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Vale, David Rosenberg OAM

Posted on March 28, 2026 by ianburnet

David Rosenberg has recently passed away after a lifetime spent in publishing. He founded Kangaroo Press in 1981, which he and his wife Scilla managed for 20 years until it was sold to Simon and Schuster. He then founded Rosenberg … Continue reading →

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Joseph Conrad – The Voyages of the Otago

Posted on February 9, 2026 by ianburnet

The Otago was a three-masted iron barque of 348 tons built in Glasgow in 1869 for Captain Angus Cameron, who sailed her to Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand in 1871. This was her maiden voyage, and she reached Port Chalmers … Continue reading →

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The Rattlesnake by Sir Oswald Brierly

Posted on December 4, 2024 by ianburnet

 After a general grounding in art, Oswald Brierly went to Plymouth to study naval architecture and rigging. Then in 1841, he started on a voyage to Australia with his friend Benjamin Boyd in the latter’s yacht Wanderer. Boyd established a new … Continue reading →

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