Mar. 11th, 2013

xenith: (Eucalypt)
Raiding USB drives again :)

This is a transcription of a two page form. ____Underlines are blank spaces in forms, and I've filled in what was on this form. (Don't know much about military, but 63rd regiment were brought down to provide an extra presence during the Black War.)

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ROUTE

The Solider _______63rd Rgt_______ as

under-named, are hereby required to

______________________________________________
______proceed to battams(?)____________ _______
______________________________________________
______________________________________________

All Magistrates, Public Officers, and the
Settlers in general, are requested to afford
every assistance in the furtherance of this
Public Service.

        By Order of
                His Excellency
                    The Lieutenant Governor,
                        J. Burnett,
                            Colonial Secretary


      Dated at _Campbell Town__
      this _thirteenth of (?)___ 1832


      Signature of Officer or Non-commissioned
      Officer in Charge of the Station, to whom
      this Route is to be returned, and forwarded
      by him to the Town Adjutant
      _________________________

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EACH Solder ______ is en-
titled to one Pound of Meat, and one and
a half Pounds of Flour per diem.




Settlers and others are requested to insert
underneath, the quantity of Rations delivered
by them to this Party, for which they will get
a Receipt


Date of issue | Meat in Words | Flour in words | Names and Residence of Settler













(Not including those details, because most of them are hard to read. One settler provided rations for the horses though.)
xenith: (Eucalypt)
Also found on a USB stick, a copy of a page from the Library of Congress American Memory site, part of "Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941"

Yes, I did say Australian folk songs. This is the page, also lyrics and a recording. "Bold Jack Donohue" is a song of a convict turned bushranger in NSW in the 1830s. (ADB entry for John Donohoe.) What I find interesting about the song, other than that I don't have recording I like, is how it changed over time, and it's relationship to the better known "Wild Colonial Boy".

Lyrics )

Wild Colonial Boy )

AMP, 1974

Mar. 11th, 2013 06:40 pm
xenith: (Eucalypt)
Ad on back cover of programme for Irene, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sydney J.C. Williamson Theatres Ltd, 1974.

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No matter what titles you want to use to describe your sex or attitude, A.M.P. insurance works. OK Ms. Sanders?

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