Sir John Monash was a great Australian. There is no doubt about that.
I agree with Tim Fischer that Sir John should be posthumously promoted to Field Marshal.
As we near the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I it seems appropriate to further recognise Sir John’s achievements. He was a brilliant strategist and proved [...]
Monday (October 13) was the 90th anniversary of the death of my great-uncle James Daniel Gorey.
Jim was my grandfather Michael’s youngest brother.
I’m disappointed with myself for missing the anniversary before now. With commemorations looming for the 90th anniversary of some famous battles on the Somme, and of course the Armistice, my mind is getting back [...]
There aren’t many novels about newspapers. Stories involving print journalists are far fewer than those about lawyers, soldiers and police for example.
That’s a little surprising when you consider that journalists are writers. But when you think about it, we are craftsmen while novelists are artists. We ply a trade while they follow their creative spirits. [...]
According to BBC News, the deputy mayor of Delhi has died after failing to defend himself from a horde of wild monkeys:
SS Bajwa suffered serious head injuries when he fell from the first-floor terrace of his home on Saturday morning trying to fight off the monkeys. The city has long struggled to counter its [...]
Anzac Day has captured the public imagination in Australia. My Anzac Day reflection is to acknowledge that all four of my grandfather’s brothers served in the First World War.
I remember attending April 25 parades as a cub scout in Traralgon where the returned soldiers outnumbered the spectators. There were Boer War veterans in the earliest [...]
I've tried quite a few RSS feed aggregators – software versions and web sites – but I've never stuck with any of them for more than a few days.
That's partly because I switch between Linux and Windows, home and work too regularly to build content and maintain loyalty.
I have found one though, called Gregarius, that I might persist with [...]
Kathleen had her primary school graduation this evening for the second time. Western Australia is the only Australian state where primary school includes year 7, and apparently that may change in 2008.
Anyway, it was good fun for Kathleen, who has been top dog at school for two years in a row.
Tonight we were surprised and [...]
We enjoyed a long weekend on the coast at Esperance. The weather was warm enough for swimming on Saturday but the wind picked up and it was cooler on Sunday.
We drove to Cape Le Grande National Park, about 60km from the town, and I took this photo of Lucky Bay.
The Governor of Western Australia, Dr Ken Michael, has been visiting Kalgoorlie-Boulder this week. We had the honour of hosting him for a tour of the Kalgoorlie Miner building.
He seemed to enjoy it, especially meeting the staff and seeing the old machinery. He suggested we should work towards establishing a newspaper museum, which is a [...]
