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The Story of Will H Lister – An Article by Warren Fahey, Australian Folklore Unit
The story of Will H. Lister – Australian Bush Humorist An article by Warren Fahey, Australian Folklore Unit I am an inveterate explorer of second-hand bookshops and book fairs. In 2002, at a Kings Cross antiquarian book fair I found a slightly damaged copy of a book titled Me – Und […]
In Obum Scrub – Article by Pastor Aub Podlich
THE LUTHERAN -30 May 2005 In Obum Scrub (This is a photo of the Fassifern Scrub-in the 1890’s – obtained by Mark Schuster) How one family is working to preserve and restore a part of God’s creation – Aub Podlich ‘To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.’ (Mary […]
Article by Anna Haebich (from Griffith Review)
Essay: A long way back – reflections of a genealogical tourist Author: Anna Haebich Earlier this year I made a brief visit to my mother’s family homeland in Germany on the edge of the North Sea. Since I was a child I had dreamed of this country but as an adult had […]
David Forrest and the ‘Lost’ Tapes of Binjour
David Forrest and the ‘Lost’ Tapes of Binjour Photograph of Binjour German settlers brass band Many years ago whilst staying in the Gayndah and Munduberra districts I contacted Vera Wolf in Munduberra when searching for German songs in the Burnett district. Vera informed me that many years previously a young […]