In Nick Bryant’s follow up article to his previous ‘Australia’s rising role in the world’, my post has been deemed worthy of a mention by the journalist himself. How exciting.
Archive for May, 2008
The Original Skuthorpe
The original Skuthorpe, Richard Skuthorpe (originally Sculthorpe but registered as Skuthorp), was born on 15th August 1793 in Cambridge in England. He arrived in Port Jackon as a convict on the General Hewitt in February 1814. He was convicted of stealing a horse from his employer in Sudbury England. He was sentenced to 7 years [...]
Baz Lurhmann’s Australia
A movie I’m looking forward to seeing is Baz Lurhmann’s Australia. Being billed as ‘an epic adventure, set on the brink of World War II.’ Sounds right up my street.
Australia’s rising role in the world
An article on the BBC web site of interest to me and possibly to you caught my eye enough for me to respond to it. It’s all about Australia’s position in the world and whether it has the potential to be a rising ‘power’. Below is my post to the article. As an Aussie living [...]
The last of the generation who could do things
My dad was the sort of bloke who could fix things. He could literally fix a broken TV or a car and often did. Many people these days need to pay someone to do such things and it’s becoming evident to me that my generation is witnessing a shift. One of those historical shifts in [...]
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