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“Where’s our scrip?” Gullible Australian investors [Mary Gilmore’s column, 2 January 1908]

16 August 2024 · Leave a Comment

A Woman’s Column: Conducted by Mary Gilmore.

[Editor: This article, regarding Australian investors apparently swindled by some shady American businessmen (or con men), was included in “A Woman’s Column” (edited by Mary Gilmore), published in The Worker (Sydney, NSW), 2 January 1908.] “Where’s our scrip?” Gullible … [Read more...] about “Where’s our scrip?” Gullible Australian investors [Mary Gilmore’s column, 2 January 1908]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, buy Australian, con men, fraud, Mary Gilmore column, publication The Worker (Sydney NSW), SourceTrove, swindles, year1908

Buy “Australian-Made” [by W. R. Bagnall, 22 June 1928]

18 May 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, by W. R. Bagnall, was published in The Kyogle Examiner and Upper Richmond Advocate (Kyogle, NSW), 22 June 1928.] Buy “Australian-Made.” (By W. R. Bagnall, Director, “Australian-Made” Preference League.) All trade is not advantageous trade, even … [Read more...] about Buy “Australian-Made” [by W. R. Bagnall, 22 June 1928]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Australian-Made Preference League, buy Australian, SourceTrove, William Roy Clifford Bagnall (1882-1950) (author), year1928

“Buy Australian-Made” [29 October 1924]

5 February 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in The Sydney Mail (Sydney, NSW), 29 October 1924.] “Buy Australian-Made” There is every opportunity for housewives to be patriotic by buying goods made in Australia. It seems a pity that so few take the trouble to inquire the source … [Read more...] about “Buy Australian-Made” [29 October 1924]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Australian-Made Preference League, buy Australian, publication The Sydney Mail (Sydney), SourceTrove, year1924

“Australia First!” [12 March 1915]

15 May 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, about supporting Australian industry, was published in Building and Real Estate (Sydney, NSW), 12 March 1915.] “Australia First!” Many well-meaning people just now are talking a good deal about taking immediate steps to “expand the trade of the … [Read more...] about “Australia First!” [12 March 1915]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: buy Australian, phrase "Australia first", SourceTrove, year1915

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  • Danger in the Bush [poem re drop bears, 17 September 1891]
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The Bastard from the Bush [poem, circa 1900]
A Book for Kids [by C. J. Dennis, 1921]
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Core of My Heart [“My Country”, poem by Dorothea Mackellar, 24 October 1908]
Freedom on the Wallaby [poem by Henry Lawson, 16 May 1891]
The Man from Ironbark [poem by Banjo Paterson]
Nationality [poem by Mary Gilmore, 12 May 1942]
The Newcastle song [music video, sung by Bob Hudson]
No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest [poem by Mary Gilmore, 29 June 1940]
Our pipes [short story by Henry Lawson]
Rommel’s comments on Australian soldiers [1941-1942]
Shooting the moon [short story by Henry Lawson]

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