Album History from Gillian Everett

Craft Cottage

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:08:03 +0000

77 Pulteney Street, Taree, NSW Australia

John Joseph Stephens of Taree bought land in Pulteney Street in 1908,
then commissioned Henry Alcorn of “Tunbridge Wells” High Street, to build a substantial brick house… The building is presently occupied by Taree Craft Centre Inc. and has been extended to provide space for a teaching
area and café…
The building is a locally listed heritage item.
Extract from Mid Coast Stories
Author: Penny Teerman.

We visited recently, for brunch at the cafe. Very enjoyable. Staffed by friendly volunteers.
Interesting craftwork, especially the woodwork, all created by local artists.

Sunday challenge 205 Memorabilia

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94/365 2026 a story of John Oxley

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:27:14 +0000

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At the bicentenary celebration on Saturday 20th October 2018, two (double sided) information boards were unveiled on either side of the memorial. The information boards tell a summary of both his life and of his expeditions to find the inland sea, how Harrington Village was started and the naming of the Manning River which Oxley called a Lake, at Harrington, at the entrance of the Manning River. The inscription says:— "In honor of Oxley, who, in 1818, explored the country from Bathurst to Port Macquarie. During this expedition he discovered Liverpool Plains and ranges, the Peel River, Mount Severn, overlooking Port Macquarie, and the Manning River, which he crossed here on October 22, 1818." The commemoration tablet was donated by Mr. George S. Hill, of Bungay. This is embodied in a concrete structure rising about 5½ feet, surmounted by an anchor from H.M.S. Tomahawk..."

The Memorial was unveiled September 14, 1929.
The Oxley park is adjacent to Club Harrington, on the bank of the Manning River in Harrington, NSW Australia.
www.monumentaustralia.org/search/display/113157-john-oxley-

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2026 theme memorabilia
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Boatmen Statues at Harrington

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:50:02 +0000

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There are a series of Statues/Totems commemorating the maritime history of Harrington, NSW, Australia.

The three here near the breakwall at the entrance to the Manning River are for The Pilot Station.

From the plaque....
In 1856 the first Pilot Station was set up here with a maritime pilot and staff of boatmen to assist ships entering and leaving the treacherous ‘gateway’ to the Manning River. Cargoes of cedar, maize, farm produce and livestock were exchanged for staple food and equipment by the settlers. A light beacon, lookout and signal house were built on Flagstaff (Pilot) Hill . The first maritime pilot appointed was Captain Richard Powell, who was followed by Job Bradley and John Muir (…), Murray, Kerkin, Brady, Cauvin and finally… The first boatmen were Hom, Whitnall, Scott and…
Elizabeth Muir was the first Post Mistress in Harrington.

057/365 School of Arts

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 01:53:00 +0000

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The current School of Arts is the third to be built in Laurieton. The first was blown down in a gale on 5 May 1898, while the second opened on 7 September 1898 and burned down on 30 August 1910.

It is a heritage-listed School of Arts, now used as a community hall and neighbourhood centre, at the corner of Laurie and Bold Streets, Laurieton, Australia. It was designed by Sydney architect James H. Bolster and built from 1911 to 1912 by Taree contractor E. Bacon. The property is owned by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999…
Wikipedia

The building also hosts the Camden Haven Historical Museum.

Bulgaria

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 00:00:44 +0000

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from my old stamp album.

The first Bulgarian postage stamp was issued in 1879.

When the Second Bulgarian Empire collapsed in 1396, all the Bulgarian territories south of the Danube River became a principality within the Ottoman Empire. The Bulgarian struggle for independence during the 18th and 19th Centuries led to the April Uprising in 1876. The brutality of the Ottomans, in putting down the uprising, resulted in the Russian Empire declaring war on the Ottoman Empire in 1876. The Russian forces, with the aid of many Bulgarian soldiers, were victorious.

On March 3, 1878, as a result of the Treaty of San Stefano, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro became independent kingdoms, and Bulgaria became an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire. The self-governing Principality of Bulgaria would not actually be free of Ottoman external control until October 5, 1908, when it became the Kingdom (or Tsardom) of Bulgaria.

Of course, Bulgaria has an impressive (recorded) history, dating back to the 5th Century B.C., as part of the Ancient Greek geographical area known as Thrace, the Thracian province of the Roman Empire, and even as an Empire in its own right. These historical roots have been well documented on the postage stamps of Bulgaria.
www.stamp-collecting-world.com/bulgarianstamps.html

After World War II Bulgaria became one of states of the socialist bloc under the leadership of the Soviet Union.

On 1st January 2007 Bulgaria became a member of the European Union.

Tribute to Rupert Brooke

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 04:06:14 +0000

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Pacific Ocean at Sunshine Beach, Queensland
Sunday challenge - Epitaphs
Rupert Brooke's poem ‘The Soldier’ which is on his memorial on Skyros Island, in Greece, photo in PiP and more information in comments.
"If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign
field that is for ever England"

1969 Moon landing

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:56:22 +0000

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Image art using original image of first issue from my old stamp collection, and my moon images.

July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind
Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC...
Broadcast on live TV to a world-wide audience, Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and described the event as "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." Apollo 11 effectively ended the Space Race and fulfilled a national goal proposed in 1961 by U.S. President John F. Kennedy: "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

325/365 Noosa Shire Council Chambers

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 02:45:46 +0000

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This served In Pomona, Queensland, as the Council office from 1910 to 1980. A historic and characterful town in the Noosa Hinterland, at the base of Mount Cooroora, an ancient volcanic plug. When strolling around Pomona it is interesting to imagine life in the early pioneering days. The railway station was for many years the heart of the town. The North Coast Railway between Yandina and Cooran opened in 1891.

By 1910 the Shire of Noosa had a population of 2000. The first local government election was in April with James Duke elected as the first Shire Chairman. There was divided opinion about whether to establish the office in Cooroy or Pomona. After a referendum Pomona became the shire centre.

In 1910 the Shire boasted about half a mile of gravelled road and only six bridges. The balance of traffic (mostly bullock teams) just followed tracks through the scrub.

Today it is a charming country town with many interesting buildings, and the street names are very aptly named…

Pottery Street, Church Street, Rectory Street, Factory Street, Mill Street, School Street, Mountain Street, Station Street, etc.

Halse Lodge

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 22:44:34 +0000

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This old church bench was at Halse Lodge in Noosa Heads, where we called in for morning coffee. Photo of Halse Lodge and more information on its history, the oldest house in Noosa Heads, is in the first comment.

TSC2 chairs or benches

Sugar Cane Mill

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 04:23:32 +0000

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Day 2 2012 Road Trip to Sydney from Queensland. Pacific Highway.
South Ballina to Old Bar via Nambucca Heads and Lighthouse Beach, Port Macquarie, New South Wales.

Broadwater is a small town in the Richmond Valley local government area, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. In 2006, the town had a population of 463 people. It is on the Pacific Highway.

The history of Broadwater has largely revolved around its sugar mill. In 1863 Henry Cook and Alexander MacDonald became the first people to select land in the area. To begin with, sugar was grown and crushed on the small private farms in the region.

The Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR) opened the town's sugar mill in 1880. In the early days sugar cane was grown as far up the Richmond River as the town of Bexhill and was carried to the mill on punts. In 1978 CSR sold the mill to the newly formed New South Wales Sugar Milling Cooperative, which established its head office at Broadwater.

Today Broadwater is the centre of the region's highly mechanised sugar industry, which is still a major employer. In recent years the area has also seen an influx of new settlers, attracted by its peaceful rural lifestyle.
Wikipedia

TSC Through the car window. "Forest Gump" photography. Why Forest Gump.. Well you stick the camera out of the vehicle window and shoot at random... "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get"
Monochrome version in the note on this image :-) The original had a really bright blue sky so I toned it down.

QWERTY Keyboard

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 03:13:50 +0000

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The arrangement of characters on a QWERTY keyboard was designed in 1868 by Christopher Sholes, the inventor of the typewriter. According to popular myth, Sholes arranged the keys in their odd fashion to prevent jamming on mechanical typewriters by separating commonly used letter combinations.
webopedia.com/TERM/Q/QWERTY_keyboard.html

Shallow DoF
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The Alphabet Site - Q

Skiathos 1984

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 05:14:06 +0000

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Photo of the original negative taken with 60mm Canon lens. Colours inverted and then converted to sepia.

First attempt at this, using a backlight through the light box which picked up the texture, so my process needs to be refined :-)

Quite like the texture though.

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Bundaberg Raw Sugar

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 05:34:38 +0000

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Bundaberg as a European township was founded by timbergetters Bob and George Stewart in 1867.

Experimental sugar cane growing in the district followed and a successful industry grew. The first sugar mill was opened in 1882. The early sugar industry in Bundaberg was the result of the semi-slave labour carried out by Kanakas.

Bundaberg Sugar is the largest cane grower in Australia. It is also a major raw sugar miller, regional sugar refiner, and marketer of sugar and related products.

The majority of its operations are in Queensland, with farms and mills located in a number of significant cane growing areas from Atherton Tableland in far North Queensland to South Queensland.

Bundaberg Sugar is wholly owned by Finasucre s.a., a Belgium-based group producing sugar and sugar derivatives from both beet and cane. Finasucre has significant operations in Belgium and Central Africa as well as Queensland.

19/31 Scarlet/Timberwolf Grey October 12 Months in Colour

Australia Post

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:32:09 +0000

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In 2009 Australia Post celebrated 200 years as Australia's oldest, continually operating organisation.

73 of the owned buildings are classified as heritage properties and are included in the Commonwealth Heritage List. These buildings date from the Colonial era, through post-Federation to post-WWII structures.
auspost.com.au/about-us/history-and-heritage.html

Tewantin, Queensland

11/31 Scarlet/Timberwolf Grey 12 Months in Colour

Vintage Oak Bureau c1910

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:31:07 +0000

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This has been in our family for at least four generations.

Made in England, it originally belonged to my great grandmother, then my father's aunt, then my father, and this year my father gave it to me.

An antique bureau full of young paperbacks :-)

Texture, my own, sands of time :-)

TSC Books

Alternative in the Note on this image

Alphabet site V

Kookaburra Queen at Eagle Street Pier

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 04:44:12 +0000

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Established in 1986

The Kookaburra River Queen Paddlewheelers are true icons of the Brisbane River, based on the Mississipi, and Murray River Paddlewheelers and celebrate Brisbane's greatest asset - our river.

The vessels were aptly named because the Kookaburra is a native Australian bird that is never seen to drink water - a prophecy that all boat owners would hope to emulate!

Confident that Brisbane was ready for "something nostalgic, old-fashioned and different" the Kookaburra River Queens were born. Millkraft Thompson Boatyards built Kookaburra River Queen I. She was the first wooden paddlewheeler built in Australia in the last century. Launched in 1986 and 1988 respectively, the Queens were crafted mainly from Queensland timbers, the 100 foot keels from ironbark, the sheathed hulls planked with oregon and spotted gum and the decks made from white beech.

After playing a major role in the popular World Expo 88, the vessels have become a part of Brisbane's riverscape for over 20 years.

www.kookaburrariverqueens.com

Archive Airings AA48 Passenger Transportation

Patio de los Leones, Alhambra

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Tue, 27 May 2014 05:02:13 +0000

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The Courtyard of the Lions (Spanish: Patio de los Leones - Arabic: بهو السباع‎) is the main courtyard of the Nasrid dynasty Palace of the Lions, in the heart of the Alhambra, the Moorish citadel formed by a complex of palaces, gardens and forts in Granada, Spain. It was commissioned by the Nasrid sultan Muhammed V of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. Its construction started in the second period of his reign, between 1362 and 1391 AD.

1994 trip to UK, Europe and Asia

Archive Airings AA45 Underneath the Arches

Alhambra Palace

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Tue, 27 May 2014 04:24:13 +0000

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A visit to the extraordinary Alhambra in Granada, Spain.

'Created originally for military purposes, the Alhambra was an "alcazaba" (fortress), an "alcázar" (palace) and a small "medina" (city), all in one.'

Description from andalucia.com/cities/granada/alhamhistory.htm

1994 trip to UK, Europe and Asia

Archive Airings AA45 Underneath the Arches

Story Bridge over the Brisbane River

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Fri, 23 May 2014 05:23:59 +0000

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Viewed from the high speed Brisbane CityCat Ferry.

The Story Bridge is the longest cantilever bridge in Australia...

The design for the bridge was based heavily on that of the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal, completed in 1930...

It was opened on 6 July 1940.
Extracts from Wikipedia

Archive Airings AA45 Underneath the Arches

QUT Art Museum and Chancellery

nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 23:25:26 +0000

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The QUT Art Museum houses the university's art collection, which focuses on contemporary Australian art, particularly paintings, prints, and ceramics... it opened in the year 2000.

The building is a 1930s neo-classical revivalist building, and the QUT Art Museum was designed by Peddle Thorpe Architects, Brisbane.

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a major Australian university with a strong focus on applied research. Based in Brisbane, it has about 40,000 students, including 6,000 international students, with over 4,000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than A$750 million. QUT ranks within the top 10 Australian Universities and upper 3% world-wide...
The university is located on two campuses in Brisbane City, Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove, and a third campus in Caboolture.
QUT has a history that dates back to 1849.

Archive Airings AA39 Buildings