Copied, edited & compiled by JD Schildmann 22/12/2019 A Days Catch – Joseph Tovey Back in 2012 I was contacted by Lois Tovey, the wife of Errol John Tovey. She had been browsing on the Outback Family History web site and came across the following photograph on the Meekatharra page. […]
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Revisiting History And Culture In Western Australia
Renowned as the land of the black swans and rich aboriginal culture, Western Australia is also the second largest state in the World. Western Australia attained the right to self-government along with five other states to create the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Regarded as the oldest culture on Earth, […]
The day I saw 248 girls suffering genital mutilation
Copied, edited & compiled by JD Schildmann 19/12/2019 In 2006, while in Indonesia and six months pregnant, Abigail Haworth became one of the few journalists ever to see young girls being ‘circumcised’. Until now she has been unable to tell this shocking story Midwives wait for the next girl to […]
TIMELINE OF ANGLICAN CHRISTIANITY
INSULAR CELTIC CHRISTIANITY c. 30 – The Death and Resurrection of Jesus c. 37 – Christianity brought to Britain (according to St. Gildas, d. 570) c. 62 – The Deaths of Peter and Paul 200s – Christianity has been established in parts of the British Isles with a distinctive regional […]
Conservative Anglicans form breakaway church in revolution led from the south
· New Hampshire’s gay bishop was turning point · Move marks power shift to developing countries Riazat Butt and Toni O’Loughlin Jerusalem Conservative evangelicals representing half of the world’s Anglicans launched a new global church yesterday, challenging the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury and vowing to […]
Wet cough rate among Indigenous kids in WA’s Kimberley high, but study yields positive signs
ABC Kimberley By Chris Meldrum Updated 19 minutes agoMon 9 Dec 2019, copied, edited & compiled by JD Schildmann 09/12/2019 A study has found a high prevalence of chronic wet cough in Aboriginal children in four remote communities in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. Key points More than 200 Aboriginal children […]
How one of WA’s worst child sex abuse rings, linked to swingers parties, was exposed by a memory card
By Alisha O’Flaherty Posted about 3 hours agoSat 7 Dec 2019, copied, edited & compiled by JD Schildmann 07/12/2019 In January 2018, Sarah* found herself looking around the mess that had been left behind by a nightmare tenant she had just evicted from her house in Perth’s wealthy western suburbs. […]
Black War
Black War Part of the Australian frontier wars An 1838 painting by Benjamin Duterrau of a Tasmanian Aboriginal throwing a spear Date mid-1820s–1832 Location Tasmania Result British control of Tasmania Belligerents British Empire Indigenous Australians Casualties and losses Dead: 219 Wounded: 218 Total: 437 600–900 dead The Black War was […]
NDIS participants and support workers ponder the fine line between relationship and friendship
ABC Newcastle By Catherine Mahony, 2019 ABC Regional Storyteller Scholarship winner copied, edited & compiled by JD Schildmann 03/12/2019 As a blind person I’ve lived through many highs and lows navigating relationships with my support workers. Can you really be friends when your support worker is being paid to spend […]
Becoming a mother is a tough gig. Would you go it alone?
By Fiona Blackwood copied, edited & compiled by JD Schildmann 02/12/2019 – 3am Priscilla Elks says having a baby on her own was the “best thing” she ever did. The decision to become a parent is huge, both financially and emotionally. It’s not something you’d normally take on lightly, and […]
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