Category Archives: Australia

The 1968 Olympics Salute

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Luke Ford

Yahoo: Film Australia gives the now standard (in Australia this is a common practice): “Warning – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should exercise caution when watching this program as it may contain images of deceased persons.” This is political … Continue reading →

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Australian Suspicion Of Adventists

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Luke Ford

Australia is a secular country and it has a great deal of suspicion of religious people. I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist in Australia. I had no Seventh-Day Adventist friends. I knew that the wider culture viewed us with great … Continue reading →

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You’ll Swing For That

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Luke Ford

I’m watching season four of the great Aussie crime drama Underbelly: Razor. It’s about the underworld in Sydney between 1927 and 1936. I notice how the crooks keep deciding to stay away from murder because “you’ll swing for that.” That’s … Continue reading →

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Underbelly – Australia’s Best Crime Drama

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Luke Ford

I love this TV show. It is based on a mafia war in Melbourne between 1995-2004. (Episode One – warning – there’s a lot of shagging) It’s a jungle out there.

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Australian Orthodox Rabbis Called Ministers

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Luke Ford

I’m looking at the website for the Central Synagogue of Sydney, Australia. Rabbis in the mainstream Orthodox synagogues of Great Britain are also called “ministers” and they used to wear robes like Reform rabbis in America. “Minister” is a Protestant … Continue reading →

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