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Read more about the article Vaccines, viruses and global politics

Vaccines, viruses and global politics

US President Joe Biden announced recently that the United States was boosting exports of Covid vaccines. Great news. I guess this is because Joe and his government care deeply about the suffering of people in other countries and want to do their bit to help. Oh, wait, no. He's doing it to "reclaim American leadership" in the pandemic fight. Specifically, he wants to put Russia and China in their places because - as one news report puts it - "Moscow and Beijing have been taking advantage of the worldwide crisis to spread influence through distribution of…

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Read more about the article Adolphe, Newcastle’s most enduring shipwreck

Adolphe, Newcastle’s most enduring shipwreck

For well over a century, residents of the port city of Newcastle, NSW, have lived with the wreck of the French barque Adolphe, lost on September 30, 1904. The remains of the once-proud steel four-masted ship have been steadily rusting away over the decades, and the ruined bow - which now forms part of the northern breakwater at the harbour's entrance - is still an appealing subject for weekend photographers. Adolphe in the 1980s. Photo by Greg Ray. The story of the famous wreck has been written many times. One of the most comprehensive accounts I…

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Read more about the article Colonial photographer Charles Kerry’s Aboriginal images, in his own blunt words

Colonial photographer Charles Kerry’s Aboriginal images, in his own blunt words

"The decadence of the aboriginal races of Australia and the absolute certainty of their utter extinction in the Colony of New South Wales (and that at an early date) lend a mournful and pathetic interest to the movements of the few scattered remnants which are all that remain to tell of the past glories of the powerful tribes who ruled this old weather-beaten continent until the advent of the pale face a few generations back." That's how businessman and photographic entrepreneur Charles Henry Kerry introduced his article, in the December 1903 issue of English magazine The…

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