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  PROSERPINE - LoveToKnow Article on PROSERPINE
Proserpine herself was commonly known as the daughter (Core), sometimes as the first-born.
Demeter and Proserpine were worshipped together by the Athenians at the greater and less Eleusinian festivals, held in autumn and spring respectively.
One Greek writer, Achemachus, identified Proserpine with the Egyptian Isis.i At Rome Proserpine was associated with Ceres (the Roman representative of Demeter) in the festival of the Cerealia (April 12 to 19), she was represented as the wife of Dis Pater (the Roman Pluto), and was sometimes identified with the native Latin goddess Libera.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PR/PROSERPINE.htm   (997 words)

  
 Animal Info - Proserpine Rock Wallaby
The Proserpine rock wallaby is a shy animal which quickly moves away over the rocks when it feels threatened.
Australia, near Proserpine and on several islands in the Whitsunday group.
The female Proserpine rock wallaby weighs 4 - 7 (average 5.2) kg (9 - 15 (average 11) lb); males weigh 5 - 10 (average 7.2) kg (11 - 22 (average 16) lb).
www.animalinfo.org /species/petrpers.htm   (562 words)

  
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Proserpine seems to be the divine child, the daughter of the divine mother and father, pristine and innocent as the divine child archetype promises.
Proserpine is lost in the world of aesthetic beauty without relationships other than her relationship to her mother, without consciousness of the soul of the flowers, without awareness of her own violent actions.
Proserpine’s initial response is that of the adolescent still intertwined with her mother: she cries out to her mommy.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=5068931&postID=111020668362132775   (2474 words)

  
 VII. a. Proserpine. Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable
Here Proserpine was playing with her companions, gathering lilies and violets, and filling her basket and her apron with them, when Pluto saw her, loved her, and carried her off.
Jupiter consented on one condition, namely, that Proserpine should not during her stay in the lower world have taken any food; otherwise, the Fates forbade her release.
Proserpine signifies the seed-corn which when cast into the ground lies there concealed—that is, she is carried off by the god of the underworld.
www.bartleby.com /181/071.html   (2052 words)

  
 Walkabout - Proserpine
Proserpine is located about 8 km from the mouth of Repulse Bay and stands 12 m above sea-level.
It is 1099 km north of Brisbane and is distinguished by the endless fields of sugar which surround the town and the dominant sugar mill which is the town's raison d'etre.
This delightful animal sanctuary and theme park is the only tourist attraction in the Proserpine area to be nationally accredited by the Eco tourism Association of Australia and one of the only two attractions in the Townsville - Whitsundays area to receive accreditation.
walkabout.fairfax.com.au /theage/locations/QLDProserpine.shtml   (773 words)

  
 PSHS - Home Page
Given that Proserpine SHS draws its students from such a large geographical area, the majority of students utilise a well-developed school bus and boat network.
Proserpine SHS has a well-developed curriculum, including a Marine Studies option in both the Junior and Senior school.
Proserpine SHS aspires to produce mature, well-balanced, thinking, caring young people who are able to take part in the community and to contribute significantly to it.
www.proserpnshs.qld.edu.au   (350 words)

  
 Smoky Mouse
That is the one of the reasons we do not know much about them and they were not found until 1976 and only a few of them have been collected since then.
The proserpine rock wallaby does not have many dangers since it can move fast and climb trees but it is still in danger to the biggest predator, HUMANS
Proserpine rock wallaby has a prolonged and even a continuous breeding season.
acess.250x.com /rockw1.htm   (379 words)

  
 Welcome to Proserpine
Proserpine is a town rich in heritage and can trace its history back many generations to the pioneer days when this area was being opened by men and women of courage who faced incredible odds to carve out an existence in this rich and fertile region.
Proserpine is situated on the Proserpine river about 15km upriver and on the Bruce Highway 125km north of Mackay and 275km south of Townsville.
The Proserpine township is dominated by The Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Mill, which processes the region 2,000,000+ tons of sugar cane each year to produce in the vicinity of 285,000 metric tons of raw sugar which is all exported.
www.proserpine.com /p-home.html   (750 words)

  
 François Girardon
The story of Pluto and Proserpine as told by Thomas Bulfinch has the god of the underworld, Pluto, rising out of the earth to capture Proserpine, whom he fell in love with because of an arrow shot by Cupid.
Proserpine was the daughter of Jupiter and Ceres.
When Proserpine is united with her mother it is said that spring comes and when she is with Pluto, winter comes.
www.students.sbc.edu /mckinney03/gmm/girardon.htm   (1109 words)

  
 Proserpine notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The scene is his death, and the audience is Proserpine, the pagan goddess of the underworld.
Proserpine (Persephone) was the daughter of Jupiter (Zeus) and Ceres (Demeter), goddess of harvests.
Her mother was so upset that she made everything stop growing, so Jupiter made a deal with Ceres that Proserpine would spend half the year with her mother and half with her husband in the underworld.
www2.latech.edu /~bmagee/201/swinburn/hymn2_notes.htm   (567 words)

  
 Proserpine, Queensland - Travelmate
Proserpine, named by explorer George Dalrymple after the Roman goddess of fertility, is the administrative and service centre for the Whitsunday Shire.
Proserpine Historical Museum is located at the end of Main St and has an interesting collection of historical memorabilia from the local area.
Proserpine has rail, bus and air links to other parts of Australia, and thousands of tourists each year pass through en route to the fabulous resort islands of the Whitsundays.
www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=1108   (471 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Sidebar - Story of Proserpine
The story of the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto (Hades), god of the underworld, is an allegory of nature.
Proserpine (Persephone in Greek tradition) is the mythical personification of the seasonal cycle: like a seed she spends the winter underground and is released in the spring.
The Greeks believed that the joy of her mother Ceres (Demeter in Greece), goddess of agriculture, at their annual reunion caused the Earth to bring forth its abundance of fruit and grains.
uk.encarta.msn.com /sidebar_781540463/Story_of_Proserpine.html   (125 words)

  
 Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
I have had already to sacrifice to him [William Graham] (and it came very conveniently) the Proserpine you commenced and I carried on, to meet a debt which he proved (to my surprise) off] 00 to be met by chalk work, and which had got quite overlooked for years.
His accompanying sonnet to this work is a poem of longing: "And still some heart unto some soul doth pine," carrying an inescapable allusion to his yearning to seduce Jane from her unhappy marriage with William Morris.
Proserpine had been imprisoned in Pluto's underground realm for tasting the forbidden pomegranate.
www.victorianweb.org /painting/dgr/drawings/5.html   (738 words)

  
 Proserpine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Proserpine was a character from classical mythology who was taken by Pluto to the Underworld to become his wife, and was eternally confined there for half the year because she had tasted one grain of a pomegranate.
Rossetti depicts this underworld as oppressive gloom and heavy regret, with Proserpine with the fatal fruit in her hand.
Rossetti had an affair with Jane Morris and for a long time she was his muse for his poetry and paintings.
freespace.virgin.net /k.peart/Victorian/rossProserpine.htm   (176 words)

  
 Art History at Loggia | Proserpine, by the Artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Rossetti was obviously inspired by the story of Proserpine (which is the Roman name for the Greek goddess Persephone), a story which is one of the most memorable of the Classical myths.
In mythology, Proserpine was the daughter of Ceres.
According to some versions of the tale, after Proserpine was transported to the realm of Pluto, she made the mistake of eating the seeds of a pomegranate.
www.loggia.com /art/19th/rossetti12.html   (399 words)

  
 Proserpine (ARL-21)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Proserpine (ARL 21) was laid down as LST-1116 by Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. 2 October 1944 launched 28 December 1944, and commissioned 9 January l945.
By the end of April 1946, Proserpine stood out of Pearl Harbor and proceeded via the Panama Canal, Houston, and New Orleans for Mayport, Fla., arriving there 1 May. She decommissioned and was placed in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Fla.18 January 1947.
Reactivation of Proserpine commenced 19 September 1950 and she recommissioned 27 October 1950, Lt. Comdr.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/arl21.htm   (290 words)

  
 USS Proserpine
Proserpine (ARL 21) was laid down as LST-1116 by Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. 2 October 1944 Iaunehed 28 December 1944, and commissioned 9 January l9i5.
By the end of April 1946, Proserpine stood out of Pearl Harbor and proceed via the Panama Canal, Houston, and New Orleans for Mayport, Fla., arriving there 1 May. She decommissioned and was placed in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Fla.18 January 1947.
Reaetivation of Proserpine eommeneed 19 September 1950 and she recommissioned 27 October 1950, Lt. Comdr.
www.multied.com /NAVY/MISC/proserpine.html   (290 words)

  
 Ceres and Proserpine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pluto fell in love with Proserpine, and carried her off to the Underworld.
So Pluto admitted he had Proserpine, but said she could only go back home if she had eaten none of the food of the Dead.
Proserpine had eaten almost nothing, as she was so sad at being kept underground, but she had eaten six seeds from a pomergranate.
www.gwydir.demon.co.uk /jo/roman/ceres.htm   (110 words)

  
 Proserpine - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Proserpine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
But jealous Cyane arranges for Pluto to abduct Proserpine.
You must go to the house of Hades and of dread Proserpine to consult the ghost of the blind Theban prophet Teiresias, whose reason is still unshaken.
He prayed that no son of mine might ever sit upon knees--and the gods, Jove of the world below and awful Proserpine, fulfilled his curse.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Proserpine   (186 words)

  
 Whitsunday Shire Council - Whitsundays, Proserpine North Queensland
With an area of 2644 square kilometres and an approximate resident pop ulation of 15,200, the Whitsunday Shire is a major tourist destination in Australia.
Encompassing the rural town of Proserpine, the tourism based town of Whitsunday (Cannonvale, Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour) and the 74 Whitsunday Islands, the Shire's economy relies on contributions from cane, tourism, grazing, agriculture, small scale manufacturing and a range of support industries.
The tropical climate is attractive with its estimated daily average of 8.25 hours of sunshine, and average annual temperatures of 27.24 degrees C. maximum and a minimum of 21 degrees C. The Shire's southern neighbour is the City of Mackay, and its northern and western neighbour is the Shire of Bowen.
www.whitsunday.qld.gov.au   (263 words)

  
 Peter Faust Dam, Barramundi Fishing, Fish Stocking in The Whitsundays, Queensland.
Lake Proserpine, which is also known as Peter Faust Dam is situated 26 kilometres inland from Proserpine, which is located within Central Queensland.
Proserpine is also just a short drive from Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour the gateway to the famous Whitsunday Islands and The Great Barrier Reef.
Lake Proserpine plays host to some of the biggest Barramundi and Sooty Grunter found in impoundment's in Australia, making it the ideal sport fishing destination.
www.peterfaustdam.com   (404 words)

  
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Notes: Eric was born in Proserpine Qld on the 8/1/1928 and went to school at Charters Towers.
He married Beryl RUGE in Proserpine on 15/5/1954 and they had two sons and three daughters, He is at present(1996) a Cane and Cattle Farmer at Proserpine where he has lived all his life.
Education: Waterson State Spouse Father: Mark Herman RUGE (1887-1954) Spouse Mother: Ethel Clara DAWE (1892-1976) Spouse Notes: Beryl Joyce was born at the Proserpine Hospital on the 15-11-1928 She was the yougest of four.
website.lineone.net /~willcon/Doughertys.txt   (5178 words)

  
 Proserpine - Queensland Holidays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Proserpine is the administrative and service centre for the Whitsunday Shire.
Proserpine was named by the explorer George Dalrymple, after Persephone the Greek goddess of fertility, recognising the fertile qualities in the region.
The dam is well known by all of the locals and now by some tourists as 'the place to fish for Barramundi'.
www.queenslandholidays.com.au /whitsundays/proserpine.cfm   (292 words)

  
 Proserpine Rock-Wallaby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Proserpine rock-wallaby (Petrogale persephone) is the second largest of the Petrogale genus (the largest being its closest relative, the yellow-footed rock-wallaby).
Male Proserpine rock-wallabies are larger that females, with males weighing between 5-10 kg and females between 4-7 kg.
The Proserpine rock-wallaby lives in a very restricted habitat and can only be located in the large boulder piles found in the deciduous rainforests in the Proserpine/Whitsunday region (see right).
www.jcu.edu.au /school/tbiol/zoology/auxillry/mammals/prossy.htm   (427 words)

  
 Proserpine
Proserpine (ARL–21) was laid down as LST–1116 by, Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. 2 October 1944; launched 28 December 1944; and commissioned 9 January 1945.
By the end of April 1946, Proserpine stood out of Pearl Harbor and proceed via the Panama Canal, Houston, and New Orleans for Mayport, Fla., arriving there 1 May. She decommissioned and was placed in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Fla. 18 January 1947.
Proserpine returned to Little Creek, Va. and commenced repair activities I April 1951.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p12/proserpine.htm   (327 words)

  
 Swinburne's "Hymn to Proserpine" and the Dramatic Monologue
"The Triumph of Time" dramatizes the mind of one who experiences the loss of his beloved, and "Hymn to Proserpine" presents the experience of a Roman of the fourth century A. who is losing his gods, the old pagan deities, now that Christianity has become the official religion of the state.
In "Hymn to Proserpine" Swinburne also concerns himself to embody specific historical conditions by means of a fictional character who thus becomes a representative man. Furthermore, again like Browning, he chooses a figure living in an age of transition from one religion to another.
Whereas Browning's "Cleon" takes the form of high intellectual satire, as do many of his other poems such as "Caliban upon Setebos" (1864) and "The Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed's Church," Swinburne's poem both makes us understand the pagan's point of view and suggests that it is one suitable for the nineteenth century.
www.victorianweb.org /authors/swinburne/swinburne6.html   (629 words)

  
 Whitsunday Crocodile Safari - Airlie Beach Tours
The tour travels along the Proserpine River, for a day full of adventure and excitement in the realm of saltwater crocodiles.
Proserpine River Eco Tour's base is located on the banks of the Proserpine River, surrounded by natural estuary vegetation including mangroves and forest.
An all weather tour, the crocodile safari carries a maximum of 30 passengers and are the only commercial tour operating on the Proserpine River.
www.seedownunder.com.au /destination/queensland/airlie-beach/airlie-tours/whitsunday-croc-safari   (224 words)

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