“…at 4 AM fired a Gun and made the Signal to weigh, weigh’d and made sail, in Company with the Hyaena – Frigate, Supply Armed Tender, Six Transports and Three Store Ships, at 9 fired a Gun and made the Sig’l for the Convoy to make more sail.” With these…
View More Australia Philately: 1987 The First Fleet: Departure May 1787Category: Australia
Australia Philately: Australia Post Stamp Bulletin No.189 – April 1987
Australia Philately: Australia Post Stamp Bulletin No.190 – July 1987
Australia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c Melbourne Building, Canberra
The twin Melbourne and Sydney Buildings, dating from 1926, form the focal point of Canberra’s Civic Centre. The modified Mediterranean style of red-tiled roofs, stucco walls and simplified classical detailing reflects the influence of Sir John Sulman on the architecture of the national capital. The Commonwealth-owned western range of the…
View More Australia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c Melbourne Building, CanberraAustralia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c Old Hospital, York
The Old Hospital is one of many fine public buildings in the historic township of York, Western Australia. Built in 1896 of the richly-coloured local clay bricks, the two-storey building features a steep shingle roof she-oak. It has been acquired and restored by the National Trust with the assistance of…
View More Australia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c Old Hospital, YorkAustralia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c Macquarie House, Launceston
Macquarie House was built in 1830 for wealthy Launceston merchant, Henry Reed. It is a typical colonial Georgian warehouse, built of brick and sandstone to a symmetrical plan. Between 1978 and 1982 it was restored by the Tasmanian Government with Commonwealth funding and it is now home to a branch…
View More Australia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c Macquarie House, LauncestonAustralia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c The Mint, Sydney
As one of Sydney’s oldest public buildings, the Mint is very much part of Australia’s early colonial history. Originally the southern wing of Governor Macquaire’s grand and ambitious “Rum” Hospital, it housed Australia’s first mint from 1854 to 1927. It has recently been restored by the New South Wales Government…
View More Australia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c The Mint, SydneyAustralia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c Collingwood Town Hall, Melbourne
The Collingwood Town Hall is a comparitively rare example of lavish late nineteenth-century boom-style classicism. Designed by G. R. Johnson, it was built between 1885 and 1890 to rival neighbouring Fitzroy’s town hall. The heavily ornamented two-storey building, dominated by the elegant clock tower, remains a symbol of pride for…
View More Australia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings – 36c Collingwood Town Hall, MelbourneAustralia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public Buildings
A new set of seven definitive pre-stamped envelopes will be released by Australia Post on 8 September 1986. The theme of the series is restored public buildings, illustrating superb examples of architecture from Australia’s earlier days. Buildings shown on the pre-stamped envelopes include examples from the Australian Capital Territory and…
View More Australia Philately: 1986 Restored Historic Public BuildingsAustralia Philately: 1986 The Decision To Settle
Australia Post will release a set of four stamps on 6 August 1986 as part of the continuing series of Australian Bicentennial issues. The stamps feature portraits of the principle people in the decision to establish a convict settlement on the shores of New South Wales. Britain had used transportation…
View More Australia Philately: 1986 The Decision To Settle