| Blog URL: | http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/ |
| Blog Tags: | art history, history, architectural history, Victorian, Edwardian, Australia, Britain |
| Country: | Australia |
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| Location: | Melbourne |
The fine arts, decorative arts and architecture of Europe, North America and Australia, 1650-1933. | |
on Nov 18, 2019 in: architecture, Australia, Britain, France, history, Italy, literature
Since reading literature on Kindle and buying books via the Net are easy, normal bookshops seem less frequent now. However book lovers argue that a traditional temple of books has a special atmosphere that promotes discovery, entertainment and quie...
on Nov 15, 2019 in: Australia, family, history, literature, women
Fiji born Don Dunstan (1926-1999) did Law-Arts at Adelaide University, joined the Socialist Club and became deeply committed to social justice, cultural diversity, democracy, human rights and respect for Indigenous people. If I’d be...
on Nov 11, 2019 in: Australia, family, history, literature, New Zealand
When the book Russian ANZACs came out in 2005, I was sitting in an outdoor coffeeshop, discussing the subject with my neighbour-cousin. I knew our two grandfather had sailed together to Australia in Jan 1914, but I had no idea that the two teens...
on Nov 8, 2019 in: Britain
Young Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) was first employed as a clerk at the British East India Company in 1795 and ten years later he was posted to Malaya with the Company. Lord Minto, governor-general of India, appointed Raffles as an agen...
Federation came to Australia on 1/1/1901. The Australian & New Zealand Army Corps were formed in Egypt in 1915 out of the 1st Australian Imperial Force/AIF and the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Soon after the birth of the nation, the Anz...
on Nov 1, 2019 in: Italy
The origins of glassmaking in Venice go back to the times of the Roman Empire when moulded glass was used for illumination in bathhouses. Blending Roman experience with the skills learned from the Byzantine Empire and trade with the Orient, Venice em...
on Oct 29, 2019 in: Britain, history, Italy, literature, medicine
Galen, a skilled C2nd AD Greek physician and scholar, taught that there were three main inter-connected systems involved in blood flow: a] brain and nerves; b] heart and arteries; and c] liver and veins. Dark, venous blood formed in the liver and t...
