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HAROLD MIDDLETON Associated for many years with W. H. Palings, both in Sydney and Brisbane, Harold Middleton began to establish his reputation as a writer, composer, and accompanist in Brisbane around the early to mid1920s. His pantomime, Hop O' My Thumb was staged by the Famous Diggers in 1924, and he wrote at least one comedy sketch for the troupe during its lengthy Cremorne engagement. Another pantomime, Puss in Boots (1928) was also produced in Brisbane. A number of Middleton's songs were published during the 1920s. Source: ozvta.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/middleton-harold-311...

Shorley, Ezra Thomas 1868-1946 Most widely held works by Ezra Thomas Shorley, First World War lyricist and poet. * Poetic reflections in rhyme and reason 1937 * Australia's emblem of gold, or, Our golden wattle 1919 with Helena Miler * Our Mary Jane from the farm: comic song 1918 with Stan Wood * March on, march on Australians : patriotic song 1917 with Helena Miler and more Source: worldcat.org/identities/viaf-93876567/

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beachcomber australia Thanks Beachcomber, we are find this with a lot of the Hall images as we work through them. Your expertise is, as usual, much appreciated!

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons There is something wrong with your Flickrmail - it might be going to a dead email or being rejected as spam ... Re: The Book -100 Stories attn Penny & Nicole, Yes, thank you, it arrived and is much appreciated. I have written / replied FOUR times about this via flickrmail - for some reason you are not getting these messages. And you are thinking I am very rude! Quite right! Bestest beachcomberaustralia

Copied AGAIN here (I'll delete all this later) .... " BIG THANK YOU ... Dear Penny & Nicole, Thinking you are perhaps not getting my replies via Flickrmail, so here is a new one with copies of previous thank yous ... BIG THANK YOU ... Hi Penny & Nicole, I did and I love it. How dreadful that you did not get my Flickr mail of 9/10/12 - you must think me terribly rude! Copied here - BIG THANK YOU ... Dear Penny, Nicole and the ANMM Curatorial Team, Many thanks for sending the wonderful 100 Stories book; it was very kind of you all (especially signing it), and I am already enjoying reading it. And the charming card is of great interest because an uncle used to pilot for BEA including Malta. What a generous thought and much appreciated. I do enjoy your Flickr postings and my 2 cents might add up to something one day. Coincidently I have just started volunteer work as a watchkeeper at the Mid North Coast Maritime Museum here in Port Macquarie. The AMAZING thing is that they allowed Google Street View INSIDE the two Pilot's Cottages, and anyone can have a sticky-beak. I am not sure if this is a first for a museum or not. Here is the link - x , or just search in GoogleMaps for "mid north coast maritime museum" and click on the photo at left. Google are coming to your home next ... ! Again, many thanks for the book - it is a lovely gift. Best wishes to you all, and keep posting on Flickr. M a r k beachcomberaustralia "

I think I might have the answer ... my previous messages had a shortened googleMaps hyperlink which Flickr normally rejects with a warning, ... but there was no warning so the mail was not sent. Clear as mud!

Bishop Island was an island near the mouth of the Brisbane River in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.[ Bishop Island was formed by dredging at the mouth of the Brisbane River between 1909 and 1912.[2] It was named Bishop Island in 1912 after Allan Fitzroy Gordon Bishop, the captain of the dredge Hercules involved in creating the island.[1][3] Many ships were dumped on the island. The Australian United Steam Navigation Company's SS Bingera was dumped in 1926; it was built to provide the mail service between Brisbane, Gladstone and Townsville and became redundant when the railway line to Townsville was completed. The Queensland Government's steam yacht Lucinda was dumped on 28 January 1937.[4][5] The island became a popular recreation spot visited by private boats and tourist operators.[2][3][6] In 1976, the island was used by the Port of Brisbane. In 2004, the port expanded through land reclamation in Moreton Bay, resulting in Bishop Island ceasing to exist as an island, becoming part of the mainland port.[2] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Island_(Queensland)