'The Royal Australian Historical Society, in conjunction with Mrs Hurley, wife of the Governor of New South Wales, his Excellency General The Honorable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret'd) is working on a project titled The Governor's Ladies There will be an entry for each of the Governors' wives(sometime a daughter or sister) along the lines of The Australian Dictionary of Biography focusing on her role as hostess of Government house...' (Introduction)
'Overlooking busy Victoria Road in Sydney, just beyond the gates of the old Gladesville Hospital, is a magnificent public drinking fountain. Its odd shape - at once geometrical and archaic - is eye catching. Long defunct, its inscription is still legible despite being more than a hundred years old.' (Introduction)
