Ferry

Jane Davy, a member of the renowned Dawson family of Neutral Bay. This family had a significant impact on life in Lane Cove well before Northwood became a suburb. Northwood House was opened to the public in 1884 by Mrs. Davy, which provided access to ferry transport for everyone who lived here. Most of the wharf structure still exists even after it was rebuilt in recent…

green of the trees, the rushing sound of the fall, and the gorgeous rainbows that always show up around the fall. Many people go there for special occasions. The waterfall is always breath-taking because of the big waves, the sound, and to be on the ferries that you can take to be as close to the fall as you can be. The beautiful mist that is caused by the water splashing would create a magical feeling to the trip. The smell of the salt water, the wonderful feeling of the mist and the rushing…

Whitman’s Way: The One Among the Crowd “The impalpable sustenance of me from all things, at all hours of the day; The simple, compact, well-join’d scheme-myself disintegrated, everyone disintegrated, yet part of the scheme” (Whitman. “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.). Walt Whitman was a graceful, yet outlaw poet that pushed the boundaries ink and paper. Whitman’s works were a journey of finding self through the natural world and his relation to the world, along with cleaver wording that test the…

Early in Imago, Jodahs tries explaining to the male and female he meets that eventually humanity will destroy each other again. As Jodahs reflects on his own role in this inevitable demise, he questions, “What were we doing, we who knew the truth? Helping him reach the cliff. Ferrying him to it.” The word “ferrying” stands out as odd, particularly because the initial analogy Jodahs used was of walking off a cliff. While “ferrying” can generally mean “to convey (as by aircraft or motor vehicle)…

Bays Precinct offers a great opportunity to extend Sydney’s ferry Service and when redeveloped will offer to introduce new timetabled inner harbour ferry services. The introduction of a new ferry stop at White bay Power Station with the increase in productivity at White Bay and the potential increase in the number of commuters activity makes a stop here viable. With people disembarking from cruiseliners at White Bay Cruise Terminal to other locations, a stop here is a necessary in terms of…

Military Arsenal in hopes of freeing the African American slaves. A terrorist is an individual whom uses violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. John Brown’s actions at Pottawatomie Creek and Harper’s Ferry demonstrated similar qualities in terrorist attacks today such as: attacking a government base and the killing of innocent civilians. On May 24, 1856, John Brown set forth to attack Pottawatomie Creek. He recruited a group of men to…

of European Imperialism in that they were the key to have more success economically. Jules ferry reveals the importance of European Imperialism in his speech similar to this, focusing on the economic factors. Jules Ferry reveals the essence of European Imperialism by claiming it was beneficial for their economies. In the document “Speech Before the French Chamber of Deputies, March 28, 1884,” Jules Ferry justifies the European’s…

The Madness of John Brown On October 18, 1859, John Brown failed at the attempt of a so-called war against slavery. It took place at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. James Buchanan sent a squad of marines out to Harpers Ferry to take down Brown’s tiny force when he heard about this uprising. After a 6-day trial, Brown ended up being convicted of murder, treason, and conspiracy to incite a slave uprising. He was sentenced to be hung 30 days later. Some people praised the actions of Brown, while others…

John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry was a struggle by John Brown, a white abolitionist, to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859. Brown planned on taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, build up an army of both white and black volunteers, and then follow the Appalachian Mountains south to free the slaves along the way. Unfortunately for him, Brown and his men were defeated by a platoon of U.S. Marines led by Colonel Robert E. Lee. In this essay I will be talking about…

straws that pushed the South to secede from the Union. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry also caused more tension between the anti slavery states and the pro slavery states. Slavery, the election of 1860, and the raid of Harpers Ferry were significant causes of the dichotomy leading to the Civil War. Slavery was by far one of the largest…