Pulpit Hill (1813-2013): a nomination for heritage recognition 2011

Book; Book/Illustrated – 2011 https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156364170 Title Pulpit Hill (1813-2013) : a nomination for heritage recognition / Australia First Party. Other Authors Saleam, Jim.Australia First Party. Published Blue Mountains, N.S.W. Australia First Party, 2011. Carrier Types other Physical Description 1 computer laser optical disc (CD-ROM).…

Eureka flag nationalist origins extend to the Murray River

The Eureka Flag was first flown by Diggers (White gold mining prospectors) on the Ballaarat goldfields at Bakery Hill on November 30 in 1854. However, the use of the Southern Cross constellation design dates back to the National Colonial Flag of 1823,…

Eureka Flag of the Southern Cross design and symbolic origins of Australian Nationalism

There is no controversy about the Eureka Flag.  It is singularly an icon of Australian nationalism since 1854, symbolic of Australian national identity, Australian sovereign independence and of Australian individual freedoms. The Banner of the Ballaarat Reform League of Diggers Upon the…

Australia Day historic truths warrant to ‘change the day’ to a whole bloody week of festivity!

Australia Day, 26th January, flying our traditional Australian Flag, the mandatory long weekend public holiday fully paid, mandatory speaking English, whatever it’s Aussie time! Australia Day January 26 is so rock solid historically cemented in the cultural psyche of Australians that it…

Feb 19: Imperial Japanese Bombing of Darwin

Just before 10am on February 19, 1942, Darwin was attacked by the Japanese in the first of two air raids under the command of Naval Captain Mitsuo Fuchida, who had ten weeks earlier bombed Pearl Harbour. Darwin, the largest population centre in…