QUESTIONS FROM THE BMI DATABASE

The following questions were obtained from the BMI Database. The database is linked to the myriad collections of heritiage materials at the Institute. These collections range from publications printed in the 18th to 20th centuries. The contents of these books, journals, letters, periodicals and newspapers provide a unique insight into those periods.

The listed questions are based on only a small snippet of this fascinatinating collection. To discover the answers for the following questions you are encouraged to use the online database as it will, without doubt, broaden your knowledge of the depth of the collection. However, if you have difficulty the answers are provided on the link below.

The database is searchable online at: http://www.ballaratmi.com/modules.php?name=Reference

1. What year was the first publication of the following book: A voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV by George Anson?
   
   
2. Who was lieutenant general of the horse, commander in chief of the forces in Ireland, one of the council of state, and a member of the parliament which began on November 3, 1640?
   
   
3. Who was the captain that commanded the ship Duff when it engaged on A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798?
   
   
4. Mrs S.M Smythe spent ten months on what Pacific Islands in 1864?
   
   
5. In what year did Mrs Howard Vincent complete Forty Thousand Miles over Land and Water the Journal of a Tour through the Britsh Empire and America?
   
   
6. Who was the Roman scribe that had his letters published in a biography dated 1751?
   
   
7. Name three locations, from the database, where kaolin was sourced.
   
   
8. The following lecture was not held on the 1st February 1860. Why not?
   Mr W. B. Edwards B.A. :subject - Crime How it had been treated and How it Should be Treated.
   
   
9. The Mechanics Institute held a Grand Fancy Bazaar on the 26th 27th and 28th Dec.Farm house produce for sale.Rare and interesting articles....The Stall holders were- Misses Rashleigh & Sanderson; Lynn Shepherd Cuthbert Tarte Easton;Misses Morriss Holland Waters ODonnell.
   In what year was the Bazaar held?
   
   
10. On the front page of the website there is a pull-down list called Activities & Topics, at the bottom of this list is the Various Collections In the Library. Under the Newspapers heading what is the only French newspaper listed?

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