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  • AUSTRALIA

    Wotjobaluk man

    • As told by William John Kennedy Snr
    • 08 July 2006
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    William John Kennedy Snr. is the oldest male Aboriginal elder in the State of Victoria. He fought in the Second World War. He worked on the railways. He campaigned for land rights. And he just happens to be my grandfather. To most people he’s known as ‘Uncle Jack’, but to me, he’s ‘Pop’. This is his story.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Taxi cab tales

    • Brian Matthews
    • 14 May 2006

    Cab cultures, not to mention the cabbies themselves, vary widely around the world. The Australian habit of hopping into the front seat with the hack and exchanging a cheery word is not generally welcome in Paris.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Tracking twins

    • Gillian Bouras
    • 20 April 2006

    Gillian Bouras examines the intertwined lives of two extraordinary 19th-century sisters.    

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