Sausages and elections go hand in hand in Australia. The schools and community centres which are used throughout the country as polling booths take advantage of elections to do some much-needed fundraising. The most popular fundraising event is the sausage sizzle. All that is needed is a barbeque, sliced white bread and tomato sauce to make a sausage sandwich. Often fried … [Read more...] about Sausages and Australian Elections
Western Australia
East of India: Forgotten Trade with Australia
Many Australians would be unaware of how much Indians have contributed to this country. Indians have traded with Australia since the first European settlement; they have lived and worked here for over two hundred years. Yet we don’t often hear about this aspect of Australian history. The exhibition, ‘East of India: Forgotten trade with Australia’ currently being held at the … [Read more...] about East of India: Forgotten Trade with Australia
Glimpses of an Extraordinary Life
Warning: This post contains references to Aboriginal people who are now deceased. The Lone Protestor is the story of a remarkable Aboriginal man who lived in Europe during the interwar years. Anthony Martin Fernando’s protest about the terrible treatment of Aborigines in Australia was featured on the front page of the highly regarded Der Bund newspaper in Switzerland in … [Read more...] about Glimpses of an Extraordinary Life
