We overlook or forget the hostility intolerance suspicion and racism that different migrant groups have revealed in the Australian character.
Tag: Social Life
Irene Kearins Small Businesswoman
We learn of a woman who discovered that being a wife, mother (two school-age sons Terry and Lance) and home-maker, wasn't going to give her the fulfilment she wanted.
A Deviation from the Castlereagh Highway
How did that name come about? I guess it is tall and steep like a woman's petticoat, but you might have other theories. It was surely named by a man.
Further Along the Castlereagh Highway
It seems to me Capertee, population 145 at the last census, punches above its weight.
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.
Death by Influenza
Strangely, this flu attacked young, healthy, fit adults rather than the very young, old and infirm. Â Â Â
A Blood Sport
Coursing took my interest, firstly because I didn't know what it was, and once I did, I was drawn to the squabbling element.
Let Me Tell You About the Cordial Factory
You probably think of cordial the same way I did: a coloured syrup (bright red or green in my day) which you poured into a glass, up to about a centimetre, and then topped up with ice cold water.
Kandos History 