Monthly Archives: April 2015

Beatrice Webb ~ Social Reformer

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 358 of Colourisation Project – April 30 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  A socialist utopian, she coined the term “collective bargaining.” She was at the core of the … Continue reading →

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Cavafy ~ Hellenic Modernist Poet

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 357 of Colourisation Project – April 29 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  Widely considered one of the foremost modern Greek poets of the 20th century, Constantine P. Cavafy … Continue reading →

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Carolyn Jones’ Crowning Glory

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 356 of Colourisation Project – April 28 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  You may not immediately recognise today’s colourisation subject with her bob haircut. Texan born actress, Carolyn … Continue reading →

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Sir Henry Parkes ~ Father of Many

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 355 of Colourisation Project – April 27 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  He is on our $5.00 note. The Times during his lifetime described him as “the most commanding … Continue reading →

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Albert Jacka – Super ANZAC

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 354 of Colourisation Project – April 26 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  He was described by Australia’s official war historian, Charles E.W. Bean, as ‘Australia’s greatest front-line soldier’. … Continue reading →

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Unable to Vote But Eligible to Die ~ Lest We Forget

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 353 of Colourisation Project – April 25 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WARNING:   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following contains an image … Continue reading →

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Gideon Sundback ~ Father of the Zip

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 352 of Colourisation Project – April 24 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  He was the “Father of the Zip” – No, not Kevin Rudd, (for non-Australian readers, he … Continue reading →

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Rupert Brooke ~ The Soldier Poet

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 351 of Colourisation Project – April 23 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  The Turks didn’t get him…a mosquito did. English poet, Rupert Chawner Brooke, best known for his … Continue reading →

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Henri La Fontaine ~ A Woman’s Man

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 350 of Colourisation Project – April 22 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  Henri La Fontaine was of a rare enlightened breed; a male champion of women at a … Continue reading →

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The Red Baron Aced

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 349 of Colourisation Project – April 21 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication.  It was on this day, 21 April 1918, that Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, aka the Red … Continue reading →

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