Kylie Minogue AO, OBE Minogue performing on her Golden Tour in 2018 Born Kylie Ann Minogue28 May 1968 (age 52) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Citizenship Australian British Occupation Singer songwriter actress record producer television judge Years active 1979–present Net worth AU $109 million (2020 estimate) Partner(s) Paul Solomons Relatives Dannii Minogue (sister) Awards Full list Musical career Genres Pop […]
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Space Aliens In Australia
In a rock shelter in the NSW Blue Mountains 20 years ago, I came across a mysterious Aboriginal carving. Etched into the rock it appeared to depict a human-like figure seated in an airborne vehicle. Flying saucer enthusiasts would take this carving as clear evidence that astronauts from outer space […]
The Overland Telegraph
The Overland Telegraph Connecting Adelaide and the rest of Australia, through Darwin, with England by means of a single wire in 1872, was one of the greatest engineering achievements of the nineteenth century. It was completed by South Australians, under the direction of Charles Todd, in less than two years. It […]
The ugly past of Australia’s ‘lock hospitals’ on Bernier and Dorre Islands slowly revealed
ABC Pilbara / By Karen Michelmore Copied, Compiled & Edited by George W Rehder JulJuly 2020 at 2:01pm Ugly past of ‘lock hospitals’ slowly revealed Between 1908 and 1919, more than 800 Aboriginal men, women and children were removed from their homelands across Western Australia and taken to ‘lock hospitals’ on Bernier and Dorre Islands […]
Dutch East India Company
Copied, edited & compiled by George W Rehder Dutch East India Company / United East India Company Company logo Company flag Native name Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (popular name)Generale Vereenichde Geoctrooieerde Compagnie (original name)Vereenigde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oostindische Compagnie (formal name) Former type Publicly traded company Industry Proto-conglomerate[b] Fate Dissolved Predecessor Voorcompagnieën/Pre-companies (1594–1602) Founded 20 March 1602, by […]
Aboriginal Murder Mystery: What Killed Kaakutja?
Tantalizing glimpses into life and death in pre-colonial Australia are written on the bones of a skeleton found in New South Wales. A Crushing Blow Nicknamed Kaakutja, meaning “older brother,” this skeleton of an Aboriginal man (right) rested for some 800 years near a southern Australian riverbank before being found […]
1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash
On 26 June 1950, a Douglas DC-4 Skymaster aircraft departed from Perth, Western Australia for an eight-hour flight to Adelaide, South Australia. It crashed 22 minutes after take-off, 35 miles (56 km) East from Perth Airport. All 29 occupants were killed in the accident; one initially survived, but died six days later. It was the worst civil aviation […]
1932 Kimberley rescue
The loss of the Seaplane Atlantis Hans Bertram and Adolf Klausmann were flying the Junkers W33 seaplane Atlantis from Cologne, Germany on a goodwill mission to Australia for the aircraft maker, Junkers, when they ran into a severe storm between Timor and Darwin. Flying during the night of May 15, […]
460 convict ships sailed to Australia
Of these only 41 came to Western Australia Adelaide Adelaide Voyages to Australia The ‘ADELAIDE’ was built 1832 in Calcutta. Wood ship of 640 Tons. 1849 voyage: Departed London 17 Aug 1849. The convicted persons were then known as ‘Exiles’ because they had served part of their sentence in England […]
3 Survivors Reveal the Brutal Reality of Female Genital Mutilation
Getty Getty Images During the summer months, while many families take vacations or usher their children off to camp, thousands of girls here in the U.S. are being sent overseas for what’s sold to them as a “rite of passage.” According to the AHA Foundation, up to 228,000 girls and […]