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Central Perth in cardboard
A guide to the diorama of central Perth before 1880 on display in the Museum of Perth
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A Trial on Trial
A man killed his wife. When the powerful find themselves on trial, discussions happen about the justice system that don’t happen when the powerless are similarly ensnared.
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I hate Maitland Brown
Historians are not supposed to ventilate opinions like this. Actually, when studying for my degree we were also not supposed to write in the first person (Is there not an “I” in history?). I don’t believe we as historians have any licence to make things up. I also don’t believe we have any right to…
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Van Diemen’s Land
James Dyson’s lost years 1834-1841.
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The Lancashire Hotpot
Was the first Dyson a sheep stealer? It would explain a lot.
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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:
extinct on the mainland,
you shouldn’t kick it like a football,
or feed it by the hand.
