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‘There was literally a ring of fire about us’

A rare audio recording from 1967 of 11-year-old Tasmanian boy Bob Elliston, talking about his family’s successful efforts…

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Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1978

Bamiyan village, Afghanistan, 1978.

Art

‘Jeannette and Jeannot’, 1848

This drawing depicts the separation of two young lovers, as one leaves to fight in the French Revolutionary…

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Camel, central Australia

A camel in central Australia

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Peppers

Art

‘A Panama Makes a Man-o’-pa!’

‘A Panama Makes a Man-o’-pa!’ by A. H. Lennie (c. 1905). Alexander Henderson Lennie (1890-1968) was a Glasgow-born…

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Boon Juat Lee

Former Chinese seaman Boon Juat Lee served in both the Australian and US armies in WW2, but he…

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Boer POW memorial, Sri Lanka

‘In memory of the Prisoners of War who died at Diyatalawa Camp who were buried near this stone.…

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Kata Tjuta sunrise

Art

James Waltham Curtis

James Waltham Curtis (c. 1839 – September 18, 1901), possibly born Charles James Waltham Curtis, was an English-born…