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The Boer War - Australia's Culture PortalImage courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01065.001. Over 16,000 Australian troops served in the Boer war. Matthews, Australian Light Horse in Boer War uniform. ...
The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting, popular music, films and foods. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals b...
Australian folklore, its traditions, customs and beliefs are based on both Indigenous and also non-Indigenous people's knowledge and experience of history in Australia. Some of Australia's folklore remembers the relationship between Europeans and Aborigi...
Australian language, letters and literature in Australia has been influenced by Aboriginal storytelling, convict tales and the desire by colonists to relate their experiences in a new country. Similarly, the bush ballads of Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science was established in 1927 and the Academy Awards or Oscars ceremonies commenced in 1929. Image courtesy of Latent Image Productions Pty Ltd and National Film & Sound Archive. Their Oscar Statuette is on displa...
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BREAKER MORANT: (website Australian Soundtracks )Arrangements: Phil Cunneen, Eric Cook, Jack Grimsley, Bill Brown. v: John Williamson and Charles (Bud) Tingwell. v: John Williamson, Charles Tingwell. ...
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In a lonely, windswept hill camp, far out in the veldt, Captain Hunt (Terence Donovan) instructs Captain Taylor (John Waters) to execute Boer prisoners brought in by Morant (Edward Woodward). When Morant queries the order to shoot prisoners, Hunt tells M...
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Morant (Edward Woodward) and Handcock (Bryan Brown) march to their executions. The clip depicts the execution of lieutenants Harry Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock in Pretoria, South Africa, on 27 February 1902. Morant (Edward Woodward), Handcock (Brya...
Morant (Edward Woodward), Handcock (Bryan Brown) and Witton (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) meet their lawyer, Major J.F. Thomas (Jack Thompson), a country solicitor. Morant (Edward Woodward), Handcock (Bryan Brown) and Witton (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) meet their lawyer, ...
The accused are Lieutenants Harry Morant (Edward Woodward), Peter Handcock (Bryan Brown) and George Witton (Lewis Fitz-Gerald). Morant (Edward Woodward), Handcock (Bryan Brown) and Witton (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) meet their lawyer, Major J.F. Thomas (Jack Tho...
Writer: Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford Edward Woodward as Lt. Morant Jack Thompson as Mjr. TaylorBryan Brown as Lt. HandcockAlso Charles Tingwell, Terence Donovan, Chris Haywood. Invites comparisons to other war crimes cases, prompting c...
A dandy old horsernan is Brigalow Mick- Which his name, sir, is Michael O'Dowd - Whatever he's riding, when timber is thick, He is always in front of the crowd. the colour of brick, But as keen as a kestrel's-as bold and as bright - Is the blue eye of Bri...
Could I borrow the laverock's lifting note, Or the silvery song from the blackbird's throat, Then would I warble the whole day long, Telling, in floods of passionate song, How worlds might tremble, or skies might fall. But Love, true Love, outlasteth all....
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