Historical Connections

30/06/2024

Stepping back in time to the late Victorian period. Film day at ‘Woodlands’ formerly’Inglewood’, the home of Ethel Turner & ‘Seven Little Australians’.

20/04/2024

15/04/2024

The Friends of Ethel Turner are getting very excited about the forthcoming Australian Heritage Festival. We'll be hosting "Tours of Historic Woodlands - The Birthplace of 'Seven Little Australians' on Sunday 5th May. At the end of each tour, guests will be treated to morning/afternoon tea and a dramatic reading from the novel by our President and Historian, Susannah Fullerton OAM.

Tickets are selling fast. There is 1 ticket left on the 10am tour, and the 10.30am, 11am & 2pm tours have sold out. Tickets are available for other times. Don't miss out.

We look forward to seeing you at Woodlands Killara!

Australian Heritage Festival Ku-ring-gai Council Historical Connections Susannah Fullerton Abbey Lane

23/03/2024

The Friends of Ethel Turner are grateful to all those who have already purchased tickets to the 'Tours of Historic Woodlands Killara - The Birthplace of 'Seven Little Australians'. We were delighted to see nearly half of the tickets have sold. We can't wait to share the history of 'Woodlands' and stories of former resident and inspirational author, Ethel Turner. Looking forward to seeing you on 5th May at Woodlands Killara.

Ticketing Link: https://events.humanitix.com/tours-of-historic-woodlands-the-birthplace-of-seven-little-australians

Australian Heritage Festival Ku-ring-gai Council Historical Connections Susannah Fullerton

08/03/2024

24/01/2024

👑 The Death Of Richard The Lionheart 👑

👑 At the age of 42, Richard died of an infection caused by an arrow wound.

He was hit by the arrow during a siege of a small, unimportant French castle.

👑 In the legends of Robin Hood, Richard is a benevolent ruler, who after being freed forgives his brother John and returns to the task of governing England.

But in reality, Richard had little interest in England.
He is rumoured to have said,
"If I could have found a buyer, I would have sold London itself"

Richard was more passionate about going on Crusades, or fighting for more French territory than he already possessed as the ruler of Aquitaine.

👑 In March 1199, Richard was in the Limousin, suppressing a revolt by the Viscount of Limoges.
Then he besieged the nearby small chateau of Chalus-Chabrol.

Accounts differ on why.
Some say it was because a peasant found treasure underground, either Roman gold or valuable objects.
Richard was so desperate for money, he lay siege to the castle.

But some historians say that this entire area was of strategic importance to Richard's hold on France, and he was only there to suppress the rebellion.

👑 What most historians agree on, is that Richard was walking the chateau's perimeter without wearing his chain mail, and he was shot by a castle defender using a crossbow.

The wound in his left shoulder turned gangrenous.
It steadily grew worse over the next 10 days.

Some wrote that while dying Richard asked that the bowman be brought to him.
He then forgave the man, who was named Peter Basil, and instructed that he should not be harmed.

Richard died in the arms of his mother on 6th April 1199.
Later, defying Richard's orders, Peter Basil was flayed alive and hanged.

👑 Following the custom of the time, Richard's body was buried in different places.

His heart was buried at Rouen in Normandy, his entrails in Chalus, and the rest of his body near his father's remains in Anjou.

The remains of his heart, now just a grey-brown powder, were locked away in a small lead box, and discovered in the 19th Century during an excavation.

👑 The heart was too badly decomposed to confirm exactly how the king died.

However, another, less widespread theory put forward in a medieval chronicle is that Richard I may have been killed by an arrow coated in poison.

Dr Charlier, who conducted tests on the king's heart said his tests revealed that the poison arrow scenario was not the case.

"Our toxicological analysis showed no presence of any arsenic or any other metals, so we haven't found any proof of any contamination during the end of Richard the Lionheart's life."

👑 But why did Richard I, a seasoned and expert warrior, expose himself to a bowman's shot?

Did the king and crusader really put his life at risk just to claim some grubby treasure dug up from the ground?

Legend has it that the real shooter, was just a lad, who sought revenge for his father and brothers death.

A young boy took a shot with a crossbow, and somehow managed to slay the King of England, eventually ending the life of the mighty Lionheart.....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thetudorintruders

👑 englishhistoryauthors/the-strange-death-of-richard-lionheart/NancyBilyeau

bbc/news/science-environment.
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👑 The embalmed heart of Richard the Lionheart.

03/01/2024

Some new insights of Pompeii emerging from the latest excavations of a commercial laundry & a food distribution centre.
Three skeletons that perished during the eruption were found during the excavation of this area.

10/07/2023

https://fb.watch/lIa5ogRZab/?mibextid=v7YzmG

13/05/2023

21/11/2022

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A causa delle avverse condizioni meteorologiche, previste a partire da questa sera anche in Campania, la riapertura della Casa dei Vettii a Pompei è rinviata a data da destinarsi. Nei prossimi giorni sarà comunicata una nuova data per l’inaugurazione, a cui interverrà il Ministro della Cultura, Gennaro Sangiuliano.

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Domani riapre al pubblico la Casa dei Vettii, una delle domus più ricche e famose di Pompei, dopo un importante intervento di restauro. Martedì 22 novembre l'inaugurazione con il Ministro della Cultura Gennaro Sangiuliano e il Direttore Generale dei musei del MiC Massimo Osanna.

Foto di Silvia V***a

05/11/2022

Today, exactly 100 years ago, Howard Carter started his excavation season in the Valley of the Kings...

05/11/2022

05/11/2022

Perfect weather for the Sydney Living Museum’s focus tour at ‘Woodlands’ today! Guided tours of the home where Ethel Turner wrote ‘ Seven Little Australians’ in 1894. Tours are sold out.

27/05/2022

Researchers Sequence Genome of Man Who Died at Pompeii : For the first time ever, scientists have sequenced the genome of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Pompeii by the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, a disaster that has inspired fear and awe for nearly 2,000 years, reports a new study.The unprecedented achievement provides an intimate glimpse into the life of a man who was between 35 and 40 years old when the approach of a hot volcanic ash cloud likely killed him instantly inside one of the rooms of the Casa del Fabbro (House of the Craftsman) in Pompeii. The researchers extracted DNA from two people one male and one female who were found in the House of Craftsman.Based on their position and orientation in the house, it is believed that the residents died instantly in the pyroclastic flow.
The team extracted and sequenced DNA from the petrous bone of both people; the petrous bone is a pyramid-shaped segment of bone located near our inner ears that preserves DNA remarkably well. Though both bodies had recoverable DNA, only the man’s entire genome could be sequenced. As a result, the researchers learned many more details about the man’s genetic ancestry and health.
This Pompeiian genome was compared with previously published data on ancient populations, as well as the DNA of 471 present-day West Eurasian individuals. Interestingly, the DNA the man inherited from his mother,called mitochondrial DNA—was similar to that of people who live in Sardinia today. Overall, though, he was most genetically similar to people who lived in central Italy during the Roman Imperial age through to modern times.
Picture : The deceased individuals in the House of the Craftsman, Pompeii.Photo: Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1934.