James Harrison worked as a journalist on various newspapers in Victoria from his arrival there in 1839 until his return to England about 1873, and has left a a remarkable blueprint on the face of the earth.
JAMES HARRISON was born in Renton, near Ben Lomond, Scotland, April 17, 1816. He designed and built the plant for the first Australian manufacture of ice 1854; formed the Sydney Ice Company with P. N. Russell 1860; designed a revolutionary refrigerator 1860; work on the refrigeration of ships for the export of meat from 1870
James Harrison worked as a journalist on various newspapers in Victoria from his arrival there in 1839 until his return to England about 1873
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A lonely granite lighthouse, designed by serial lighthouse architect James Barnet in 1881, is the marker for Barunguba, better known as Montague Island. Located nine kilometres off the coast of Narooma on the NSW south coast, its two whitewashed cottages were occupied by the head and assistant lighthouse keeper until the lighthouse went automatic in 1986. But while humans may come and go, the island maintains its colony of hundreds of fur seals, who don t mind a dip with humans, though your water acrobatics will also be upstaged by the little penguins at this address. The cottages sleep seven and 12 respectively, with wide verandahs to sit and spy dolphins and whales. From $2460, including transfers and an island tour. See nationalparks.nsw.gov.au