sconzani

Sprinklings of history, a smidgen of genealogy, a dash of art, a dusting of architecture, & lashings of Nature, all mixed together with my eccentric fascinations

Showing posts with label Frederick Robert Bust. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Frederick Robert Bust. Show all posts

21 January 2014

New Zealand’s first flight

One of the daring parachutists in his rather effeminate costume If you’re a google user, you may have noticed in October last year ther...

27 October 2013

Fred Bust and the first Labour Day celebration

Frederick Robert Bust The campaign for an eight-hour working day started in New Zealand in 1849, when Samuel Parnell, a carpenter with...

21 February 2011

Bust on the stump

Fred Bust, c.1898 My paternal great-great-grandfather Frederick Robert Bust (yes, Bust!) was born on 16 July 1846 in Hull, in the Engli...

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