Eidsvold Homestead
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Eidsvold Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Eidsvold Road, Eidsvold, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1850. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21
Eidsvold Homestead, 2009
Colin Archer
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Colin Archer was a Norwegian naval architect and shipbuilder known for his seaworthy pilot and rescue boats and the larger sailing and polar ships. His most famous ship is the Fram, used for both Frid
Eidsvold Homestead
…station housing. It may have been built by the Archers themselves. The Archer brothers had emigrated from Tolderodden in Norway and the youngest brother, Colin Archer, later returned home and became a world famous boatbuilder. A "second" home, forming part of a complex of several buildings commenced in the late…
Archer c. 1893
Bust of Colin Archer in Larvik, Norway
Seal and whale hunting bark CASTOR. 135 feet built in Arendal 1886. Fitted with 75 hp steam engine. Lost off Greenland 1896.
Fram loaded heavily at the start on its first voyage 1893.