(The Weatherboard Falls, Blue Mountains) 1876 J. H. CARSE ngv.to/explore/collec…

Eugene von Guerard, 'Old Ballarat as it was in the summer of 1853-54', 1884.

🔥Our article, ‘Aboriginal Use of Fire as a Weapon in Colonial Victoria: A Preliminary Analysis’, has just been published online with Australian Historical Studies (Australian Historical Studies) 🔥 Available here: tandfonline.com/eprint/758TEIX…

Castle Rock, Cape Schanck (1867) Eugene von GUÉRARD ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collec…

'Melbourne, twilight' (1887), John Ford PATERSON

On this day 140 years ago, the New South Wales Contingent sailed from Sydney to Sudan. It was the first time a British colony had paid to send its own troops overseas in aid of the British Empire elsewhere. awm.gov.au/wartime/97/ave…

'Warrenheip Hills near Ballarat' (1854) Eugene von GUÉRARD

Property flipping in Melbourne, 1837. The beginning of a national pastime.

'Moonrise' (1909), Frederick McCUBBIN

'Mr Clark's Station, Deep Creek, near Keilor' (1867), Eugene von GUÉRARD

'Mount William and part of the Grampians in West Victoria' (1865), Eugene von GUÉRARD

There is great news for those researching house and land history in NSW. The State Library of NSW collection of subdivision plans for over 250 suburbs and towns, parish maps, town maps, and town plans has been digitised and accessed through the online catalogue.

Legal Transfer and Legal Geography in the British Empire dlvr.it/TJKzNy

'As invisible or visible Vandemonians, 'Old Lags' were an integral part of Ballarat’s golden history.' Sounds like an excellent talk from Janet McCalman, based on the Fonders & Survivors Project, at the Eureka Centre here in Ballarat tonight: eurekacentreballarat.com.au/buzzwinkers-ba…

The deceased in this inquiry is the defendant in this well-known High Court of Australia case: classic.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/H…

Out of interest I asked ChatGPT to transcribe a handwritten Will from 1854. It has done an excellent job, really.

My next read? I need to also get a copy of Janet McCalman's Vandemonians.

Ballarat locals win history awards | Ballarat Times p.13 timesnewsgroup.com.au/ballarat/print…