Anzac Day, 103 years on, Lest We Forget.
The amazing image above is the last photograph of the Australian Infantry Division’s 11th Battalion before being sent off to the infamous Gallipoli campaign of 1915. These early recruits, 703 in total, […]
Stone cliffs and mind mysteries: Some new photos of Hanging Rock.
Originally posted on SeanMunger.com:
My friend and frequent contributor to this blog, Robert Horvat, took an interesting trip this weekend–with his family he went to Hanging Rock, the famous…
Gallipoli relic of a bygone age.
When the allied forces left the Gallipoli peninsula at the end of December 1915, the horrible deadly campaign left a deep scar on the men who fought there and the […]
Bullets, blood, sweat and courage: All in a days work for war cameraman Damien Parer.
To be a war correspondent, photographer or camera person takes great courage. It isn’t your typical run of the mill occupation where you can decide to go home at the […]
Never tell a gentleman he is too old: Ernie Old and his Malvern Star.
Ernie Old, aged 73, at the Melbourne showgrounds in 1947, finishing a 4000-kilometre ride to Brisbane and back. On a recent trip up to our nation’s capital, we visited the […]
Brought to extinction: the Tasmanian Tiger.
The Thylacine, also commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, was one of the world’s most fascinating creatures. It first appeared millions of years ago in Australia extending north to New […]
We should all see our memorials and cenotaphs, at least once in our lifetime.
From an Australian perspective, in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War on 11th November 1918, it is envisaged that the numbers of visitors […]
World Beater? The short history of Australian wine.
Originally posted on SeanMunger.com:
By Robert Horvat The success Australian wine has received over the years is amazing. It, of course, is cyclic depending on things like droughts, floods…
The Battle of Kapyong: A forgotten battle, in a forgotten war.
The 25th April (Anzac Day) is commemorated as a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand for all those “who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and […]
Has The Circus Finally Left Town?
No one expected the circus to stay in town for so long! Yesterday, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that he was quiting federal politics. Can the Labor Party finally […]
The Australian Perspective: Vietnam and The Battle of Long Tan.
The Vietnam War remains to this day, one of the most exhausting and controversial wars Australians have fought in. In Australia, as was the case in the United States, it […]
The Australian Perspective: The Fall of Singapore.
When a substantial British fleet failed to materialize in the Far East in late 1941, it was inevitable that Singapore would fall to a rampaging Japanese force. The Japanese were […]
The Australian perspective: Afghanistan and the War on Terror.
It sometimes seems that ‘enemies’, unlike in traditional warfare fought by two distinct sides not long ago, have changed into forces unrecognizable to us. We live in a world where […]
A Living, Breathing Lone Pine Monument in Australia.
The following article is a complimentary piece to this bloggers previous post entitled Gallipoli and Battle of Lone Pine (Australians at War). I recently visited one of the sights where […]
The Australian perspective: Gallipoli and the Battle of Lone Pine.
On the 28th of June 1914, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne saw the Balkans yet again erupt into bloody battle. (Only recent had the […]
Sailing triumph, the Boxing Kangaroo and the America’s Cup !
“Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover !” […]
