Most of my four hundred and three postcards are about travel – the great Australian pastime of the last four or five decades – leaving home, coming home and, for the recipient, staying home.
Category: War
A Building Inquiry
The Depression had a devastating impact on Kandos property. At the second mortgagee sale in 1934 seven “fine” Kandos properties sold for a total of £135 (one property worth an estimated £800).
A Notable Building in a Rare 20th Century Town – Kandos
What could be more mood-altering than a dance hall that suggested a glittering French palace.
1st Australian Horse – the Rylstone troop
On that day young bloods, sons of pastoralists mainly, rode in to Rylstone on their horses, were inspected, learnt the conditions of the regiment and were sworn in at the courthouse.
A Soldier’s Letters
That terrible war was about ordinary young men wanting adventure, itching to test their heroic capacity on foreign battlefields, wanting to prove their love of country and empire.
Is There Something Wrong with Anzac Day?
Even in those early years, Australians understood the significance of Anzac Day as more than a commemoration of those who had fought.
Sweetheart Souvenirs
Browsing through some old papers the other day, I came across a perspex swan. It's the type of pretty, purposeless object that attracts a child and in fact fits neatly into a child's hand. I remember holding it often as I explored my mother's dressing table and examined her trinkets. However, it was a group… Continue reading Sweetheart Souvenirs
