ALEC BAGOT REMEMBERS THE NIGHT TITANIC SANK
"As I returned from the bridge, one part of my brain kept saying, 'It can't be - it can't be'- whilst another voice, even more compelling, repeated 'It's true -it's true - it's true.' This extract is from the unpublished memoir of South Australia's Alexander Bagot. .... more

THE STAINED GLASS DETECTIVE
A Sydney researcher has solved a 138-year-old mystery surrounding the first stained-glass window in St Mary’s Cathedral. The centre of the three-panelled window, a poignant memorial to the wreck of the Dunbar, went missing after it was moved following a fire which destroyed the old cathedral in 1865. ..... more

SHIPWRECK BROADSIDES
Broadside sheets which relate the sad tales of ships that went down on voyages to and from Australia [includes audio] ......... more

THE SHIPWRECK: Wreck of the Royal Charter . . .
"The Royal Charter, Australian trader and passenger ship, Homeward bound, struck here on the terrible morning of the twenty-sixth of this October, broke into three parts, went down with her treasure of at least five hundred human lives, and has never stirred since!" wrote Charles Dickens in 1860.... read on

WET DREAMS: Growing up in the 1960's 'surf' era. . . .
Recollections of a country town surfie. ..... more

A TITANIC LOVE STORY. . . .
John Godl unearthed this fascinating story following his article on the Titanic in Issue 9. Who would have imagined the link between the fated ship and The Rock in NSW? ..... more

SIMPLY AUSTRALIAN POETRY

THE LOCH ARD

TOASTING SYDNEY
An interesting article by Warren Fahey accompanied by a collection of toasts from his large folklore collection
.... more

A SENSE OF PLACE:
A Wildlife Wonder
One morning in the park near our house we spied a koala curled like a camouflaged bump in the fork of a large gum tree. ..... more

MY FAVOURITE CHILDREN'S BOOK: Antony Ant and the Earwig Pirates
Antony became my firm friend and kindred spirit. An ordinary, unprepossessing little ant, he was not strong or brave and possessed a marked predisposition to idleness (in the best sense of the word, of course!). .... more

AUSTRALIA HELPED CREATE AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT
Herbert Clark Hoover and his place in Australian History
..... more

FROM GROWL TO GRIZZLE: . . . Barracking for the North Sydney Bears ..... more

THE COLLECTION BOX . . .
Who would have imagined the link between the fated Titanic and The Rock near Wagga Wagga in NSW?

SIMPLY REVIEWS . . .