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BillyBlue

The old Commodore, Billy Blue

Billy Blue 1834 by JB East Courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (a928634 / ML 560)   29 March 2017 Lisa Murray A few weeks back, we looked at the early history of Americans in Sydney. At the time, I…

AmericanSquadronNLA

Trump that! Early American connections to Sydney

At the moment it seems that almost every news bulletin is headlined with another Trump edict. The American Australian alliance is a 20th century phenomenon that frequently celebrates 'the ties that bind us'. And if we look bck in Sydney's history…