How the internet is reshaping World Heritage
Many more people experience World Heritage sites like
the Sydney Opera House in digital form than physically visit them.
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Most people’s experience of World Heritage is now a digital one. Whether it’s on...
Sunday essay: what do we want to be when we grow up?
For the most formative years of my childhood I lived in the western district of Victoria. You may recall the evocative paintings of Eugene von Guerard of this area. At the time I lived there, the...
Listen To Older Voices : Charles Pallaghy – Part 1
Welcome to Listen To Older Voices a program produced by Rob Greaves
for Uniting Melba and podcast through the Toorak Times and Tagg.
Listen To Older Voices presents the stories, views and opinions of our...
Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more...
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Writer C.R Read cautioned in 1853 “that Englishmen going to the Australian digging should search their souls and ask themselves ‘if they can stand a little colonial slang’”.
This slang – our Australian slang...
Young people want walkable neighbourhoods, but safety is a worry
It’s important to young Australians to be able
to walk and feel safe while doing so. Victoria Walks ©,
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We all know physical activity is good for us; that most of us should...
Why the ecocity needs to be a just city
Why is it easier to imagine
a green ecocity than a just city where everyone belongs? the yes man/flickr
Why is it easier to imagine an ecocity – full of lush green spaces and...
Melbourne International Singers Festival 2018 welcomes Antony Pitts, from The Song Company
In the lead up to our 9th annual Melbourne International Singers Festival, we unfortunately have to advise that due to ill health, Richard Gill AO has to withdraw.
Richard very much regrets not being able...
What do single, older women want? Their ‘own little space’ (and garden) to call...
Older women valued a secure private space
of their own with, ideally, a small garden. Jacob Lund/shutterstock
The “great Australian dream” of owning your own home is rapidly proving to be an illusion for...
Listen To Older Voices : Marie Earle – Part 1
Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by
Rob Greaves for Uniting Melba and podcast through
the Toorak Times and Tagg.
Listen To Older Voices presents the stories, views and opinions of...
‘Bang, bang, bang!’: the shock of a boy playing with a gun on a...
Two young boys in helmets, playing
soldiers with toy guns (1908-1928). State Library of South Australia
I was driving down a main street in Canberra’s north a few weeks ago when a young...
