Queanbeyan Historical Museum Significance Assessment 2026 Abstract This article explores the Rockley Game, a modified form of cricket developed in the 1890s for girls and young women, and its rapid spread across Queanbeyan and surrounding districts. It highlights how the game became a popular and competitive social activity, bringing together communities across regional New South Wales. Drawing on photographs, archival sources, and personal accounts, including a detailed lett

Saumarez Homestead / National Trust of Australia (NSW) World War I historical article (c. early 20th-century material; later interpretation) Abstract This article examines the “badge-bag” phenomenon in Armidale, New South Wales, during World War I, where collecting fundraising badges became both a patriotic activity and a form of social competition. Women and girls attached badges and buttons, purchased to support wartime charities and organisations, to cloth handbags, transf

National Library of Australia News September 2013 Abstract This article explores the life and legacy of Ludwig Leichhardt, tracing his journey from Trebatsch in Prussia (modern-day Germany) to Australia, where he became one of the nineteenth century’s most debated explorers. Through a reassessment of his achievements, the article situates Leichhardt within broader global patterns of migration, scientific exploration, and imperial expansion. Arriving in Australia as part of a

National Library of Australia News December 2008 Abstract This article traces the transnational life and influence of Eliezer Levi Montefiore, a nineteenth-century figure whose journey from Barbados to Australia reflects broader global movements of people, culture, and ideas. Born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Bridgetown, Montefiore’s background was shaped by the interconnected commercial and cultural networks of the British Empire. Following his migration to Australia, M

History, No. 157 September 2023 Abstract This article examines the documentary heritage collection of Miss Porter’s House in Newcastle, a rare and comprehensive record of women’s lives across the twentieth century. Through letters, postcards, notebooks, scrapbooks, and everyday records, it reconstructs the experiences of the Porter women and their careful documentation of domestic life over several decades. The collection reveals patterns of education, work, leisure, and hous