On the cover this month
After Robert Dighton (1757-1814)
A Fleet of Transports under Convoy
mezzotint, hand col. print; sheet 36 x 25.5 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection;
Pictorial Collection
nla.pic-an8891816
Dighton
presents the convicts as ugly, evil characters, just as James Hardy
Vaux’s Vocabulary of the Flash Language captured the speech of this
same 'vulgar' and 'criminal' community and marked them as being beyond
the pale of respectable society. (See stoty, page 3.)
July 2002 Volume XII Number 10
'LAGS' AND 'LASHES': THE VOCABULARY OF CONVICT AUSTRALIA, 1788-1850
Amanda Laugesen describes the evolution of convict terminology, as revealed through books in the Library’s Collection
INSPIRING MENTORS: VALRENE TWEEDIE AND LAUREL MARTYN
Michelle Potter describes the contribution of two great figures of Australian dance
THE BUSINESS OF SHOW BIZ: THE TALLIS COLLECTION
Richard Stone examines the career, and papers, of a notable theatrical entrepreneur
THE POLISH-AUSTRALIAN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
Barry York gives an update from the Library’s Oral History Collection
FROM THE KIMBERLEY TO THE WORLD: MAGABALA BOOKS
Diana Giese visits Magabala Books in Broome, Western Australia
100TH BIRTHDAY BOOKSEARCH
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