QUESTIONS STILL BEING ASKED ABOUT THE TRUE STATE OF MIDCOAST COUNCIL FINANCES
The August edition of this paper gave disturbing details of an adverse report about the MidCoast Council finances by the…
THE INCREDIBLE INGENUITY OF INDIGENOUS FISHING KNOWLEDGE
Standing on a ferry chugging across Sydney Harbour, it’s still possible to imagine the city as it was in 1788…
WIFEDOM – MRS ORWELL’S INVISIBLE LIFE
ANNA FUNDER. Hamish Hamilton (an imprint of Penguin Books) Rrp. $36.95 Why was this woman airbrushed from two of the…
ONE ILLUMINED THREAD
Sally Colin-James, Fourth Estate (Harper Collins imprint) RRP. $32.99 As you read this book let your imagination take you back…
MIND OF THE NATION UNIVERSITIES IN AUSTRALIAN LIFE
Michael Wesley La Trobe University Press 2023 RRP $34.99 More Australians than ever now have university degrees, or are attending…
THE FIRST ASTRONOMERS HOW INDIGENOUS ELDERS READ THE STARS
Duane Hamacher with Elders and Knowledge Holders Allen & Unwin RRP $34.99 When people hear or read about some…
Antiques and Collectables
“In 1967 we were counted, in 2017 we seek to be heard. We leave base camp and start our trek…
AZALEAS FOR AN ABUNDANCE OF COLOUR
When it comes to flowering shrubs, it’s difficult not to be stopped in your tracks by the ravishing beauty of…
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS. . .
. . . and home can be many things. It’s more than a roof over one’s head. It’s a sense…
VOTE YES . . . IT MAKES SENSE
Cast your mind back some six years, when over 250 Indigenous delegates met at Uluru and reached a consensus on…
SHARK SPOTTER SUPREME ON THE WAY?
I checked in with a friend I hadn’t been in touch with for a bit as he always has something…