gold rush

Gundagai

At the foot of Mt Parnassus, 387km south-west of Sydney, lies the charming historic town ... continue

A remote highway in Balranald.

Balranald

Located in the south-western corner of New South Wales near the Victoria Border, Balranald was ... continue

Sir James Burns

BURNS, Sir JAMES (1846-1923), businessman, shipowner and philanthropist, was born on 10 February 1846 at ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

David Reid

REID, DAVID (1820-1906) and ROBERT DYCE (1829-1900), pastoralists and politicians, were the first and third ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

George Forsyth

FORSYTH, GEORGE (1817-1887), store-keeper and stock and station agent, was born at South Shields, County ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Sir Walter Kingsmill

Sir Walter Kingsmill (1864 - 1935), by T. Humphrey & Co, courtesy of National Library of Australia ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

John James McNeill

McNEILL, JOHN JAMES (1868-1943), union official and politician, was born in 1868 at Tantanoola, South ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Louisa Lawson

LAWSON, LOUISA (1848-1920), newspaper proprietor, was born on 17 February 1848 on Edwin Rouse's ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

John Macintosh

MACINTOSH, JOHN (1821-1911), ironmonger, alderman and politician, was born on 8 July 1821 at Auldearn ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Richard Osburne

OSBURNE, RICHARD (1825-1895), journalist and historian, was born on 15 November 1825 in New South ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

John Arthur Barry

BARRY, JOHN ARTHUR (1850-1911), author and journalist, was born at Torquay, Devon, England. Orphaned young ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

George Whitfield

WHITFIELD, GEORGE (1808-1864), gunsmith and taxidermist, was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He arrived in ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Philip Gidley King

KING, PHILIP GIDLEY (1817-1904), pastoralist, was born on 31 October 1817 at Parramatta, eldest son ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Benjamin Darley

DARLEY, BENJAMIN (1811-1864), captain and merchant, was born in February 1811 in Dublin, son of ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Francis Hewitt Leverrier

LEVERRIER, FRANCIS HEWITT (1863-1940), barrister, was born on 8 February 1863 at Waverley, Sydney, second ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Francis Augustus Wright

Francis Augustus Wright (1835 - 1903), by unknown photographer, courtesy of National Library of Australia. nla ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867 - 1922), by Lionel Lindsay, courtesy of National Library of Australia. nla.pic-an9721119 ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Niels Rasmus Wilson Nielsen

NIELSEN, NIELS RASMUS WILSON (1869-1930), politician, was born on 2 March 1869 in Copenhagen, son ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Patrick Andrew Connolly

CONNOLLY, PATRICK ANDREW (1866-1946), racecourse owner, was born on 20 October 1866 at Ophir, New ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

A boxed set of ...

Woitek Pietranik, distinguished designer and sculptor at the Royal Australian Mint, looked to the Sydney ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum