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to the Ratbag Encyclopedia.

Latest research:

  • Van Diemen’s Land

    Van Diemen's Land

    James Dyson’s lost years 1834-1841.

  • The Lancashire Hotpot

    The Lancashire Hotpot

    Was the first Dyson a sheep stealer? It would explain a lot.

  • An introduction to the Dysons

    An introduction to the Dysons

    “A lot has been written and spoken about the Dyson family, the majority of which was unmitigated bunkum…” wrote a newspaperman back in 1927. So I continue a long and proud tradition.

All the articles:

This here is a quokka,
extinct on the mainland,
you shouldn’t kick it like a football,
or feed it by the hand.