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The Discovery of Australia: Made in the Fifteenth Century, The Chronicle, 27 March 1897

The Discovery of Australia_The Chronicle_27 March 1897.pdf

This short notice in The Chronicle in 1897 informs readers about a paper in which Edward Augustus Petherick, the head of Australian booksellers E.A. Petherick & Co., would argue that Australia was founded in the medieval period. His evidence, the…

Tags: Aragon, Australian booksellers, Castile, Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), conquest, E. A. Petherick & Co., Edward Augustus Petherick, exploration, Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516), Isabella of Castile (1451-1504), kangaroo, Medieval Spain, New World, paper, Royal Geographical Society

Stairwell window at â€˜Glenferrie,â€™ Malvern, Victoria

This commanding stairwell window by Ferguson & Urie (1872) is calculated to reflect the prosperity and good fortune of the original owner, James Fergusson. Fergusson was a Melbourne manufacturing stationer, and was at times a member of the…

Tags: Australiana, blazon, coat-of-arms, colonialism, Emu, Ferguson & Urie, Fergusson coat-of-arms, Glenferrie, James Fergusson, kangaroo, Malvern, medieval design, rose, shamrock, stained glass, symbolism, thistle, Vic, Victoria

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