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The catch cry of Chaplain Lieutenant-Colonel Canon David Garland was ‘nothing is too good for our soldier boys’. This shows the heart of a man dedicated to the soldiers he served. Born in Ireland in 1864, Garland migrated to Australia at the age of 22. He successfully campaigned for religious education to be introduced into […]
‘Hello, Monty. Glad to see you.’ The Governor of Gibraltar, Rusty Eastwood, held out his hand as the car door opened and a distinctive black beret became visible. ‘Hello, Rusty. How are you?’ A thin-faced man with a trim moustache stepped out of the car and was quickly ushered out of sight. But not quite […]
Although George Ronalds only ever moved 5 kilometres from his birthplace in Jindivick, East Gippsland, he has made some very big moves in other ways. During his lifetime, he moved from farmer, to work as an earthmover, and later he ‘broke new ground’, becoming a world champion cheesemaker. As the founder of Jindi Cheese, he […]
Australia’s iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge is recognised around the world. From the day it was formally opened it has been a celebrated part of Sydney’s landscape. A special series of four stamps was issued to commemorate its opening in 1932, at the height of the Great Depression. One of the most important occasions it has […]
In the 1950s, former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies said that the Royal Flying Doctor Service was ‘perhaps the single greatest contribution to the effective settlement of the far distant country we have witnessed in our time’. What wonderful praise for the person who started it all: the Reverend John Flynn. John Flynn’s parents, Thomas […]
The horses were restless, pawing the ground in the relentless heat. A shimmering haze hung over the desert, taunting the waiting riders and their thirsty steeds with the promise of water. In the distance, a pall of dust obscured the fighting. But the dust cloud was crawling aimlessly, not flying forward. It was obvious that […]
For over two hundred years, the final resting place of the man ultimately responsible for the naming of Australia was unknown. Then, in early 2019, his lead-plated coffin was discovered at the back of a train station in London. An accomplished explorer, Matthew Flinders has the largest mountain range in South Australia named after him, […]
In the early seventeenth century, many people in the then ‘known world’ were not sure that Australia existed – except, of course, the Indigenous people who lived here. In other parts of the world, there had been stories and myths for a long time about a great continent somewhere in the vast southern oceans. Many […]
After passing over rough ground covered with the bodies of the dead and wounded, strewn with barbed wire and pocked by shellfire, the nineteen-year-old sergeant led his men into a water-filled ditch which had at one time passed for a German trench. Then, as he inadvertently raised his head a bit too high, a bullet […]
Have you ever wondered how Mother’s Day and Father’s Day started? According to an article in the Australian Women’s Weekly on 7 May 1969, Mrs Janet Heyden of Strathfield in Sydney was responsible for the introduction and promotion of both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in Australia. Back in 1923, Janet Heyden had been concerned for the […]