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Hey, Donald, Sir Les is Raring to Go!
When news broke about Donald Trump’s election, Sir Les Patterson was thrilled. This happy snap shows Sir Les when he heard the news while up the bush, extending his heartwarming love affair with...
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Shane Jacobson’s TV Debut in 1994
Shane Jacobson explains lighting for rock bands. This is Shane Jacobson’s 1994 TV debut, aged about 23. These excerpts are from an instructional video on rock’n’roll lighting for Ausmusic, a...
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Melbourne’s Best River Walks
Melbourne has many more rivers than the Yarra, as this map shows. The best ones have well-made trails along at least one bank. In August 2009 three friends and I decided that once a year we would walk...
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The Greatest Hero in History?
Stanislav Petrov is the former Soviet lieutenant-colonel who saved the world on 26 September 1983 from nuclear war and Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). He followed his instincts and ignored a...
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Ronny Chieng: Fan Fiction
Ronny Chieng: International Student If, like me, you enjoyed the first season of ABC TV’s Ronny Chieng: International Student in 2017, you will probably be hoping for a second season. I confess that I...
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NASA’s Handy Little Sea-Level Meter
Noticed a bit of extra rust around your place lately? Probably the seaspray closing in. So how fast are the oceans rising? NASA has a handy little online meter that can show you how long to go before...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1919-20 Pandemic
F. Scott Fitzgerald The following is a letter written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1920 while he was quarantined in the south of France during the Spanish influenza pandemic, which sounds very familiar...
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