Uncategorized – ANDREW BENT: Father of the Free Press in Australia

Mary Bent

21 Feb 202019 Feb 2020

Andrew Bent’s Irish born wife, Mary Kirk, arrived in Van Diemen’s Land, like her husband, as a convict. We know she played a central role in his story for thirty…

Marginalia

1 May 201929 Jun 2019

The 2018 conference of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand - Marginalia: Bibliography at the Margins - highlighted handwritten annotations as a fertile field of study. Early Australian…