Jack Thompson And The Gearin’s Ghost!
Below: actor Jack Thompson Anyone who knows me at all would know of the affinity that I have for the Blue Mountains area in NSW. For the past little while I have taken groups of tourists and foreign students on…
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Ben Chifley A Local Man
Many countries have had leaders who have come from humble beginnings, and for Australia, this leader was Ben Chifley. Joseph Benedict Chifley was born in Bathurst, NSW, Australia in 1885, the son of an Irish – Australian blacksmith. He left…
Just Who Invented Australia Anyway
So, just who invented Australia in the first place? Even though the land wasn’t settled by Europeans until 1788, they were apparently aware of it from the time of Aristotle… Of course, the indigenous Australians were there thousands of years…