Victor Daley was an Irishman who came to Australia as a young man. He wrote romantic verse and was referred to by Vivian Smith as, “one of the most attractive poets of the nineties in Australia” (Vivian Smith, ‘Poetry’, The…
The logo of the Australian company Kent International Movers features a winged dragon. Dragons are found in numerous medieval stories, on artefacts, and as a heraldic device where it evoked courage and nobility. The current flag of Wales/Cymru…
A newspaper article on the front page of the Launceston newspaper Examiner on 26 July, 1949. The article reports on the voyage of the replica galley ‘Hugin’ from Denmark on its journey to Broadstairs in Kent, England. The Hugin had a…