by admin | Sep 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
One of the most striking outcomes of the Australian federal election of 2013 occurred in the Division of Indi in north-east Victoria. In an electoral contest that saw the Liberal/National Coalition under Opposition leader Tony Abbott win government with a majority of...
by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
On 5 May 2012 a memorial was unveiled at Canberra to commemorate the crucial 1942 battle of the Coral Sea in which Allied naval forces turned back a Japanese invasion fleet bound for Port Moresby, now the capital of Papua New Guinea. The memorial had a dual purpose,...
by admin | Sep 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
MH17 wreckage near village of Rozsypne (Reuters) Australians are still coming to terms with the tragedy which befell a Malayasian Airlines Boeing 777 airliner which was shot out of the sky as it flew over eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014. All 15 crew and 283...
by admin | Sep 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
(Left) Lasseter in AIF uniform during World War I; (centre) Corner Inlet map; (right) Lasseter’s boat on display at Foster Museum The man born Lewis Hubert Lasseter (1880-1931) has found a place in Australian folklore for not discovering a fabulously rich reef of...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
(Left) General Bridges; (centre) Sandy in Egypt; (right) Sandy’s head formerly displayed at the Australian War Memorial In July 2015 I was contacted by Rosemary Johns, a Melbourne playwright who was then completing a script presenting the story of “Sandy”—the...
