In regional towns in the early twentieth century, balls and dances were opportunities for the community to gather, be festive, and spark new friendships or romances. Days afterwards, an article in the newspaper would usually appear which detailed the night, including the decorations, the catering, and the attendees – whose names and attire were carefully […]
In 1886 John Stewart of the farm Mananga, Broughton Creek, carefully arranged and pressed buttercups, lilacs, daisies, grasses and ferns in these bound books to create a herbarium. Then he dipped his pen in an inkwell and inscribed his name inside the front covers and recorded the botanical names of the specimens on each page. […]
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