Month: November 2017

In the middle of the 19th century, Arthur Gibbs gives a Victorian view of dream of escaping London. London is becoming miserably hot and dusty; everybody who can get away…

Now Thames is long and winds its changing wayThrough wooded reach to dusky ports and gray,Till, wearily, it strikes the Flats of Leigh,An old life, tidal with Eternity. But Fal…

In the middle of the 19th century, Arthur Gibbs gives a Victorian view of dream of escaping London. London is becoming miserably hot and dusty; everybody who can get away…

Now Thames is long and winds its changing wayThrough wooded reach to dusky ports and gray,Till, wearily, it strikes the Flats of Leigh,An old life, tidal with Eternity. But Fal…

There has been a common legend that the life expectation of a junior Officer in a front line battalion was only 3 weeks. While it is true that battalions suffered…

This article appeared in the West Wimmera Mail, Australia on August 28, 1914. Early in the war there was a lot of fear and suspicion, spies were found everywhere. Poor…

During the war friendly rivalries emerged over different styles and equipment between the allies. Bean in his official ‘Australia in the First World War’ mentions about the ‘Battle of the Boots’ between…

There has been a common legend that the life expectation of a junior Officer in a front line battalion was only 3 weeks. While it is true that battalions suffered…

This article appeared in the West Wimmera Mail, Australia on August 28, 1914. Early in the war there was a lot of fear and suspicion, spies were found everywhere. Poor…

During the war friendly rivalries emerged over different styles and equipment between the allies. Bean in his official ‘Australia in the First World War’ mentions about the ‘Battle of the Boots’ between…