ABC Radio National By Sarah Percy for Why The Cold War Still Matters Edited, Compiled & Copied by GW Rehder 09/02/2020 The concrete wall that divided Berlin for almost 30 years was more than a wall. It was a physical manifestation of the Iron Curtain, the imaginary line dividing Europe […]
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Violence, Murder, and Dispossession – The Human Cost of the Australian Gold Rush
Copied, edited & compiled by GW Rehder 30/01/2020 Contributor OF THE WEEK Violence, Murder, and Dispossession – The Human Cost of the Australian Gold Rush – By Outback Family History reader Jenni Hodge Rushing for gold makes a few individual fortunes, and breaks the hearts and lives of many more. […]
Baggott Brothers – Story of a Meat Preserver’s Family
In 1897, Archibald Baggott and his family migrated from New Zealand to Robe in South Australia. Archibald became the manager the local cannery. It was a meat preserving works and the main product preserved, was rabbit. Archibald Baggott was well qualified in the trade. For many years he managed and […]
Percy’s War
Copied, edited & compiled by GW Rehder 28/01/2020 Jill Slack The assassination on June 28, 1914, of the heir to the Austrian throne by a Serbian nationalist, triggered events which led to the four blood-soaked years which were The Great War. A little over a month after the assassination, […]
1974, Sydney- Elsie: Australia’s First Women’s Refuge
Copied, edited & compiled by GW Rehder 27/01/2020 Australia’s first domestic violence shelter, dubbed ‘Elsie’, was set up in squatted properties in Glebe in 1974. The following article by Mandy Sayers, which appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, on April 12 2014 discusses the women and children it has supported […]
Sugihara saved more people than Schindler — including Linda Royal’s family. And she wants the world to know
ABC Radio National By Alice Moldovan for The Religion and Ethics Report Posted about 3 hours agoMon 27 Jan 2020, Copied, edited & compiled by GW Rehder 27/01/2020 The only thing Linda Royal’s father ever said about the man who saved her family was that he had “kind eyes”. That […]
6 important facts Australians should know about January 26
Belinda Jepsen 17 mins ago Copied, edited & compiled by GW Rehder 26/01/2020 Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day. In 2020, Mamamia will only refer to January 26 by its date, to acknowledge that it is not a day of celebration for all Australians. If you want to be an […]
Australia Day: January 26 marks a massacre in NSW. Will a cement plaque really help?
By national Indigenous affairs correspondent Isabella Higgins and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Sarah Collard Posted 20 minutes agoSat 25 Jan 2020, Copied, edited & compiled by GW Rehder 25/01/2020 Nearly two centuries after dozens of Aboriginal people were brutally killed in north-west New South Wales, there are plans to recognise […]
Australian Day 2020 events guide for Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin
Updated 11 minutes agoThu 23 Jan 2020 Copied, edited & compiled by JD Schildmann 23/01/2020 From cockroach races to lamington-eating competitions, pineapple throwing to fun runs — there are more Australia Day events this year than you can poke a stick at. Check out the list below to see what’s […]
As with OJ Simpson, the Claremont serial killings case against Bradley Edwards hinges on DNA
By Andrea Mayes Posted about an hour agoSat 18 Jan 2020, Copied, edited & compiled by JD Schildmann 18/01/2020 Many of us like to think we know a thing or two about DNA and its use in solving crimes. We’ve watched TV shows like CSI or Silent Witness and we […]
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