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On the cover this month

Joseph Lycett (c.1775–1828)
Distant View of Sydney and the Harbour, Captain Piper’s Naval Villa at Eliza Point  c.1817
watercolour; 17.6 x 27.8 cm
Drawings of the Natives & Scenery of Van Diemen’s Land, 1830
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2962715-s7

 

An Indigenous family treading Sydney Cove in the early years of white settlement. Keith Vincent Smith traces one such Indigenous family tree in his story in this issue.

 
On the cover this month...

June 2006 Volume XVI Number 9

FACING PERCY GRAINGER
  David Pear tells the story behind the exhibition opening at the National Library in July
A PENCHANT FOR PARROT PIE
  Penny Olsen’s search for a recipe in the National Library’s Collection broke the crust on an all but extinct culinary interest
‘FROM THE LIPS OF HUMANITY’: ALLAN NEVINS AND THE ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM
  Barry York describes how an American’s inspiration helped to shape a key component of the National Library’s Collection
FROM PIT BOY TO PRIME MINISTER: ANDREW FISHER
  Kathleen Fisher looks at the legacy of a  neglected Australian
MOOROOBOORA’S DAUGHTER

Keith Vincent Smith pieces together an Indigenous family tree from the days of early Sydney
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