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Read more about the article Thornthwaite, via Scone. Some of the Hunter’s earliest photographs

Thornthwaite, via Scone. Some of the Hunter’s earliest photographs

All the images and most of the information in this post were supplied by members of the Docker and Brougham families, via Malcolm Docker. . Among the earliest photographs known to have been made in the Hunter Valley of NSW is a series taken in the far reaches of the upper valley, some of which may have been taken as early as the late 1840s. Joseph Docker. . These images, produced during the infancy of the science and art of photography, were created by Joseph Docker, a well-to-do settler from England who built a notable home…

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Read more about the article Bring back Parliament, and democracy

Bring back Parliament, and democracy

On the face of it, the proposition that the COVID-19 pandemic makes it too dangerous for the Australian Parliament to sit might seem to have some almost reasonable basis. When Parliament sits, lots of politicians and their staff descend on Canberra, circulating around the city and potentially creating opportunities for the spread of the virus. Many would come from virus-stricken Victoria, it is argued, and the risks are too great to contemplate. Like I said, it almost sounds a bit reasonable, and yet I don’t buy the story. This is a democracy – so we are…

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Read more about the article Accidents, prangs and crashes: Part 3
Accident involving a bus and train at Toronto, August 1944.

Accidents, prangs and crashes: Part 3

. As a career fireman, transport collector Ken Magor naturally accumulated many photographs of accidents and disasters. Here are some more tales of vehicular tragedy and misadventure from our Ken Magor archive. August 16, 1944: The photograph above shows the aftermath of an accident between a bus and train at a level-crossing at Carey Street, Toronto. It was the third smash at the same level crossing in six years. There had previously been gates at the crossing, but these were removed - much to the horror of Lake Macquarie Shire Council, which protested regularly against the…

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