Comments on: Australian Stories

Australian Stories

plep — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:26:50 -0800

from Australian museums about unusual aspects of Australian history : rabbits in Western Australia (where they came from, attempts - mostly failed - to control them); the National Quilt Register and quilt stories; fish; Chinese-Australians in rural Australia; indigenous stories from Napranum and Thursday Island; the trams of Ballarat; William Buckley, an escaped convict who lived in the bush for 33 years; Annie Russell of Brewarrina in northern NSW; the Benedictine Community of New Norcia in WA; an ambush at Broken Hill; Australian fashion; conserving a 17th century musical instrument.
Related :- Koori hidden histories and children's art in Victoria (as well as some oral histories from around the world); 100 years of Queensland Aboriginal life; Antarctica and pictorial collections from the State Library of NSW.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:31:08 -0800

Holy crap! Thanks, plep; I'll be reading these for hours.

By: cheaily

cheaily — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:44:07 -0800

Strewth! *cough*

By: serafinapekkala

serafinapekkala — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:08:09 -0800

good on yer, plep!

By: steef

steef — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:43:57 -0800

a great site showcasing a nation's museums. 's good! i don't think the u.s. has anything as all-inclusive. (but for just a second i thought the pictoral collections from the state library were NWS.)

By: littlegirlblue

littlegirlblue — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:24:44 -0800

The quilt link was really cool. If I could ever get my mom to learn how to use the net, she would enjoy that site a lot.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:54:36 -0800

Great collection of links, plep - thanks! I liked these 1865 aboriginal drawings. And I agree with littlegirlblue, the quilt link is quite nice.

By: spazzm

spazzm — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:55:03 -0800

Crikey! This is good.

By: johnny7

johnny7 — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:23:35 -0800

Thanks plep. Good effort.