‘A Ro-Me-Owe and Jew-Liet Revival (New Reading)’, <em>The Bulletin</em>, 17 November 1904
Balcony scene, <em>Bulletin</em> cartoons, economy, Her Majesty’s Theatre, I.O.U., James C. Williamson (1845-1913), Livingston Hopkins aka ‘Hop’ (1846-1927), loan, Miss Tittell Brune (1875-1974), New South Wales, NSW State loans, Romeo and Juliet, satire, Sir Joseph Carruthers (1856-1932), state politics, <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em>, William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616), usury.
‘Hop’ produced this <em>Bulletin</em> cartoon at a time when J. C. Williamson’s theatre company was staging William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Sydney. The popular young American actress Miss Tittell Brune was in the starring role, with Mr R. A. Greenaway as Romeo and Mr Roy Redgrave (patriarch of the famous English acting family) as Mercutio (See <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>, Nov 12, 1904, p. 2. <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1329960?" target="_blank">http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1329960?</a>) Judging from reviews written at the time, Miss Brune’s “charming” balcony performance was hugely successful (See, for example, <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>, Nov 16, 1904, p. 2. <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1330003?" target="_blank">http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1330003?</a>). So, Hop’s cartoon was not only timely but also bound to raise a laugh or a smile of recognition from Sydney theatre-goers. The NSW government was barely into its fifth month of office, and Sir Joseph Carruthers − who was both premier and treasurer − had inherited the difficult task of dealing with accumulated State debts. <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em> calculated that NSW owed around £4,310,000, to be paid-off over thirty years (<em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>, October 10, 1904, p. 6. <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1329596?" target="_blank">http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1329596?</a>). Subsequently, Hop depicts premier Carruthers fawning and gesticulating to a bored and stereotypically Jewish financier. In the background, three spheres suspended in the night sky represent usury. Hop’s critique of the NSW economy is clearly designed to keep the matter firmly under continuous (and sceptical) public scrutiny.
Livingston Hopkins (‘Hop’)
<em>The Bulletin</em>
<em>The Bulletin</em>
17 November 1904, Cover
Public Domain
Journal (Microfilm)
C. E. W. Bean Oxford University heraldic shield
Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, Victoria Barracks, Collaroy, plaque, heraldry, education, historians, official war histories, First World War, World War, war, World War I, journalism, Sydney Morning Herald, Gallipoli, Western Front, Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth Archives, Sir William Throsby Bridges and Sir Cyril Brudnell Bingham White, Tuggeranong, Oxford, university, Oxford University, shield
<span><span><span><span>Entry on Australian War Memorial website:<br /> </span></span></span></span><span>Black painted curved metal shield designed as a wall plaque, with the heraldic crest of Oxford University. The crest features an open book bearing the motto 'Dominus illuminatio mea' , with two crowns above the book and one below. The top of the shield has a semi-circular section soldered to it, to which is attached a black painted metal inverted 'V', folded over a metal ring, which allows it to be displayed on a wall. </span><span><span><br /> </span><span><cite><strong>Permalink:</strong> <a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39640" target="_blank">http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39641</a></cite> </span><br /> <br /> <span>Summary from Australian War Memorial website:<br />This object was collected from Charles Bean's study at his home 'Clifton' in Collaroy, NSW. Bean is perhaps best remembered for the official histories of Australia in the First World War, of which he wrote six volumes and edited the remainder. Before this, however, he was Australia's official correspondent to the war. He was also the driving force behind the establishment of the Australian War Memorial. <br /> <br /> Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean was born on 18 November 1879 at Bathurst, New South Wales. His family moved to England when he was ten. He completed his education there, eventually studying classics and law at Oxford. Bean returned to Australia in 1904 and was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. <br /> <br /> Having dabbled in journalism, Bean joined the Sydney Morning Herald as a junior reporter in January 1908. He published several books before being posted to London in 1910. In 1913 he returned to Sydney as the Herald's leader writer. When the First World War began, Bean won an Australian Journalists Association ballot and became official correspondent to the AIF. He accompanied the first convoy to Egypt, landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and began to make his name as a tireless, thorough and brave correspondent. He was wounded in August but remained on Gallipoli for most of the campaign, leaving just a few days before the last troops. <br /> <br /> He then reported on the Australians on the Western Front where his admiration of the AIF crystallised into a desire to create a permanent memorial to their sacrifice and achievements. In addition to his journalism, Bean filled hundreds of diaries and notebooks, all with a view to writing a history of the AIF when the war ended. In addition he organised the collection of battlefield relics from AIF soldiers on the Western Front through the formation of the Australian War Records Section. In early 1919 he led a historical mission to Gallipoli to collect relics for the Memorial, obtain Turkish accounts of the campaign and report on the condition of war graves. <br /> <br /> On his return to Australia Bean and his staff moved into Tuggeranong homestead, south of Canberra, to work on the official history. In 1921 he married Ethel (Effie) Young, a nursing sister at the Queanbeyan hospital whom he first met when she visited Tuggeranong to play tennis. They later moved to Sydney, where he continued to write at Victoria Barracks. When he began, Bean imagined that the history would take five years to write; in the event it took 23 years, and the final volume did not appear until 1942. <br /> <br /> Besides his written work, Bean worked tirelessly on creating the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. He was present when the building opened on 11 November 1941 and became Chairman of the Memorial's board in 1952. He maintained a close association with the institution for the rest of his life. <br /> <br /> During the Second World War, Bean liaised between the Chiefs of Staff and the press for the Department of Information. He became Chairman of the Commonwealth Archives Committee and was instrumental in creating the Commonwealth Archives. Between 1947 and 1958 he was Chairman of the Promotion Appeals Board of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. He also continued to write, producing a history of Australia's independent schools and finally a book on two senior AIF figures, Sir William Throsby Bridges and Sir Cyril Brudnell Bingham White. Bean received a number of honorary degrees and declined a knighthood. Bean, one of the most admired Australians of his generation, died after a long illness in Concord Repatriation Hospital in 1968. <br /> <br /> Much of the material from Bean's study was originally housed in his Tuggeranong Homestead office where he began writing the official histories. When the family moved it was transferred to his homes in Sydney. Effie continued to use the study after her husband's death. The study was dismantled after her death in July 1991 and transferred to the Australian War Memorial. <br /> <a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39640" target="_blank">http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39640</a></span></span>
Anon.
Australian War Memorial Website
c 1898-1902, UK
Australian War Memorial
REL39641
Photograph; Hyperlink
Hertford College Oxford heraldic shield : C E W Bean
Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, Victoria Barracks, Collaroy, plaque, heraldry, education, historians, official war histories, First World War, World War I, journalism, Sydney Morning Herald, Gallipoli, Western Front, Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth Archives, Sir William Throsby Bridges and Sir Cyril Brudnell Bingham White, Tuggeranong, Oxford, university, Oxford University
<span><span><span>Entry on Australian War Memorial website:<br /> </span></span></span><span>Red painted curved metal shield designed as a wall plaque, with the heraldic crest of Hertford College, Oxford University, on the front in the form of a gold hart's head surmounted by a gold heraldic dagger, both of which are edged in black. The top of the shield has a semi-circular section soldered to it, to which is attached a red painted metal inverted 'V', folded over a metal ring, which allows it to be displayed on a wall. <br /> </span><span><cite><strong>Permalink:</strong> <a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39640" target="_blank">http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39640</a></cite> </span><br /> <br /> <span>Summary from Australian War Memorial website:<br />This object was collected from Charles Bean's study at his home 'Clifton' in Collaroy, NSW. Bean is perhaps best remembered for the official histories of Australia in the First World War, of which he wrote six volumes and edited the remainder. Before this, however, he was Australia's official correspondent to the war. He was also the driving force behind the establishment of the Australian War Memorial. <br /> <br /> Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean was born on 18 November 1879 at Bathurst, New South Wales. His family moved to England when he was ten. He completed his education there, eventually studying classics and law at Oxford. Bean returned to Australia in 1904 and was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. <br /> <br /> Having dabbled in journalism, Bean joined the Sydney Morning Herald as a junior reporter in January 1908. He published several books before being posted to London in 1910. In 1913 he returned to Sydney as the Herald's leader writer. When the First World War began, Bean won an Australian Journalists Association ballot and became official correspondent to the AIF. He accompanied the first convoy to Egypt, landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and began to make his name as a tireless, thorough and brave correspondent. He was wounded in August but remained on Gallipoli for most of the campaign, leaving just a few days before the last troops. <br /> <br /> He then reported on the Australians on the Western Front where his admiration of the AIF crystallised into a desire to create a permanent memorial to their sacrifice and achievements. In addition to his journalism, Bean filled hundreds of diaries and notebooks, all with a view to writing a history of the AIF when the war ended. In addition he organised the collection of battlefield relics from AIF soldiers on the Western Front through the formation of the Australian War Records Section. In early 1919 he led a historical mission to Gallipoli to collect relics for the Memorial, obtain Turkish accounts of the campaign and report on the condition of war graves. <br /> <br /> On his return to Australia Bean and his staff moved into Tuggeranong homestead, south of Canberra, to work on the official history. In 1921 he married Ethel (Effie) Young, a nursing sister at the Queanbeyan hospital whom he first met when she visited Tuggeranong to play tennis. They later moved to Sydney, where he continued to write at Victoria Barracks. When he began, Bean imagined that the history would take five years to write; in the event it took 23 years, and the final volume did not appear until 1942. <br /> <br /> Besides his written work, Bean worked tirelessly on creating the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. He was present when the building opened on 11 November 1941 and became Chairman of the Memorial's board in 1952. He maintained a close association with the institution for the rest of his life. <br /> <br /> During the Second World War, Bean liaised between the Chiefs of Staff and the press for the Department of Information. He became Chairman of the Commonwealth Archives Committee and was instrumental in creating the Commonwealth Archives. Between 1947 and 1958 he was Chairman of the Promotion Appeals Board of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. He also continued to write, producing a history of Australia's independent schools and finally a book on two senior AIF figures, Sir William Throsby Bridges and Sir Cyril Brudnell Bingham White. Bean received a number of honorary degrees and declined a knighthood. Bean, one of the most admired Australians of his generation, died after a long illness in Concord Repatriation Hospital in 1968. <br /> <br /> Much of the material from Bean's study was originally housed in his Tuggeranong Homestead office where he began writing the official histories. When the family moved it was transferred to his homes in Sydney. Effie continued to use the study after her husband's death. The study was dismantled after her death in July 1991 and transferred to the Australian War Memorial. <br /> <a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39640" target="_blank">http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39640</a></span>
Anon.
Australian War Memorial website
c. 1898-1902, UK
Australian War Memorial
REL39639
Photograph
C. E. W. Bean Oxford University heraldic shield 2nd
Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, Victoria Barracks, Collaroy, plaque, heraldry, education, historians, official war histories, First World War, WW1, journalism, Sydney Morning Herald, Gallipoli, Western Front, Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth Archives, Sir William Throsby Bridges and Sir Cyril Brudnell Bingham White, Tuggeranong, Oxford University, shield
<span><span><span><span><span>Entry on Australian War Memorial website:<br /> </span></span></span></span><span>Flat wooden shield designed as a wall plaque, painted with the heraldic crest of Oxford University. The crest features an open book bearing the motto 'Dominus illuminatio mea' , with two crowns above the book and one below. The top of the shield, which is cut from a single piece of wood, includes an inverted 'V' ending in a voided ring which allows it to be displayed on a wall. </span><br /> <span><span><cite><strong>Permalink:</strong> </cite></span><span><a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39640" target="_blank">http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39642</a><br /> </span><span><span><br /> </span></span></span></span>
Anon.
Australian War Memorial
ca 1898 - 1902
Australian War Memorial
REL39642
Hyperlink
"The Spirit of the Middle Ages in Macquarie Street"
knight, knights, knighthood, chivalry, medieval, sculpture, statue, sculptures, statues, Macquarie Street, Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald
This photograph in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1930 shows three sculptures of medieval knights. The seated knights are on the new B.M.A. (British Medical Association) Building in Macquarie Street, Sydney. They wear full body armour and helmets with visors, and hold a shield before them carrying the insignia of the Association.
Anon.
National Library of Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
21 March 1930
National Library of Australia
Hyperlink
English
Sir Kaark the Crow Comic, July 1947
animal, armor, armour, Australian fauna, Bad Baron, cartoon, child, childhood, children, children's entertainment, chivalry, comic, comics, damsel, dragon, duel, gallantry, knight, knighthood, lady in distress, popular culture, Prince Gallant, Sir Kaark
Sir Kaark the Crow is a children's comic strip that featured in the Sydney Morning Herald. Set in a medieval land of dragons, knights, wizards and a bad baron, it combined common medieval themes such as chivalry and gallantry with animal characters that were typically 'Australian.' The characters include Sir Kaark, Prince Gallant and the Lady in Distress.
Cunningham, Walter, and Ken Neville
National Library of Australia: <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18035234" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18035234</a>; <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18033943" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18033943</a>
Sydney Morning Herald
9 July 1947
No Copyright
PDF
Newspaper Comic
Sir Kaark the Crow Comic
animal, armor, armour, Australian fauna, cartoon, child, childhood, children, children's entertainment, chivalry, comic, comics, damsel, dragon, gallantry, knight, knighthood, lady in distress, popular culture, Sir Kaark
In this children's comic strip from the Sydney Morning Herald in 1947, Sir Kaark the crow escapes from the clutches of a hungry dragon by donning the armour of a knight who is bathing in a pool nearby. He is then asked to rescue the 'Lady in Distress', which is a common motif in chivalric literature. In this comic, the medieval themes of chivalry and gallantry are combined with anglicised Australian animal icons.
Cunningham, Walter, and Ken Neville
National Library of Australia: <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18021579" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18021579</a>
Sydney Morning Herald
16 April 1947, p.15
No Copyright
Newspaper Comic
Sir Kaark the Crow
Animal, Australian fauna, banquet, baron, cartoon, child, children, children's entertainment, chivalry, comic, comics, crow, damsel, dream, entertainment, feast, gallantry, knight, knighthood, Lady in Distress, magic, New South Wales, NSW, prince, Prince Gallant, Sir Kaark, spell
In this children's comic strip from the Sydney Morning Herald, the medieval themes of chivalry and gallantry are combined with anglicised Australian animal icons. In the comic, a dream is depicted in which Kaark the Crow imagines himself as a medieval knight. He manages to distract the evil Baron from attacking Prince Gallant using a spell, and a medieval style banquet is thrown in celebration. The other characters in the dream include a generically named ‘Lady in Distress’, which was a common motif in chivalric tales.
Cunningham, Walter, and Neville, Ken
National Library of Australia: <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18047893" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18047893</a>
The Sydney Morning Herald
6 August 1947
No Copyright
comic