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The Boer War - Australia's Culture Portal

Around 16,000 Australians volunteered to fight for Britain against the Dutch-Afrikaner, or Boer, settlers in South Africa from 1899 to 1902. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01065.001. Matthews, Australian Light Horse in Boer War uniform. ...

The Australian Bush - Australia's Culture Portal

The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting, popular music, films and foods. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals b...

Australian folklore - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian folklore, its traditions, customs and beliefs are based on both Indigenous and also non-Indigenous people's knowledge and experience of history in Australia. Some of Australia's folklore remembers the relationship between Europeans and Aborigi...

Australian language, letters and literature - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian language, letters and literature in Australia has been influenced by Aboriginal storytelling, convict tales and the desire by colonists to relate their experiences in a new country. Similarly, the bush ballads of Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo...

Australian Oscar success - Australia's Culture Portal

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science was established in 1927 and the Academy Awards or Oscars ceremonies commenced in 1929. Image courtesy of Latent Image Productions Pty Ltd and National Film & Sound Archive. Their Oscar Statuette is on displa...

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Breaker Morant actor Edward Woodward dies at 79 | The Courier-Mail   (website The Courier-Mail )

ACTOR Edward Woodward, famous for roles including Australian feature Breaker Morant, US series The Equalizer and cult thriller The Wicker Man, has died. > CURTAIN COMES DOWN: Edward Woodward arrives for the world premiere of his last film, Hot Fuzz, in Lo...

Breaker Morant actor Edward Woodward dies at 79 | The Courier-Mail   (website The Courier-Mail )

ACTOR Edward Woodward, famous for roles including Australian feature Breaker Morant, US series The Equalizer and cult thriller The Wicker Man, has died. > CURTAIN COMES DOWN: Edward Woodward arrives for the world premiere of his last film, Hot Fuzz, in Lo...

Politics on ABC Radio National Podcasts   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2009/2746551.htm\\ynnas01\www\external\abc\xmlcontent\rn\backgroundbriefing\stories\2009\2746551.xml2009-11-22T09:10:00+11:00Peter Cosgrove has led the army and then the entire defence force, so he is em...

Breaker Morant actor Edward Woodward dies at 79 | The Courier-Mail   (website The Courier-Mail )

ACTOR Edward Woodward, famous for roles including Australian feature Breaker Morant, US series The Equalizer and cult thriller The Wicker Man, has died. > CURTAIN COMES DOWN: Edward Woodward arrives for the world premiere of his last film, Hot Fuzz, in Lo...

NMA Collections Search - Australian Film Institute Award, 1980, to Jack Thompson for his role of leading actor in the film Breaker Morant   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Australian Film Institute Award awarded to Jack Thompson in 1980. Plaque attached to front of award engraved: "afi (insignia)/ AUSTRALIAN FILM INSTITUTION/ 1980/ AUSTRALIAN FILM AWARDS/ BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN/ ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE/ JACK TH...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=9142&search=maps&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=156640&search=maps&site_id=3 > 97/189/1 Road map,'Roll-A Road' map, paper/ cardboard/ wood/ metal, Roll-A-Road, Australia, [1940s] http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/col...

A SONG by Harry ("Breaker") Morant (1864? - 1902)   (website Larrikin's Lair )

The sun may shine, the rain may fall, And the world roll round about, - The king's men and king's horses all Can never rub one thing out. Skies may darken - clouds will flit - Troubles may gather and go: For my sweetheart loves me "just a bit! Return to T...

SOME OTHER SOMEBODY by Harry ("Breaker") Morant (1864? - 1902)   (website Larrikin's Lair )

Over the rails and up the creek, As soon as the sun goes down: How is it every night this week That Somebody's off to town? Grass is dewy, and overhead Evening stars are bright; And startled wallabies hear the tread Of galloping hoofs at night. Somebody's...

CORN MEDICINE by Harry ("Breaker") Morant (1864? - 1902)   (website Larrikin's Lair )

but he won't get fat, Though I've done the best 1 can; He keeps as poor as a blessed rat!" "I've bled and I've blistered him-and to-day I bought him a monster ball; But, blow the horse! "I've given him medicines galore, And linseed oil and bran, And yet ...

BUTCHERED TO MAKE A DUTCHMAN'S HOLIDAY by Harry ("Breaker") Morant (1864? - 1902)   (website Larrikin's Lair )

And own to you I feel a bit- A little bit - unhappy! It really ain't the place nor time To reel off rhyming diction - But yet we'll write a final rhyme Whilst waiting cru-ci-fixion! And if you wish to leave these shores, For pity's sake, DON'T SHOOT 'EM!!...

SUMMER MIDNIGHT by Harry ("Breaker") Morant (1864? - 1902)   (website Larrikin's Lair )

Athwart the star-lit midnight sky Luminous fleecy clouds drift by, As the mysterious, pallid moon Sinks in the waveless still lagoon. Now that the queen of night is dead, The starry commonwealth o'erhead (Softer and fairer than gaudy day) Sheds lustrous l...

TOO MUCH LIGHT by Harry ("Breaker") Morant (1864? - 1902)   (website Larrikin's Lair )

It was a mighty snug resort, that Sydney-side hotel: A snug resort where fellows dined "not wisely, but too well"; The boarders all had gone to bed, and other men departed, When Pat suggested to his pal 'twas nearly time they started. They drifted to the ...

BRIGALOW MICK by Harry ("Breaker") Morant (1864? - 1902)   (website Larrikin's Lair )

A dandy old horsernan is Brigalow Mick- Which his name, sir, is Michael O'Dowd - Whatever he's riding, when timber is thick, He is always in front of the crowd. the colour of brick, But as keen as a kestrel's-as bold and as bright - Is the blue eye of Bri...

WHO'S RIDING OLD HARLEQUIN NOW? by Harry ("Breaker") Morant (1864? - 1902)   (website Larrikin's Lair )

WHO'S RIDING OLD HARLEQUIN NOW? Whilst they're mustering there I am wondering here - Who is riding brown Harlequin now? who's riding brown Harlequin now?...

HIS MASTERPIECE by Harry ("Breaker") Morant (1864? - 1902)   (website Larrikin's Lair )

Never before was daughter of Eve endow'd with a face so fair, There be none of God's holy angels with a beauty half so rare As thine, nor dreamer has ever dreamed the loveliness you wear. There's a gleam in your golden tress, Lieb! Return to The Poetry o...