QUADRUPLE AMPUTEE COMPLETES SWIM LINKING WORLD'S CONTINENTS
Quadruple amputee competes swim linking world's continents - TelegraphA French quadruple amputee has completed an icy swim from America to Russia as the final part of a swimming quest to link the...
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BRAVE DARWIN BOMBING HERO DIES
PHOTO: Gunner Jack Mulholland spent his life campaigning for the Darwin defenders to be properly remembered. (Supplied: Darwin Military Museum)One of the last living defenders of Darwin during World...
View ArticleClarence Valley Today: The Art of the Epitaph
This is an interesting blog 'Clarence Valley in Time' for those interested in the Northern Rivers District of NSW... some great photos and snippets of history. As this is my home area, I love being...
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CONVERSE IN VERSE
I love to write, but writing is of no value if no one reads it, so this will be my indulgence... and I hope, your pleasure...Indulge me, as I converse in verse....UNFULFILLED PROMISEA crumpled...
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PARIS TRAIN
A rail journey fit for a king: Paris commuter train has carriages transformed to resemble roomsfrom the Palace of Versailles Few commuters in Britain would describe their train journey to and...
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THE WHIMSY OF JANE SEABROOK...
Sometimes, we need to see things just for fun...JANE SEABROOK is an illustrator and designer who lives in Auckland, New Zealand. In recent years, her artwork has focused on paintings of wildlife for...
View ArticleHOW TIME CHANGES LITERATURE...
When I first met my husband's Irish grandmother, she was full of questions, as I expected... What I didn't quite expect was that she and I would form a firm bond on that day because of a shared...
View ArticleODDITIES...
This really was That Moment in Time... can't see this being posted today..."May 1755 - The marriage of Bartholomew Vogwell (Woolcomber) and Alice Bisset, the late Joseph Harris's whore with five Base...
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QUEENSLAND STATE ARCHIVES | ASSISTED IMMIGRATION 1848-1912
Now if you really want to find The Way They Were, go to the Queensland State Archives site and search through the indexes. Shipping records vary in the amount of information they contain, but you just...
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FAMILY HISTORY - A PASSION FOR SO MANY OF US...
Passion for family history is something so many of us can identify with. We don't quite think like others, we're always searching for just one more clue, one snippet of information that might answer...
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A RECENT MOMENT IN TIME
Our lives are made of many moments in time, some we barely notice as they pass on by, just like so many before them.However, some make you sit up and take notice... they leave an impression that stays...
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CRISSOULI'S 2012 CHRISTMAS GENEAMEME
I have taken this directly from my friend, Pauleen's blog ... I am a little past the start of Advent, but here I am...You can read her answers...
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RECYCLED CHRISTMAS
At this time of year, we get overwhelmed with Christmas stories, poems, and themes... so to save you reading all you have before here, I will just give you the link to return, if you wish, to a number...
View ArticleMUSIC FROM MISERY TO JOY
As we rush through shops piled with all sorts of enticing wonders, spare a thought for this community, making the very most out of what they have...MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL...
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CHILDHOOD DREAMS
Recently I was tidying up some old cupboards and came across a very tattered, thinly covered pink rabbit. Tears overwhelmed me, and I sat there, cuddling that rabbit from long ago, while memories...
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HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY 2013
AUSTRALIA DAY 2013 BLOG CHALLENGEThanks to Helen V. Smith for suggesting the Australia Day challengehttp://helenvsmithresearch.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/2013-australia-day-challenge.htmlHelen asked us to...
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HEARTBREAK IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Please take a few moments to look and read... and please, please, not only comment here, but write to your friends, tell them about this, then all write to the relevant authorities...Karrakatta...
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