Countdown to Mitchell centenary - State Library of New South Wales
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22 December 1888<br />
The Bulletin publishes the first <br />
short s<strong>to</strong>ry by Henry Lawson, <br />
aged 21, entitled ‘His Father’s <br />
Mate’.<br />
image: pen WiTh sTand <br />
oWned by henry laWson <br />
C. 1900, r 64<br />
1 January 1810<br />
Lachlan Macquarie becomes<br />
Governor <strong>of</strong> NSW. In his own<br />
words, Macquarie ‘found the<br />
colony barely emerging from<br />
infantile imbecility’ and left it<br />
‘enjoying a state <strong>of</strong> private<br />
comfort and public<br />
prosperity’.<br />
image: laChlan maCquarie, C. 1819<br />
WaTerColour on iVory miniaTure<br />
min 236<br />
24 December 1789<br />
The convict ship Guardian<br />
strikes ice en route <strong>to</strong> save<br />
the starving colony <strong>of</strong> NSW.<br />
The dramatic wreck made<br />
international headlines and<br />
resulted in conditional<br />
pardons for 14 <strong>of</strong> the surviving<br />
convicts.<br />
17 January 1877<br />
May Gibbs, children’s book<br />
illustra<strong>to</strong>r and crea<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong><br />
Snuggle Pot and Cuddle Pie,<br />
is born at Cowell, <strong>South</strong><br />
Australia.<br />
CapTion: ‘danCing’, 1918<br />
illusTraTion by may gibbs for<br />
Snuggle Pot and Cuddle Pie<br />
pxd 304/V.2/153<br />
image: the PerilouS Situation <strong>of</strong> ‘the<br />
guardian’ frigate … possibly by roberT<br />
dighTon, C. 1790, pen, ink and<br />
WaTerColour, ml 1112 (b)<br />
8 / s l m a g a z i n e Summer 2009/10 / <strong>State</strong> <strong>Library</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>South</strong> <strong>Wales</strong>
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