Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813 – c.1848), was a Prussian explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia. He arrived in Sydney on 14 February 1842. His aim was to explore inland Australia and he was hopeful of a government appointment in his fields of…
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Edward John Eyre (1815-1901) was born on 5 August 1815 at Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England. At the age of 17, he had intended to enter the army, but at his father’s suggestion, he decided to emigrate to the Colony of New South Wales. Eyre, together with his aboriginal companion, Wylie, was…
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George Vancouver was born on 22 June 1757 in the seaport town of King’s Lynn in Norfolk, England. He was the sixth and youngest child of John Jasper Vancouver, a Dutch-born deputy collector of customs, and Bridget Berners. In 1771, at age 13, Vancouver entered the Royal Navy as a…
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William Buelow Gould (c.1803-1853) was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. While little is known of his early life, it is thought that he received artistic training under Irish painter, William Mulready, in London, and German lithographer, Rudolph Ackermann, in The Strand. It is also believed that he worked in Spode’s…
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Sarah Island (Langerrareroune, Toogee people) was located in Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen’s Land. The island was named after Sarah Birch, the wife of a prominent surgeon, merchant and shipbuilder in Hobart Town, Thomas William Birch. In January 1822, the Sarah Island penal station was established by Lieutenant-Governor William Sorell as…
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Convict artist William Buelow Gould (c.1803-1853) created his masterpiece while imprisoned at Macquarie Harbour’s Sarah Island penal colony in 1832. As servant to medical officer Dr William de Little, Gould painted 36 delicate watercolour studies of fish and shellfish. This sketchbook, now at Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts,…
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For everyone who has wondered whether they are ready for their first philatelic exhibit, this is your class. Do I have the right material? What story do I want to tell? Where do I start? This is Part 1 of a three-session class. Anyone considering a first exhibit should view…
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Ted finished up on his first 5 pages of his Line Pair album pages, got a couple of neat pieces of viewer mail, and gives a brief history of the stamps issued for the World Wildlife Fund.
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What makes a commemorative stamp great? Join Roger Mooney as he explores two stamps depicting Columbus’s fleet—one from the United States, the other from Argentina. With a keen eye for design and historical nuance, Mooney argues that the Argentine stamp, though lesser-known, surpasses its American counterpart in engraving quality and…
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This presentation is based on Al’s book Albert Einstein: A Catalog, published by the ATA. It tells the story of Einstein’s life and accomplishments and showcases a sample of the over 400 stamps issued by nearly 100 countries depicting the great man. Al Raddi is a retired social worker who…
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