Sydney Gazette – a treasure from Trove
Was there ever a more aptly named site than Trove? I’ve been having a lovely time searching through copies of the Sydney Gazette from 1805. Along the way I stumbled across the following, marvellous snippets. An eloping goose, dingoes, eels, goats and even a pot-smoking Reverend. A grey goose last week eloped from its owner,…
Marsden Online Archive
It still amazes me that I can sit on my couch of an evening (fire crackling, tv blaring, #1 son immersed in the XBox) and yet the miracle that is the Internet means I can read a journal from 1814 in the original. Shall we pause for moment to consider how brilliant that is? The…
Raffles and Marsden
This was going to be the best blog post ever. Well, best post since the last one anyway. I was going to include some photos of Fort Canning Park, in Singapore, which is near where I’m staying (yes, another work trip). And then I was going to mention how this park in the heart of…