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‘Palace Letters reignite my memories of politics and Australia’s Constitutional crisis’
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‘Seeing my first professional ballet helped me understand why the arts matter’
‘Seeing my first professional ballet helped me understand why the arts matter’
The arts industry champions local artists and performers, but such privileges will become more urgent as communities recover from coronavirus.
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‘Stepping into a library is where the adventure really begins for me’
‘Stepping into a library is where the adventure really begins for me’
"My adventures concerned English coastlines, smugglers, incompetent adults and picnics with lashings of lemonade."
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‘Our backyard buddy and the little bit of wilderness it brings to our home’
‘Our backyard buddy and the little bit of wilderness it brings to our home’
Magpie-larks, more commonly called Peewees in Australia, will live just about anywhere and are quite adaptable.
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‘Comfort food: Why I’m looking to the nostalgic and sentimental for solace’
‘Comfort food: Why I’m looking to the nostalgic and sentimental for solace’
Because we equate food with happiness, we continue to turn to food for such comfort.
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‘The hunt for the perfect lunch box took me back to those years at school’
‘The hunt for the perfect lunch box took me back to those years at school’
"'I haven’t yet found the perfect lunch box,' wrote a young columnist in our local paper. I paused."
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‘Firsts and lasts: The bitter sweetness of changing routines with our grandchildren’
‘Firsts and lasts: The bitter sweetness of changing routines with our grandchildren’
"We were aware this was the last time, as the elder girl would be heading to high school next year, and routines would change."
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‘An amusing look at why I feel punctuation matters’
‘An amusing look at why I feel punctuation matters’
"I’m a full stop and comma girl with the occasional dash. I am a big fan of a perfectly placed apostrophe. A question mark when needed."
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‘Education and the Empire: How I remember my early school days’
‘Education and the Empire: How I remember my early school days’
"On Fridays, before recess and the distribution of free milk, we would learn folk dancing."
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‘The special family memory in a little jar of silver coins’
‘The special family memory in a little jar of silver coins’
"To my mind the highlight of Christmas came after our family dinner ..."
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