Category Archives: All things Australian

‘National shame’: History used as a ‘weapon’ to ‘tear’ at Australian identity

You’re watching ‘National shame’: History used as a ‘weapon’ to ‘tear’ at Australian identity July 28, 2022 – 7:44PM The Centre for Independent Studies’ Peter Kurti says we need to ensure the school curriculum and teaching of history don’t try to “sidestep or tear down” our past and identity but help children come to termsContinue reading “‘National shame’: History used as a ‘weapon’ to ‘tear’ at Australian identity”

“National shame’’

Natasha Bita The Australian July 28, 2022 “National shame’’ is being taught in school history lessons, a new Centre of Independent Studies ­report claims. British analyst Joanna Williams has charged into Australia’s culture wars, blaming a black-armband view of history for the rise in identity politics among young Australians. “History classes increasingly focus on pastContinue reading ““National shame’’”

TRU BLU AUSSIE

Ross Rolley  · 19h  · How quickly are they forgotten? There are other priorities… Raise the dam wall… Mitigate… Regulate… We have a long term plan – ‘Change the Climate.’ The Pollies, the Journos. Are they including Central Qld. 2019 in their ‘Plan’? How quickly they move on. . Remember this? . Welcome Strangers WhenContinue reading “TRU BLU AUSSIE”

Aborigines

Racist, Sexist, Homophobic. You Know, the Usual Libels Tony Thomas The lugubrious tone of history teaching in Victoria is shown in a second volume of the new four-part Cambridge University Press series Analysing Australian History – Power and Resistance, 1788-1998 ($49.95). The book for the Victorian Certificate of Education course is by Ashley Keith PrattContinue reading “Aborigines”

The Country That Lost Its Memory

History Michael Connor Contributing editor Australia has amnesia. When Veronica Gorrie won two book awards she did what all literature prize-winners do here—she abused the country, kept the money, and misremembered the past: “I find it ironic that the Victorian State Government are awarding me, considering they were the ones that committed past atrocities onContinue reading “The Country That Lost Its Memory”

Sacred Traditions Invented Yesterday

4th July 2022 Comments (22) Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au A general hostility to irrationalism, superstition and customary practices reminiscent of the dark past, if not actually descended from it, made impassioned believers of the Enlightenment, such as liberals, socialists and communists, unreceptive to traditions, old or novel. Socialists … found themselves acquiring an annualContinue reading “Sacred Traditions Invented Yesterday”

Long Live the Long Paddock

. Ross Rolley From native tracks and droving trails, Australian Stock Routes grew to emulate the acorn’s oak beyond the mountains blue. This network runs through timeless land of wet and dry extremes, a stock reserve and pathway built to serve the droving teams. . The outback way was recognised when Evans crossed the rangeContinue reading “Long Live the Long Paddock“

The Dictionary of Sydney

by Jack Brook 2008 Cite this Lock, Maria There was nothing ordinary about Maria Lock. She was the daughter of an Aboriginal chief, her educational achievements were advanced and her marriage to a British convict was unusual. Indeed, the fact that her convict husband was assigned to her was unique. She also became a landholderContinue reading “The Dictionary of Sydney”

‘They’ll have an uprising on their hands’: the fight to save wild horses

The brumby has long been a symbol of Australia’s high country, but as our wild horse population grows, it has become a political problem with one bloody solution. By Konrad MarshallJuly 11, 2020 It’s just after 8am on the Nunniong Plains in Victoria’s high country when professional horse-breaker Lewis Benedetti, atop a big grey thoroughbredContinue reading “‘They’ll have an uprising on their hands’: the fight to save wild horses”

“A Little Blue in My Collar”

· “A Little Blue in My Collar”Written by Dick Roberts There’s still a little blue in my collar, A little dust on my boots, A little party left in this old boy, I can’t change my roots, There’s still a little whiskey in my bottle, A little smoke in my pipe, Find me any fridayContinue reading ““A Little Blue in My Collar””

THERE WAS NO INVASION – HERE’S THE EVIDENCE

Activists will try to convince you that Australia was ‘invaded’.It wasn’t. Historical journal entries from the First Fleet, record that Captain Arthur Phillip was given precise principles by the President of the Royal Society of London, Lord Morton, before he left England that…’the shedding of native blood was prohibited as a crime of the highestContinue reading “THERE WAS NO INVASION – HERE’S THE EVIDENCE”

The Brumbies of Tantangara

The Brumbies of Tantangara How anyone can hurt these magical creatures is beyond me!! Captured by Erin Meally   · THE BRUMBY DIARIES Portrait of a Brumby – Part I ~ with liquid eyes and dancing hooves, I for one envy their wild souls and courageous hearts.. Ever since I was a little girl itContinue reading “The Brumbies of Tantangara”

IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR!

In February, 2019, approximately 500,000 cattle were killed by catastrophic flooding across north Queensland’s Carpentaria Gulf plains. The flood waters rose suddenly, forming a sea of water up to 70km wide. Record depths were reached along 500km of the Flinders River, submerging 25,000 square kilometres of country.To supplement a news report, when next he wentContinue reading “IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR!”

High Country Legends, Stories, Pictures, Songs and Poems (Past and Present)

“She’ll Be Right”Written by Dick Roberts “She’ll be right” that’s what they keep telling me,“Don’t believe what their preaching on TV”Theres millions out of work so they say,A trillion in debt, and a war on its way. “She’ll be right” that’s what they keep telling me,I’m just worried about, this once great country, Holdens gone,Continue reading “High Country Legends, Stories, Pictures, Songs and Poems (Past and Present)”