 1896, serving until his death.