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Remembering Lawrence Hargrave

In 1962 William Hudson Shaw, a Qantas executive, knocked at the door of a cottage in the seaside village of Walmer, Kent. Shaw was in the grip of an obsession – a ‘labour of love’ to document the ‘true story’ of Australian aeronautical pioneer Lawrence Hargrave.[1] This quest had brought Shaw to the home of [...]

Posted 01 May 2005 † tim § articles and book chapters § history of australian science ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

A conspiracy reveal’d

Learned friends, a little over twelve months ago, I had the honour of addressing another distinguished gathering. My subject on that occasion was a rather unusual artefact that my colleagues and I had discovered – an item we came to call ‘The Cabinet of Curiosities‘. In the intervening months we have continued our researches into [...]

Posted 03 May 1998 † tim § history of australian science § speeches ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,