Abbott on Pell: ‘The greatest man I’ve ever known’ Tony Abbott This funeral is less a sad farewell to a great friend and more a joyous tribute to a great hero. It’s the celebration of a wonderful life, a once-in-a-generation gathering of the people of faith to re-dedicate ourselves to the ideals George Pell livedContinue reading “Tribute”
Category Archives: History
Cardinal Pell laid to rest
Flat White Kevin Donnelly Getty Images Kevin Donnelly 2 February 2023 4:30 AM The world, and not just the Christian world, will be a lesser place after the loss of Cardinal George Pell in early January and Pope Benedict XVI late last year. Both men, in addition to their intense faith and willingness to defendContinue reading “Cardinal Pell laid to rest”
Pell’s silent support
Flat White James Parker Getty Images James Parker 2 February 2023 11:41 AM The funeral of Cardinal George Pell takes place today at Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, the mother church from where Pell guided the Catholic faithful of the Archdiocese of Sydney for thirteen years and often spoke fearlessly beyond its perimeters into theContinue reading “Pell’s silent support”
Novak’s Churchill-esque victory speech
Flat White Dean Troth Getty Images Dean Troth 30 January 2023 12:56 PM Novak Djokovic has returned as the world’s number one tennis player. He was crowned King at Melbourne Park following his tenth Australian Open title on Sunday, January 29 after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas. This makes him the first man in the Open eraContinue reading “Novak’s Churchill-esque victory speech”
First Person
A Packet of Cornflakes: Childhood in Wartime Brisbane Ian Callinan At the beginning of 1940 the population of Brisbane was about 300,000. My brother Jimmy, aged seventeen, the eldest of three sons, having raised his age by two years and forged our parents’ consent to his enlistment, was training to be a dispatch rider inContinue reading “First Person”
World
Invented female characters are a betrayal of history Nigel Jones Anna Maxwell Martin as Lily Taylor, a fictional MI5 officer in A Spy Among Friends (Photo: ITVX/Sony Pictures) Nigel Jones 4 December 2022 5:00 PM The popular historian Ben Macintyre is a fortunate fellow. No sooner has the BBC’s acclaimed adaptation of his account ofContinue reading “World”
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Australians all let us rejoice, for Gough is, thankfully, long gone Terry Barnes Getty Images Terry Barnes 2 December 2022 4:00 AM Today is the 50th anniversary of the election of the Whitlam government. The hagiography is coming in a torrent: Whitlam the visionary; Whitlam the courageous; Whitlam the Prime Minister who changed Australia forever;Continue reading “Flat White”
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A republic by stealth: why the King belongs on the $5 banknote Jake Durrington Getty Images Jake Durrington 30 November 2022 7:00 AM Do Australians know who is on their banknotes? How many of us, if asked randomly on the street, would be able to say with certainty who Mary Reibey ($20), David Unaipon ($50),Continue reading “Flat White”
The Man Who Made Tennis What It Is
Sport Roger Underwood My brother, Peter, has completed a wonderful book[i] on the history of “the pro champions” of tennis – those top players who were the best in the world from the 1930s to the late 1960s, but who were denied entry to the major championships and the Davis Cup … because they wereContinue reading “The Man Who Made Tennis What It Is”
Ancient Archaeology
Prosper Machumi · · The Derinkuyu underground city is an ancient multi-level underground city in the Derinkuyu district in Cappadocia region, Turkey, extending to a depth of approximately 85 metres (279 ft). It is believed that the underground city was built as a shelter that is not to be seen from above, for theContinue reading “Ancient Archaeology“
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Australia: a ship without a sail Ron Pike Getty Images Ron Pike 10 October 2022 3:17 PM As I look across the Australian landscape, a landscape I love and have appreciated since my youth, this Old Bushy does so now with feelings of trepidation and concern. The land that makes us what we are isContinue reading “Flat White“
Noah’s Flood – History or Myth? (“Debunking the 7 Myths that Deny Biblical Truth” Series
WHAT IS AUSTRALIA and WHO ARE THE AUSTRALIANS?
WHAT IS AUSTRALIA and WHO ARE THE AUSTRALIANS? On the 1st January 1901 Australia was created, not a piece of geography, but as a legal entity which had never existed before. With Western Australia joining at the last minute five mainland and one Island Colony melded into a single indissoluble Nation. Also with Western AustraliaContinue reading “WHAT IS AUSTRALIA and WHO ARE THE AUSTRALIANS?”
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Until we meet again Alexandra Marshall Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 20 September 2022 4:00 AM Red roses hit the side of the state hearse as the Queen’s coffin was driven from London to Windsor at the conclusion of the funeral. By the time the procession reached Windsor Castle, many flowers had caught against the windscreenContinue reading “Flat White“
A Nation for a Continent
Keith Windschuttle Editor, Quadrant Magazine 30th August 2022 One of the major arguments for the creation of the Australian nation in 1901 was that it would produce something unique in the world, what our first Commonwealth Prime Minister Edmund Barton called: “a nation for a continent and a continent for a nation”. This was especiallyContinue reading “A Nation for a Continent”
World
Something extraordinary is happening in Iran Brendan O’Neill (Credit: YouTube) Brendan O’Neill 21 September 2022 11:35 PM The images coming out of Iran are remarkable. Women are ripping off their hijabs and burning them in public. They’re dancing in the streets and shaking their freed hair as onlookers whoop and cheer. These are stunning actsContinue reading “World“
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Our collective immortality James Kildare Getty Images James Kildare 20 September 2022 7:00 AM Over the last week many patients – I suspect, upon hearing my accent – have asked my opinion of the Queen. This is out of character for Australia, as political issues seldom arise in hospitals. This behaviour is mostly driven byContinue reading “Flat White“
Leading article Australia
God save our CM The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 17 September 2022 9:00 AM It doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, ‘God save our gracious constitutional monarchy, long live our noble constitution monarchy, God save the constitutional monarch’. But that is the essence of what two weeks of emotional outpouringsContinue reading “Leading article Australia“
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Jordan Peterson defends the Commonwealth Flat White Screenshot from YouTube ‘Jordan Peterson Comments on the Queen’s Passing’ Flat White 12 September 2022 7:00 AM We have heard plenty from our morally-rotten politicians, journalists who have no idea what a constitutional monarchy is, and hateful academics who idiotically used the death of a much-loved woman toContinue reading “Flat White“
Aborigines possibly the tenth race to have inhabited Australia
Sep 7 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Letter to the Editor The Torres Strait Islanders are a different race of unrelated people of Melanesian descent, their history goes back about 3,000 years diverging to a mix of Papuan and Lapita people 30,000 years ago. They are a well structured society with agriculture and productive communal industry, andContinue reading “Aborigines possibly the tenth race to have inhabited Australia”
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