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Frank Eliason: illusionist
Franklin ‘Frank’ Eugene Eliason (1878-1921?), was an American illusionist, magician and shadographer, who used stage names including Dante,…
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Edmunda Hammer: magician
Virginia ‘Verge’ Edmunda Hammer (1873–1946), was an American variety performer, whose stage names included Electra the Magic Wonder,…
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Oscar Eliason: magician
Oscar Eliason (1869–1899), known by the stage name Dante the Great, was an American illusionist and magician who…
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Climate Strike, Melbourne
Tens-of-thousands of people have attended the student-led Climate Strike event in Melbourne. Speakers condemned federal government inaction on…
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Dictionary with 2515 pages
This is a heavy, Shorter Oxford English dictionary, comprising 2515 pages, published in 1937. The Oxford is regarded…
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Jaffna fort, Sri Lanka
The Jaffna fort in northern Sri Lanka was originally built by the Portuguese in 1618. Forces under the…
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‘The grim contest between man and nature’
This a sequence of rare audio recordings of eyewitness accounts and news reports from the 1967 Black Tuesday…
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Rasta house, South Africa
In parts of South Africa, there are many followers of the Rastafarian movement, which originated in Jamaica in…
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Photos
Boobook owl, Melbourne
The Southern Boobook owl (Ninox boobook) can be found all over Australia, southern Papua New Guinea, and in…
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Storks’ nest, Morocco
At certain times of the year, the highly migratory white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is commonly seen in Morocco…