Issue Details: First known date: 1849... 1849 Monthly Meeting of the Bathurst Association for the Advancement of Literature and Science
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A humorous column on the presentation of a selection of papers by ficticious Bathurst luminaries on such topics as: Physics, Geology, Literature, Antiquities and the Fine Arts, Statistics and Physiology. The Bathurst poet Laureate is reported to have read a dissertation on poetry: 'He thought that the origin of poetry, like the origin of teakettles, was involved in much obscurity.'

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  • Bathurst, Bathurst area, Bathurst - Orange area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
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