This year marks the bicentenary of the circumnavigation of Van Diemen’s Land by Bass and Flinders. Two stamps commemorate their epic voyage, which proved the existence of Bass Strait and established that Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) was an island. Their findings had significant impact on the sailing time and saferty…
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Australia Philately: 1998 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.246 (August-September)
Australia Philately: 1997 Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was born on 19 June 1797, near Parramatta, New South Wale. He undertook many journeys of exploration, the most significant of which was the trip with Captain W H Hovell to Port Phillip and back in 1824-25. He settled in the Yass district in the late 1830s with…
View More Australia Philately: 1997 Hamilton HumeAustralia Philately: 1997 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.240 (June-July)
Australia Philately: 1996 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.237 (October-December)
Australia Philately: 1993 200th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Bellona
Australia’s first free white settlers arrived at Sydney Cove on the small transport ship Bellona on 16 January 1793. A pre-stamped envelope will be issued by Australia Post on 14 January 1993 commemorating the 200th anniversary of the arrival. The settlers included farmers, Edward Powell, Thomas Rose and Joseph Webb;…
View More Australia Philately: 1993 200th Anniversary of the Arrival of the BellonaAustralia Philately: 1993 Australian Stamp Bulletin No.218 (January-February)
Australia Philately: 1992 350th Anniversary of Tasman’s Landing in Tasmania
Australia Post will issue a pre-stamped envelope on 24 November 1992. The envelope marks the 350th Anniversary of Abel Tasman’s Landing in Tasmania. On 24 November 1642 the Dutch navigator, Abel Janszoon Tasman sighted land on the west coast of what is now Tasmania. Tasman, commanding two ships, Heemskerck and…
View More Australia Philately: 1992 350th Anniversary of Tasman’s Landing in TasmaniaAustralia Philately: 1991 Sport Series III – 80c Squash
Australia is the world’s leading squash nation in terms of the calibre of its world champions and the number of participants at club and social level. A fast and exhilarating game, squash is played on a four-walled court, usually between two players, using ultra-light strung racquets and a small, hollow,…
View More Australia Philately: 1991 Sport Series III – 80c SquashAustralia Philately: 1991 Sport Series III – 75c Netball
Netball is Australia’s most popular women’s sport. Originally known as women’s basketball, it was renamed in 1970 when the All Australian Netball Association was formed. Played indoors or outdoors, on hard or grass surfaces, netball differs from basketball in several ways, including a prohibition on dribbling and running with the…
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