Overproduced, Overwrought, from Over the Ditch
A few years back we had a very entertaining thread titled Cheezy Listening. Posts #17 and #48 of that thread referenced the bathetic “Tell Laura I Love Her”, and specifically the 1974 version by New Zealand band Creation. I have [...]
Anzac Day roundtable – what have we forgotten?
As part of her visit to Korea, Julia Gillard helped to unveil a memorial to the Battle of Kapyong, described as “the forgotten battle in the forgotten war”. But it’s hardly the only aspect of Australia’s wartime experience that has [...]
ANZAC Biscuits
There are rules about ANZAC biscuits. More particularly, there are rules about the use of the word “ANZAC”, in both Australia and New Zealand. In general, you can’t. Fortunately, those responsible for making the rules noticed that New Zealand and [...]
Lest we keep on forgetting
In 2003, an essay on Anzac Day was written by a Brisbane high school student, Joanna Sampford, which made more sense that the outpourings of Australia’s entire corpus of mainstream politicians and commentators. The essay was awarded the Simpson Prize [...]
Talking about Gallipoli: Paul Keating
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/gallipolilanding.jpg" Paul Keating has been speaking out again about Australian history:
Advance Australia Fair?
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mark-davis.jpg" align=left At one stage, having read a lecture by Mark Davis in Overland, I thought his new book was going to be an update of Gangland. I’ve just started reading The Land of Plenty: Australia in the 2000s [...]
Lest We Forget
They shall not grow old, As we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, And in the morning, We will remember them. We will remember them. [...]
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