“A small match-box full of gold…”
The birth of Bendigo, and a nominee for Aussie iconography… Christian Asquith began life in
Places
Jaffna fort, Sri Lanka
The Jaffna fort in northern Sri Lanka was originally built by the Portuguese in 1618.
‘The grim contest between man and nature’
This a sequence of rare audio recordings of eyewitness accounts and news reports from the
Rasta house, South Africa
In parts of South Africa, there are many followers of the Rastafarian movement, which originated
Storks’ nest, Morocco
At certain times of the year, the highly migratory white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is commonly
Freestyle Australian home decoration
In Australia’s major cities, oppressive local government by-laws can squash the creativity of those with
No welcome to Australia
This Australian government billboard in northern Sri Lanka, written in Tamil, is designed to dissuade
Clever mother, New Caledonia
Have to carry some coconuts, a baby and an umbrella while keeping a hand free
Sceptical cop, Cuba
The faint smile on the cop’s face says it all: “I’ve heard it all, a
Stone money, Yap
The people in Yap in the western Pacific believe a sea explorer named Anagumang made