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But Shenanigan Swift, the clever and engaging hero of Beth Lincoln’s debut novel, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels, has recently realized that such musings aren’t so enjoyable anymore. Although Shenanigan’s name earns her a pass when she’s feeling stubborn or has done something an eensy bit destructive (like putting the family cat in the empty coffin before the monthly rehearsal of her aunt’s funeral), it also makes her feel misunderstood when others insist on seeing her solely as an embodiment of her name instead of as an individual. It can be fun to speculate about nature versus nurture, to consider which of our quirks might be innate and which might have been shaped by where or with whom we grew up. While we’re at it, we can also ponder that well-known question of Shakespearean origin: What’s in a name? a b c d Swifts Sydney (2012). " 'History', in "Swifts Soirees 2012" – Artistic Director David Rowden – The Grand Ballroom, 68 Darling Point Road, Darling Point – Inaugural Concert series in support of the Opera Foundation Australia". Archived from the original on 18 May 2013 . Retrieved 7 May 2019. Until 1983 the house and grounds had been essentially the private domain of the Tooth and Resch families and the Catholic Church hierarchy, with use of the chapel for masses and weddings. The future premier of New South Wales, The Hon. Bob Carr, was married to Helena John there in 1973. Some interest in the property was elicited by the press in the early 1960s as the details of Edmund Resch Jr's bequest to the Catholic Church became public. This intensified in the 1980s when the future was debated and discussed by government and the general public. Telemovie: Mary – The Making of a Princess ( FremantleMedia Australia, 2015): Swifts is featured as the Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. [94]

EDMUND RESCH". The Mirror. No.23. New South Wales, Australia. 1 December 1917. p.3 . Retrieved 13 August 2018– via National Library of Australia. Hoarding of Petrol By Private Individuals". The Singleton Argus. New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1941. p.1 . Retrieved 13 August 2018– via National Library of Australia. Common swifts are migratory. Their summer breeding range runs from Portugal and Ireland in the West across to China and Siberia in the East. They breed as far south as Northern Africa (in Morocco and Algeria), with a presence in the Middle East in Israel, Lebanon and Syria, the Near East across Turkey, and the whole of Europe as far north as Norway, Finland, and most of sub-Arctic Russia. Swifts migrate to Africa by a variety of routes, ending up in Equatorial and Sub-Equatorial Africa, excluding the Cape. Common swifts do not breed on the Indian Subcontinent.On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas. Darling Point is located within the area of the Cadigal people, one of the Aboriginal clans of the Sydney region, and was known from at least 1795 as "Yarranabbe". The plan of land for sale at Darling Point in 1856 cites the Indigenous name for the point, and the name is listed in the Town and Country Journal's 'Aboriginal names of places' of 1878. [14] Mrs Darling's Point [ edit ]

Celebrity Wedding: Sunny Wang and Dominique Choy". 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016 . Retrieved 12 February 2016. National Trust of Australia (NSW) (1983). Swifts, 68 Darling Point Road, Darling Point: submission to Commission of Inquiry pursuant to section 41 of the Heritage Act 1977 / National Trust of Australia (NSW). The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.Throughout his ownership, Dr Moran has continued to undertake extensive restoration works on Swifts. The works have included the addition of a new conservatory off the service wing and the construction of a swimming pool. Extensive works to the grounds and gardens were also undertaken. Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth's desire for his "work to go on" was not in vain. [8] [9] [10] He has also been involved in the restoration of another important national and state heritage property, the 1840s Darling House, Millers Point. Swifts have very short legs which they use primarily for clinging to vertical surfaces (hence the German name Mauersegler, literally meaning "wall-glider"). They never settle voluntarily on the ground where they would be vulnerable to accidents and predation, and non-breeding individuals may spend up to ten months in continuous flight. [4] Taxonomy [ edit ] Boersma, P Dee (1982). "Why some birds take so long to hatch". The American Naturalist. 120 (6): 733–750. doi: 10.1086/284027. JSTOR 2461170. S2CID 83600491.