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Billiamook
Billiamook, Bellamuck or Billy Muck (c. 1853 – ?) was a Larrakia man who was one of the first Aboriginal people to interact with white settlers in Garamilla, in what is now known as Darwin in 1869. Life Billiamook was about 16 years old when he met what he called the beragug (meaning: white men). He welcomed Goyder's survey team at Port Darwin alongside Umballa. As joking imitations of their real names Billiamook was nicknamed ‘Billy Muck’ and Umballa ‘Tom Powell’. One of his first interactions with them was offering William Webster Hoare a necklace of red beads. He offered significant assistance to the surveyors and, on one occasion, stood between his countrymen who were armed with spears, and the botanist Carl Heinrich Schultz over a dispute about sharing emu meat. He and Umballa were shortly afterwards, taken to Adelaide in 1870 on the ship ''Omeo'' by Dominick Daniel Day (the husband of Harriet Douglas Daly''),'' John McKinlay and John Davis. The stated aim o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John George Knight
John George Knight (1826 – 10 January 1892),Sally O'Neill,, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 37-37. Retrieved 24 August 2009 was an architect and Government Resident of the Northern Territory in Australia. Early life Knight was born in London the son of John Knight, a stone and marble merchant. Knight became an engineer and for a time was superintendent of works for his father. He arrived in Melbourne, Australia in February 1852 and after a week on the goldfields, joined the Public Works Department. Although earning a large salary, Knight did not stay long in the public service. On resigning he began to practise as an architect in partnership with a Mr Kemp. A third partner, Peter Kerr, was added to the firm, but Kemp soon afterwards returned to England. The original design of Parliament House, Melbourne was entrusted to Knight and Kerr, and in 1856 the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council chambers were built. Kni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larrakia People
The Larrakia people are a group of Aboriginal Australian people in and around Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin in the Northern Territory. The Larrakia, who refer to themselves as "Saltwater People", have a vibrant traditional society based on a close relationship with the sea and trade with neighbouring groups such as the Tiwi people, Tiwi, Wadjiginy and Djerimanga. These groups share Aboriginal Australian ceremony, ceremonies and songlines, and intermarry. Name The Larrakia were originally known as the Gulumirrgin. Language Laragiya language, Larrakiya/Gulumirrgin is one of the Darwin Region languages. Country The traditional land of the Larrakia, in Norman Tindale's estimation, covers approximately , and took in the present day capital of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, as well as Southport, Northern Territory, Southport, Bynoe Harbour and the Howard River. It extends from the Finniss River (Northern Territory), Finniss River and Fog Bay and Finniss River Floodplains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survey Parties To The Northern Territory 1864–1870
Several survey parties were sent by the South Australian Government to the "Top End" of the Northern Territory during the years 1864–1870, preparatory to founding a settlement. This article describes those attempts and the people involved. It includes lists of all known participants. Background In 1863, the part of New South Wales to the north of South Australia between the 129th and 138th parallels of longitude East was annexed to South Australia, by letters patent, as the "Northern Territory of South Australia", which was abbreviated to the Northern Territory (Territorial evolution of Australia#6 July 1863, 6 July 1863). The South Australian Government, with the Edward Gibbon Wakefield#South Australia, Wakefield plan for colonisation of South Australia as a basis, believed that European settlement of the Northern Territory could be achieved in much the same way: by selling "off the plan" parcels of land to investors, and a great deal of money would go into Government coffers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Australian (Darwin)
The ''North Australian, Ipswich and General Advertiser'' was the first newspaper published in Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was commonly called the ''North Australian'' as those words appeared most prominently on its Nameplate (publishing), masthead. History The ''North Australian, Ipswich and General Advertiser'' The first edition was published on 2 October 1855. The owners were Edmund John Bays and Arthur Charles Bays. The editor until about 1858 was Arthur Sidney Lyon. The last edition published was on 29 April 1862. The ''North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser'' It was replaced by the ''North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser'' owned by Richard Bedford (newspaper proprietor), Richard Bedford which published its first edition on 1 May 1862 through to its last edition on 12 September 1863. Despite the removal of the word ''Ipswich'' in its title, the newspaper was still published in Ipswich. ''The North Australian'' It was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
