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Dan Morgan (film)
''Dan Morgan'' is a 1911 Australian film from Cosens Spencer about the bushranger Daniel Morgan (bushranger), Daniel Morgan. It was said to be starring "Alfred Rolfe (director), Alfred Rolfe and company". Rolfe directed three movies for Spencer, all starring himself and his wife Lily Dampier so there is a chance he may have directed this one and that it starred his wife. A prospectus for the Australian Photo Play Company said he directed it. It is considered a lost film. Synopsis The film consists of a series of episodes from the life and criminal career of bushranger Dan Morgan, leading up to his violent death at the hands of the police. It started with Morgan's dismissal on a station, after which he steals his former employer's horses and begins his criminal career. He murders several people, including policemen and mailmen. In the words of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', "it is a candid tale of a cruel, evil life. Dan Morgan is not made into a hero, but something quite the op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Rolfe (director)
Alfred Rolfe, real name Alfred Roker (1862– 9 September 1943), was an Australian stage and film director and actor, best known for being the son-in-law of the celebrated actor-manager Alfred Dampier, with whom he appeared frequently on stage, and for his prolific output as a director during Australia's Silent film, silent era, including ''Captain Midnight, the Bush King'' (1911), ''Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road'' (1911) and ''The Hero of the Dardanelles'' (1915). Only one of his films as director survives today. Biography Alfred Roker was born in 1862 in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, the son of Arthur Roker & Mary Ann (''née'' Holman). He used the stage-name 'Alfred Rolfe' when he began working as an actor. Rolfe joined Charles Holloway (stage), Charles Holloway's acting company, where he acted alongside Richard Stewart and Essie Jenyns. In 1888 Rolfe toured New Zealand in George Darrell's company. Alfred Dampier He then joined the Alfred Dampier Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Midnight, The Bush King
''Captain Midnight, the Bush King'' (US: ''The Bushranger's Bride'') is a 1911 Australian silent Western film about the fictitious bushranger Captain Midnight. It was the directorial debut of actor Alfred Rolfe. The film is based on the play of same name by W. J. Lincoln and Alfred Dampier. ''Captain Midnight, the Bush King'' is now considered lost film, lost. Synopsis Edgar Dalimore is the son of wealthy station owner Cecil Dalimore, who is persuaded to disinherit his son on false grounds by Cecil's villainous nephew Vincent Lennox. Lennox and an associate, John Stirling, rob a safe belonging to Cecil, resulting in the latter's death. Edgar is wrongfully accused of the murder and is given a life sentence. He escapes with the help of Ned Harling, a bushman who worked for his father, and Ned's daughter Elsa, who loves Edgar. Despite Elsa's affections, Edgar is in love with squatter's daughter Thelma Warren. A jealous Elsa betrays him to the police, but then changes her mind and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailed Up
''Bailed Up'' is a 1895 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts. The painting depicts a stage coach being held up by bushrangers in an isolated, forested section of a back road. The painting is part of the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. and has been described by one former Senior Curator as "the greatest Australian landscape ever painted". Composition Roberts painted the work while staying at ''Newstead'' sheep station—near Inverell, New South Wales—owned by his friend Duncan Anderson. He had earlier painted '' The Golden Fleece'', his second painting depicting sheep shearing, while at ''Newstead''. The notorious bushranger Captain Thunderbolt had been active in the Inverell area more than twenty five years earlier and Roberts conceived an idea of painting a bushranging scene. Roberts found his location for the painting along the road between ''Newstead'' and ''Paradise'', a neighbouring station. The location was remote, on a flat bend on an uph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun (Sydney)
''The Sun'' was an Australian afternoon tabloid newspaper, first published in Sydney under that name in 1910. History ''The Sunday Sun'' was first published on 5 April 1903. In 1910 Hugh Denison founded Sun Newspaper Ltd (later Sun Newspapers Ltd) and took over publication of the old and ailing ''Australian Star'' and its sister ''Sunday Sun'', appointing Monty Grover as editor-in-chief. The ''Star'' became ''The Sun'', and the ''Sunday Sun'' became ''The Sun: Sunday edition'' on 11 December 1910. According to the claim below the masthead of that issue, it had a "circulation larger than that of any other Sunday paper in Australia". Denison sold the business in 1925. In November 1929 Associated Newspapers Ltd was formed by merging Sun Newspapers Ltd and S. Bennett Ltd, publishers of '' The Evening News''. Sun Newspapers Ltd and S. Bennett Ltd were de-listed on the Stock Exchange and replaced with Associated Newspapers Ltd. Associated Newspapers Ltd then took over ''Smith's W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Co-operator
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise". Cooperatives are democratically controlled by their members, with each member having one vote in electing the board of directors. They differ from collectives in that they are generally built from the bottom-up, rather than the top-down. Cooperatives may include: * Worker cooperatives: businesses owned and managed by the people who work there * Consumer cooperatives: businesses owned and managed by the people who consume goods and/or services provided by the cooperative * Producer cooperatives: businesses where producers pool their output for their common benefit ** e.g. Agricultural cooperatives * Purchasing cooperatives where members pool their purchasing power * Multi-stakeholder or hybrid cooperatives tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Sportsman
''The Sydney Sportsman'' was a horse racing and sporting newspaper published in Sydney, Australia from 1900 to 1960. It continues to be published as ''The Sportsman''. History ''The Sydney Sportsman'' was first published on 3 October 1900 by John Norton. Norton was a controversial publisher who also published the Truth newspaper. He called on the writers of the ''Sydney Sportsman'' to "give it" to whoever deserved it, regardless of libel laws. The Australian poet Banjo Paterson was editor of the paper from 1921 to 1930. The paper was sold to John Fairfax and Sons in 1958. The paper became ''The Sportsman'' in 1960 and is still in publication. It is now devoted to all forms of racing. It is currently published by Nationwide News Pty Ltd. Access The ''Sydney Sportsman'' can be viewed at the State Library of New South Wales, and the National Library of Australia. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sunday Times (Sydney)
''The Sunday Times'' was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 1885 to 1930. History ''The Sunday Times'' was founded by W. H. Leighton Bailey. It was first published on 15 November 1885 by Charles Mark Curtiss, and ceased with no. 2389 on 1 June 1930. ''The Sunday Times'' was controlled by the Evans family for more than 30 years, until 1916, when the Sunday Times Newspaper Company, as well as the company's premises, were sold to Hugh D. McIntosh. In 1927, McIntosh sold his holdings in the Sunday Times Newspaper Company to Beckett's Newspapers, with J. H. C. Sleeman as Managing Director. ''The Sunday Times'' ceased publication in 1930, with staff informed on 8 June. The Sunday Times Newspaper Company also published '' The Referee'' from 1887, and later the ''Arrow''. Digitisation This paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. See also * List of newspapers in Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arrow (newspaper)
''The Arrow'' was a weekly English-language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, Australia between 1896 and 1933. The paper had previously been published under two earlier titles, ''The Dead Bird'' and ''Bird O’Freedom'' and also appeared as the ''Saturday Referee and the Arrow''. It was later absorbed by '' The Referee''. History ''The Dead Bird'' was first published on 16 May 1889 by Herbert Allan Risdale, and in 1891 the name was changed to ''Bird O'Freedom''. On 7 March 1896 the name changed to ''The Arrow''. It was published by Harry Markham Evans. The paper was a sporting weekly. In 1916 ''The Arrow'' came into the ownership of Hugh D. McIntosh in 1916, when he acquired the ''Sunday Times''. In 1933 the paper was absorbed by '' The Referee'', another sporting weekly, which began publication in 1886 and ceased publication on 31 August 1939. Digitisation Many issues of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program, a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evening News (Sydney)
''The Evening News'' was the first evening newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was published from 29 July 1867 to 21 March 1931. The Sunday edition was published as the ''Sunday News''. History ''The Evening News'' was founded in 1867 by Samuel Bennett and was regarded as a "less serious read" than other Sydney newspapers. In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge another of his papers, '' The Empire'' into ''The Evening News''. A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson was editor from 1903 to 1908, when he resigned. In November 1918 the firm of S. Bennett Ltd, capital £200,000, was established to acquire the assets of the late Samuel Bennett, including the ''Evening News'', ''Town and Country Journal'', and ''Woman's Budget''. Directors include K. L. Bennett. ''The Evening News'' continued to be published until 1931 at which point it was closed by Associated Newspapers Ltd, who had acquired most Sydney newspaper titles by that time. A Sunday morning e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Walpole
Stanley Walpole (b. 1886 – d: March 14, 1968 (age 82) was an Australian actor of stage and screen who was one of the first Australians to succeed in American films. Biography Walpole worked for Bland Holt, then with J.C. Williamson for six years. He and his wife, Ethel Phillips, and Charles Villers were the resident actors for the Australian Photoplay Company. In 1912, he moved to the USA and appeared in several films, becoming a leading man for the Eclair Company. He returned to Australia for eight months in Melbourne, acting for J.C. Williamsons, then returned to the US and was signed by Julius Stern for Universal Heights. Select filmography *''Dan Morgan'' (1911) *'' It Is Never Too Late to Mend'' (1911) *''Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road'' (1911) *'' Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear'' (1911) *'' What Women Suffer'' (1911) *'' Cooee and the Echo'' (1912) *'' The Cheat'' (1912) *'' Whose Was the Hand?'' (1912) *''Death's Short Cut'' (1914) *''A Fiend a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
''The Daily Telegraph'', also nicknamed ''The Tele'', is an Australian tabloid newspaper published by Nationwide News Pty Limited (NWN), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is published Monday through Saturday and is available throughout Sydney, across most of regional and remote New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. A 2013 poll conducted by Essential Research found that the ''Telegraph'' was Australia's least-trusted major newspaper, with 49% of respondents citing "a lot of" or "some" trust in the paper. Amongst those ranked by Nielsen, the ''Telegraph'' website is the sixth most popular Australian news website with a unique monthly audience of 2,841,381 readers. History ''The Daily Telegraph'' was founded in 1879, by John Mooyart Lynch, a former printer, editor and journalist who had once worked on the ''Melbourne Daily Telegraph''. Lynch had failed in an attempt to become a politician and was loo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Argus (Melbourne)
''The Argus'' was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. Widely known as a conservative newspaper for most of its history, it adopted a left-leaning approach from 1949. ''The Argus''s main competitor was David Syme's more liberal-minded newspaper, ''The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...''. History The newspaper was originally owned by William Kerr, who was also Melbourne's town clerk from 1851 to 1856 and had been a journalist at the '' Sydney Gazette'' before moving to Melbourne in 1839 to work on John Fawkner's newspaper, the ''Port Phillip Patriot''. The first edition was published on 2 June 1846. The paper soon became k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
