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It’s hard to put the dead to rest. 18 August 2006 is the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, in which 18 Australian and more than 245 Viet Cong soldiers were killed. There’s an invitation to go to Perth where they’re naming streets in a new housing development after six soldiers who did not return.
Refugee stories told by Arnold Zable.
Train lovers are usually first lured by steam engines and stations. Enthusiasts at the Model Railway Association pursue their passion in miniature. They are also found in busy railyards around Australia.
Community Development projects can make a difference
As Melbourne Cup time comes round each year, I remember—with a mixture of dread and triumph—the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Lecture that I gave on Tuesday, 5 November, in the Chancellors Hall of the University of London Senate House in 1996.
The arrival of West Papuan refugees raises complex questions. Discussion must begin by honouring the humanity of the West Papuans involved.
Letters from Marg Honner, Anthony Ham, Matthew Albert
Ross McMullins’ So Monstrous a Tragedy: Chris Watson and the world’s first national labour government is reviewed by Michael McGirr.
Obituaries provide a window on the lives of those great and small
Letters from Gavan Breen, Christopher Fogarty, Lee Beasley and Noelleen Ward
Real peace is likely to come to Northern Ireland only when a new generation sets aside the long-dead icons of 1916 and 1922.
Kiera Lindsey reviews The Best Australian Stories 2004, edited by Frank Moorhouse, and The Best Australian Essays 2004, edited by Robert Dessaix.
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