[Editor: This article, about Australia Day, was published in The Armidale Express (Armidale, NSW), 26 January 1953.] Australia Day In the calendar of time, the span of 165 years is of almost minute duration. Yet, since Captain Arthur Phillip landed on Sydney Cove … [Read more...] about Australia Day [26 January 1953]
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Australia Day [24 January 1953]
[Editor: This article, about Australia Day, was published in The Irwin Index and Victoria District Gazette (Mingenew, WA), 24 January 1953.] Australia Day From the viewpoint of national sentiment, few days in the calendar have a greater call on our attention than … [Read more...] about Australia Day [24 January 1953]
[Why is … the Acacia … known as wattle?] [2 January 1953]
[Editor: This item, regarding the origin of the name of the wattle tree, is an extract from “The Oracle Answers” section published in The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 2 January 1953.] [Why is ... the Acacia ... known as wattle?] Q. Why is it that the European tree, the Acacia, … [Read more...] about [Why is … the Acacia … known as wattle?] [2 January 1953]
Rommel’s comments on Australian soldiers [1941-1942]
Following are some excerpts from The Rommel Papers (1953), which reproduces some letters from Rommel to his wife, in three of which he mentions Australian soldiers. Erwin Rommel was the German field marshal who led the German and Italian forces in North Africa during the Second … [Read more...] about Rommel’s comments on Australian soldiers [1941-1942]
Greenland [poem, 20 November 1953]
[Editor: A child’s poem, published in The Argus, 20 November 1953.] Greenland Greenland is a cold land, A land of ice and snow, And you’d probably see igloos, Wherever you may go. They’re built of ice and snow, And are very warm inside, The children’s clothes are … [Read more...] about Greenland [poem, 20 November 1953]
Anzacs [poem, 23 April 1953]
Anzacs From the cities, and the townships; From the mining camps they came; From all comers of their homeland, To defend their country’s name. And they counted not the hardships Of the game they had to play; They just played it, hard as ever, In the real colonial … [Read more...] about Anzacs [poem, 23 April 1953]