Beaumont & Waller’s Botanical & Zoological Gardens at Botany Bay
An article by Mark St Leon, outlining the history of Sydney’s first pleasure resort of significance, Beaumont & Waller’s Botanical [...]
The Mangean Troupe – Postcard
The Mangean Troupe toured Australia in 1912-13 with Bud Atkinson’s Circus & American Wild-West Show. When Atkinson went broke [...]
Incident At Sawpit Gully, 1861
Here is the story of two Muslim Indians, Mahomet Cassim and Mahomet Abdallah, exponents of kalaripayattu, an ancient Indian martial [...]
Ida St Leon (1894-1961)
I recently came across this portrait of Ida St Leon (1894-1961), Australian-born stage actress and circus performer, listed [...]
The Martinettis
The Martinettis, Australian acrobatic troupe, about 1938. Courtesy of Andrew & Alison Downey, Werribee, Vic The Martinettis were an [...]
May Wirth & Her Troupe
I recently bid successfully for a portfolio of photographs that had been collected by the late Welby Cooke, a [...]
Cabinet Card Aquisition
I recently bid successfully for a portfolio of photographs that had been collected by the late Welby Cooke, [...]
May Wirth – Screen Test
On my recent visit to the USA, I visited the Moving Image Center of the Library of Congress in [...]
RBBB 1933 Cast & Crew Photograph
The performers and staff of Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth, Season of 1933. Seated [...]
Holden Bros Circus Postcard – St Kilda
Holden Bros Circus at St Kilda, Melbourne about 1910. This gelatinous silver print was produced as a postcard. The [...]
