Category Archives: Australia

Rethinking The White Australia Policy

From Wikipedia: Andrew William Fraser (aka Drew Fraser) (born 1944) is a Canadian-born academic and was latterly an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Law at Macquarie University in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1] Fraser holds a BA (Hons) … Continue reading

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Bustin’ Down The Door

As a kid, I’d often make fun of other people and the less intelligent among them would respond by punching me. I always thought that was unfair. I only fought with words. So I’ve watched a couple of surfing documentaries … Continue reading

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The Howard Years

Just finished watching this four hour ABC Australia documentary on former Australian prime minister John Howard (who once called cricketer Sir Donald Bradman the greatest living Australian). It was a great way to catch up on my Aussie history. The … Continue reading

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The 1968 Olympics Salute

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

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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