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Month: April 2019

Posted on April 25, 2019January 6, 2021 by Makyla Curtis

The Family Songbook Goes Live

‘A night or two ago I dreamed that I said it is a long time since I called at my Father’s and your parents and that I was determined I would go the next day. I awoke to disappointment wishing I might never dream again.’ (Sarah Harris #15) ‘Will you in the next send me Read More…

Posted on April 18, 2019February 24, 2024 by Makyla Curtis

Houhere (lacebark) in Flower at Milford Sound

The Union Steamship company offered special excursion tickets to Melbourne at reduced prices during the International Exhibition of 1880-81. We don’t know which boat Emily Harris took to Melbourne but it is safe to say that she would have been travelling saloon class and paying the 16 pounds that gave her the option of a Read More…

Posted on April 11, 2019January 6, 2021 by Makyla Curtis

Mrs Levien Signs a Melbourne Visitors’ Book

It is Friday 30 November 2018, the opening day of the annual Big Design Market at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. The ground floor of the Great Hall is packed with vendors, buyers, stalls and displays. A roar of music and a susurrus of voices floats up to the mezzanine where volunteer guide Phil Read More…

Posted on April 4, 2019January 6, 2021 by Makyla Curtis

Waiting for the Circus: Emily Harris in Hobart

It is late November 2018. We are in downtown Hobart looking for 140 Elizabeth St, where artist and photographer Alfred Bock had his studio in the 1860s. Just three pieces of physical evidence link Emily Harris with Hobart.  One of them is a studio portrait taken by Bock sometime between Emily’s arrival in 1861 and Read More…

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