[Editor: This article, reporting on a lecture about the White Australia Policy, was published in the Goulburn Evening Post (Goulburn, NSW), 3 September 1940.] White Australia policy Influence in our history It was in 1892 that E. G. Wakefield proposed the indenture of … [Read more...] about White Australia policy: Influence in our history [3 September 1940]
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Blowing of Mail office safe: Defendant makes statement [court report, 9 August 1940]
[Editor: This article, a court report regarding a robbery, was published in The Southern Mail (Bowral, NSW), 9 August 1940.] Blowing of Mail office safe. Defendant makes statement. At Bowral Police Court on Thursday before Messrs. E. L. Brake and Walter Stokes, J’s.P., … [Read more...] about Blowing of Mail office safe: Defendant makes statement [court report, 9 August 1940]
Urged soldiers to rescue him [court report, 3 September 1940]
[Editor: This article, regarding the trial of a soldier arrested for being drunk in public, was published in the Goulburn Evening Post (Goulburn, NSW), 3 September 1940.] Urged soldiers to rescue him When he was fined 10/ or 24 hours’ for drunkenness, a 20-year-old … [Read more...] about Urged soldiers to rescue him [court report, 3 September 1940]
Three months’ for stealing [court report, 3 September 1940]
[Editor: This article, regarding the trial of a man arrested for stealing, was published in the Goulburn Evening Post (Goulburn, NSW), 3 September 1940.] Urged soldiers to rescue him Pleading guilty at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing hair-combs … [Read more...] about Three months’ for stealing [court report, 3 September 1940]
Bread & Cheese and literary mateship [30 November 1940]
[Editor: This article about the Bread and Cheese Club was published in Smith’s Weekly (Sydney, NSW), 30 November 1940.] Bread & Cheese and literary mateship Believe it or not, there’s a spot of Bohemia in Melbourne. The Beefsteak Club is a memory .... Fasoli’s is no … [Read more...] about Bread & Cheese and literary mateship [30 November 1940]
Two Members of the Australian Choir: J. Alex. Allan and Jim Grahame [by P. I. O’Leary, 13 June 1940]
[Editor: This article by P. I. O’Leary was published in the “Books & Bookmen” column in The Advocate (Melbourne, Vic.), 13 June 1940. The article reviews three publications: Revolution, by J. Alex. Allan; Call of the Bush, by Jim Grahame; and The Etched Work of Victor … [Read more...] about Two Members of the Australian Choir: J. Alex. Allan and Jim Grahame [by P. I. O’Leary, 13 June 1940]
Hymn for Airmen [hymn by L. E. Homfray, 31 July 1940]
[Editor: This hymn, written during the Second World War (1939-1945), by L. E. Homfray, was published in The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Taree, NSW), 31 July 1940.] Hymn for Airmen. Tune: Old Hundredth. Oh! Thou … [Read more...] about Hymn for Airmen [hymn by L. E. Homfray, 31 July 1940]
No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest [poem by Mary Gilmore, 29 June 1940]
[Editor: This poem by Mary Gilmore was published in The Australian Women’s Weekly, 29 June 1940, during the Second World War (1939-1945).] No foe shall gather our harvest Sons of the mountains of Scotland, Clansmen from correi and kyle, Bred of the moors of … [Read more...] about No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest [poem by Mary Gilmore, 29 June 1940]
Review and Resolve [poem, 9 April 1940]
[Editor: A poem by R.J. Cassidy. Published in The Worker (Brisbane), 9 April 1940.] Review and Resolve Labor Journalist Wins Jubilee Poem Competition In New South Wales, where Labor is celebrating its Golden Jubilee, it was decided to hold a Jubilee Labor Poem … [Read more...] about Review and Resolve [poem, 9 April 1940]