Doug Limbrick

The Irish Famine (1845-52) had am incredible impact on Ireland and its people; the population was reduced by over 25 per cent through...

My latest Newsletter, Number 2 for 2025, is now out to those on my email list. It includes discussion about early exploration on the west...

The discovery of gold in the Australian colony of Victoria in 1851 had an enormous impact on the colony. It created a vast amount of...

My last Newsletter for 2024 is now out. It includes information about the importance of nineteenth-century ship board diaries, a diary...

My book 'Death Ships' continues to attract good reviews. A reviewer (Sassy Reviews) recently posted a great review on Goodreads as...

My book about colonial artist Samuel Thomas Gill was launched at the Book Cow bookshop in Canberra on Thursday evening. We had a great...

My book about colonial artist Samuel Thomas Gill has been released by the publisher. Copies can be obtained from the publisher Shawline...

Copies of my latest book about the life of colonial artist Samuel Thomas Gill have arrived. The book includes over 130 images of Gill's...

My book about colonial artist Samuel Thomas Gill is at last soon to be released. I have used a number of Gill's wonderful images to tell...

Samuel Thomas Gill was know as the artist of the goldfields because of the enormous number of images he created in the 1850s of activity...