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Human interest and entertaining tales of yesteryear with respected journalist Frank Morris
12 February 24
Queensland: Mackay and the Art Deco buildings
Mackay has an outstanding collection of art deco architecture constructed early in the 20th Century. Art Deco styling made its buildings look different, especially when you compared them with other cities in Queensland. A look at Art Deco … The Australian population did not know much about architecture. Mind you, a few ...
24 January 24
Flashback: Creator and Big Ted are together again
ABC Play School Big Ted recently polled 32 out of 100 TV when viewers took part in an entertainment magazine survey. Not a bad effort for Big Ted - one of the leading characters from the ABC Play School team. Graham Byrne was born in 1938 at a place called Watford, England. ...
24 January 24
At the Club: He was the equivalent of a true showman!
He dropped the ‘h’ like a true showman Veteran funny man, Billy Kearns, was summoned to the film studio. Kearns was asked was put down the ‘Udson without an “H”. He did like a true showman. Pioneer Ian Hudson, who came from the family of timber merchants, A. Hudson & Son Pty Ltd, ...
13 December 23
Christmas Time: Story about lions!
Lions are a symbol of courage He stood on the rim of a rock surveying the realms of his territory. He realises that he is the king of beasts. Mr Lion jumped down from the rock, stretched and yawned, and walked back to his pride. Mr Lion would tip the scale at ...
13 December 23
Christmas Time: The two Kings of radio!
Jack Davey was the king of radio broadcasters in his day. Davey was up against American-born, Bob Dyer, who thought he was king. Socially, they were both good friends; but behind the mike they were deadly enemies. Jack and Bob came to Australia from different countries – Jack hailed from NZ ...
29 November 23
Christmas Time: Fatty Finn brings back hilarious moments of the Billy Goat Derby!
The kids silent movie classic of all time, The Kid Stakes, produce in 1927, was made as a focus on Sydney as it was during the twenties. Yes, There were Billy Goat Derby’s pulled by real dinky-di goats and brimming with sound effects, music and advertisement from the period. Old Sydney ...
29 November 23
TIME 100 ISSUE: Final. Romancing Australia. Gallery of Photos!
The first edition of TIME AUSTRALIA magazine hit the streets in 1986, but the relationship with TIME started in 1927. Australia – one of “the great moments” Time began romancing Australia (“Down Under”) with a report on April 18, 1927, covering one of “the greatest moments” in our history – the opening ...
15 November 23
The Great War: Letter to the Editor - Gallipoli campaign
The Editor, Daily Telegraph Sir, The brunt of the fighting was borne by the British, who suffered more than 26,000 deaths, and that the French fatal casualties were greater than those of the Anzacs. It is absurd to state that “more than a quarter of a million Allied Servicemen died in the whole ...
15 November 23
Christmas Time: Spontaneous collection - “We live in an interesting place …”
Fennimore, The Bronte Sisters, Edger Poe … reads them now! Books reach us through various channels: bookshops, libraries (both private and public), social networks and religious and professional groups, and so on. Sometimes, people find it’s hard to remember the books they have read. Mark Twain famously remarked that “the further he ...
