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Hughesy's Writing
The Blogs
About the North
Origins, Indigenes and Antecedents
Mapping The North
Biographical Sketches
Pre-1788 Historical Figures
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Afonso de Albuquerque
Early Life
Socotra, Hormuz and on to Cochin
Albuquerque Takes Over
Goa
Malacca
Retaking Goa
The Spice Islands and China
To the West
To Hormuz; Albuquerque's Death
Anaximander of Miletus (c.611—546 BC)
Anaximenes (d.c.528 BC)
George Anson
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475—1519)
John Byron
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Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Cabral's expedition
Early life and appointment to command the 2nd Armada
"Discovering" Brazil
On to Calicut
Around the Cape
Back to Portugal
Jan Carstensz
Outward bound
Skirmishes and the way home
Philip Carteret
Thomas Cavendish
James Cook
Early Naval Service
Round New Zealand and on to Australia's east coast
Homeward Bound
Second Voyage
Third Voyage
Death and Legacy
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Alexander Dalrymple
William Dampier
Second and third voyages
Bartolomeu Dias
Around the Bottom of Africa
Subsequently
Peter Dillon
Francis Drake
Dumont d'Urville
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Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 –194 BC)
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John Evelyn (1620 – 1706)
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Juan Fernández
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Vasco da Gama
The Expedition
Around the Cape
On to India
Calicut and the return journey
Outcomes
Following up
Second voyage
Changing fortunes
Viceregal appointments
Successors and sons
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Robert Hooke (1635–1703)
After Micrographia
Hecataeus (c. 550 BC – c. 476 BC)
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Jandamarra (c. 1873—1897)
Willem Jansz
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Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
William Kidd (c. 1645-1701)
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Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse (1741-1788)
John Locke (1632–1704)
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Ferdinand Magellan
Early Life and Service in the East
Changing Allegiance
Preparations
Across the Atlantic
Port St Julian
Seeking a Passage
To the Pacific
Across the Pacific
Magellan Dies
Starting for Home
The Voyage Concludes
Alessandro Malaspina
Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661 – 1715)
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Pemulwuy (c. 1750 – 1802)
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Posidonius of Apameia or Rhodes (c. 135 BC – c. 51 BC)
Travels and Writings
Strabo on Posidonius
Posidonius and Eratosthenes
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Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
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John Ray (formerly Wray, 1627-1705)
Woodes Rogers
Setting Out
Juan Fernandez to Guayaquil
Galapagos, Gorgona and Galleons
Galleons and Guam
Homeward Bound
Legal and Financial Difficulties
Going After Pirates
Governor of the Bahamas
Debt and a Second Term
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Edward Russell, Earl of Orford (1652–1727)
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Alexander Selkirk (1676–1721)
To Juan Fernandez
Castaway
Rescued
Across the Pacific
Fame and Fate
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William Sherard (1659–1728)
Sir Cloudesley Shovell (1650-1707)
Sir Hans Sloane
Jamaica and London
The Royal Society
Collections and Manuscripts
A Significant Legacy
Sir Robert Southwell
Back in Britain
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Abel Janszoon Tasman
Luis Váez de Torres
Through Torres Strait
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George Vancouver
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Anthony van Diemen
Ruy López de Villalobos
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Lionel Wafer (1640–1705)
Samuel Wallis
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Bibliography
Places
The Fiction Projects
Dirty Work at the Crossroads
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On Conception, Characterization and Consistency
The First Bit
Setting Things Up
To the Crossroads
The Transformation
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Enter the Punter
A Day at the Races
The Hunter and the Hunted
Travelling North
Welcome Home
Things Get Complicated
Friday Morning Coming Down
Another Friday Night
The Thick Plotten
And So It Goes
But Where It’s Going
No One Knows
Further Complications
Wednesday Morning 6 A.M.
Fez, Please!
Thursday
Inclining Towards Fine Dining
Friday Morning On The Road
Sorting Things Out
Friday Night On The Rantan
Cricket Day One
Give Them Curry
Cricket Day Two
Sunday Night
Visitors, Welcome And Unwelcome
Jumping to Conclusions
Ballantyne
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Identifiable Characters?
Dr Desmond Patrick Ballantyne
Ballantyne's Background
The Characters
Desmond Patrick Ballantyne
Giles Street Medical Centre
Pro bono work
Ballantyne and the Sanctity of the Confessional
The Travelogues
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Australia
Tasmania 2007
Introduction
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Friday, 30 November 2007
Melbourne
Saturday, 1 December 2007
Sunday, 2 December 2007
Ross
Woolmers Eatate
George Town
George Town
Monday, 3 December 2007
Around the Wineries
On to Protea Hill
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
The Gorge
Downtown Launceston
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
To the Airport
The Homeward Leg
Melboutne > Mackay
South Australia 2008
Introduction
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Saturday, 1 November 2008
Sunday, 2 November 2008
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Monday, 3 November 2008
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Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Meleden Villa
Auburn
Lunch
Tasting and touring
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Knappstein and Leasingham
The Need for Notes
Kirrihill and Lunch
Wild Saffron to Paulett
Pikes
To Reilly's, Watervale and Home
Thursday, 6 November 2008
Getting Started
Jim Barry
From Jim Barry to Sevenhill
Neagles Tock
Spring Gully Lookout and Mitchell
Skillogalee and Killikanoon
On to Olssens of Watervale
Crabtree
Remembering C.J. Dennis
Friday, 7 November 2008
Tuscany
Annie's Lane
Clare to the Barossa
Decisions, Decisions
Lunch at Maggie Beer's
Seppeltsfield
To More Familiar Fortifieds
On to Rockford
Rockford Reds
Thorn-Clarke
Dinner
Saturday, 8 November 2008
Out of the Barossa
Into Adelaide
Le Corner Bistrot
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Glenelg
Monday, 10 November 2008
Homeward Bound
Western Australia 2010: The Indian Pacific Leg
Thursday, 12 August 2010
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Friday 13 August 2010
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Sunday, 15 August 2010
Monday 16 August 2010
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
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Hughesy's iBooks
The Fiction
About The North
Mapping The North
Historical Resources: Mapping The North
Historical Resources: World Exploration
Historical Resources: Pirates and Buccaneers
Over the Horizon: The Travelogues
Across the Wide Brown Land
On the Road in Japan
Into Europe
Exploring South-East Asia
The LHoC Family of Web Sites
The Original LHoC
The Living Room
The People's Republic of the Little House of Concrete
The People's Republic of the LHoC Blog
Thank you Mr Jobs
A Plague On Both Their Houses
Teaching Australian History
The Little House of Concrete Sports Desk
Series by Series
Australia in England 2013
The Ashes Squad 2013
The Warner Imbroglio
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Bring On Uncle Fester
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Thirty-Five Hours Out
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Off to Trent Bridge
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Trent Bridge Day 1
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Trent Bridge Day 2
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Trent Bridge Day 3
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Trent Bridge Day 4
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Trent Bridge Day 5: The Entrails Part 1
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After Trent Bridge: The DRS
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And in overnight news...
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Off to Lords...
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Lords Day 1
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Lords Day 2
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Lords: The Wash-Up
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Durham Day 1
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The Ashes Down Under 2013-14
Getting Ready for the Resumption
Doing the Maths
What's an All-Rounder?
The View from Two Days Out…
A Competitive Series?
Couldn't Help Myself...
Laying Down the Law
On the morning of Day Four…
Exploring the Rankings
And we end with a weather forecast
After the Gabba: 85%
The Bowling, The Barmy Army
Developments since the close of play…
Marcus Trescothick, The Clarke-Anderson Imbroglio
What’s said on the field stays on the field?
The Sledge, The Niggle and Gamesmanship
Looking at a Whitewash
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TV and DVDs
TV and DVD articles
Found: A Holy Grail
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Full Track Listing
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
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Blow-Up
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If....
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The Kitchen
Basic tomato sauce
Pasta Carbonara
Pasta Matriciana
Sugo Alla Bolognese
Roast Chicken
Curry Traders Spice Sachets
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Pasta Al Sugo Di Pomodoro E Accuigne
Tomato Sauce With Salami And Basil
Vichyssoise
The Office
The Digital Hub
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The Garden
The Courtyard
The Big Back Yard
What's All This, Then?
Kingfisher Circuit, Capers, Airlie Beach Hotel
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Coyotes
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Cedar Creek Falls, Mangrove Jacks, Harvey Norman
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Big 4 Barney Beach/ Swain's Fish & Chips
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Gladstone
Stanthorpe
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Are We There Yet?
Not Quite...
There!
Further Afield
Over the Horizon
Eine Kleine Hughesymuzik
Bowenwood
So, what’s the big deal?
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One down, five to go…
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Week 2: Pamplona-By-The-Sea
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So, how come they’re filming this in Bowen?
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Week 3: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over...
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Week 4: More of the same...
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Week 5: They burned down the church five times...
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Week 6: My Wife Thinks I’m Pregnant
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Week 7: She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain...
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The Albums
Research and Artwork
Around the Set
Pamplona-by-the-Sea
The Jackman Diversion
Volunteers
Filming
The Characters
Desmond Patrick Ballantyne
© Ian Hughes 2017
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