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I didn't say anything because I'm not a big appreciator of art, and because of that I'd never heard of this particular artist. I thought the best thing to do in that situation was to simply not comment.
 
I hadn't heard of Margaret Olley but that still life is absolutely scrumptious. Thanks to Akhenaten for the post and pictures.
 
Akhenaten said:
The problem is people with nothing better to do than vandalise the thread with ignorant, boorish nonsense.

It may perhaps have escaped your notice that this is the History, Literature and the Arts subforum.
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All that is in the title of this thread? I just re-checked. It is titled Australia. :)
 
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Akhenaten said:
[snip sad news and beautiful tribute]

I have no doubt that a future issue of ARTONLINE (the NGA's monthly magazine) will have a big write-up on Margaret's life and work so I'll do a longer article then with the benefit of that resource.
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Oh, please do. I would love to read/see that.

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I was talking to an Aussie friend of mine about the bag of delicious fresh cherries I'd purchased and he referred me to an article about the tradition of auctioning the first box of cherries for a worthy cause. Apparently this started in 1980 and has raised more than one million dollars and last year the high bid for the cherries was $110,000!

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/44525/

There are so many unusual and really interesting things about Australia and I've become quite the Austraphile since this thread was created. I'm really hoping to see some more interesting posts and pictures soon.
 
Audible Click said:
I was talking to an Aussie friend of mine about the bag of delicious fresh cherries I'd purchased and he referred me to an article about the tradition of auctioning the first box of cherries for a worthy cause. Apparently this started in 1980 and has raised more than one million dollars and last year the high bid for the cherries was $110,000!

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/44525/

There are so many unusual and really interesting things about Australia and I've become quite the Austraphile since this thread was created. I'm really hoping to see some more interesting posts and pictures soon.
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Wow, I didn't know that about the first cherries of the season. Thanks, AC! :thumbsup: You really deserve your honorary Aussie title.
 
I have just been going back through the thread and reading yarns about quolls, snakes and people's Vietnam experiences. There are many good reads within that will inform and perhaps raise a laugh.
 
Nancy Wake just died in London. I have started a thread with a link to the story :(
 
Ladies and gents,

I want to apologise for yesterday's off colour post.
Upon reflection I see that it was in poor taste and not in line with the spirit of this thread.

Sincerely.

AAA :o
 
Dozens of submissions for posthumous VC medals


A defence tribunal has received more than 50 submissions for World War I servicemen who have been overlooked for posthumous Victoria Cross medals.



It is expected to take at least a year for the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal to consider the cases of 13 servicemen.

Two of the men under consideration are Tasmania's Leading Cook Francis Bassett Emms of Launceston and Ordinary Seaman Edward Sheean of Barrington.​



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The Victoria Cross - Australia's highest award for acts of bravery in wartime​



Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Senator David Feeney says he expects the inquiry to take at least 12 months.

"In truth, the tribunal will take the time that it needs to get the job done properly, certainly after the passage of the best part of 60 years, I think all of us want to make sure that this task is undertaken forensically, thoroughly, professionally, and so I guess I put 12 months out there as a rough guide," he said.​

Senator Feeney says he will soon release a schedule for public hearings.

"Our goal is to be as forensic as we can in terms of making sure that we've collected all of the evidence, all of the recollection, so that we can gain as complete a picture as we can about what these people accomplished and how it's appropriate to recognise those accomplishments," he said.​

ABC News
 
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Sounds of Australia was launched in 2007 with the announcement of 10 foundation sounds for the registry. Each year,
the Australian public nominates new sounds to be added with final selections determined by a panel of industry experts.​



A Melbourne Cup call, a century-old recording of Indigenous music, and a Kylie Minogue classic are among an eclectic mix of sounds added to the National Film and Sound Archive's historic register in 2011.



Each year 10 recordings are selected for the Sounds of Australia list.

Kylie's late 80s hit, I Should Be So Lucky, has been added to the register alongside the Skyhooks album Living In The 70s. An ABC News story about Cyclone Tracy, which devastated Darwin on Christmas Day 1974, and the 1952 Melbourne Cup call were also selected.

They join an 1898 recording, the first of Indigenous music and song, made by the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Strait, led by Professor AC Haddon and the first to use a phonograph for research purposes. These recordings were transferred to magnetic tape from cylinders by the British Institute of Recorded Sound in 1978 and include songs and speeches from Indigenous tribes on Murray, Jervis, Saibai, Tudu and Yam islands.

The full list of recordings can be heard on the NFSA website. (link at the bottom of this post)

Following the announcement, Kylie took to Twitter to express her delight and acknowledge the song's producers.

"What an honour for myself, Stock, Aitken and Waterman!" she said.

Senior Curator of Sound Matthew Davies says the recordings demonstrate Australia's rich cultural history.

"We've got a very early comedy recording by Stiffy and Mo - the great Australian comedians, some actuality of Cyclone Tracey in Darwin in 1974, Kylie Minogue's I Should Be So Lucky and some very serious music - Voss by Richard Meale," he said.

Dame Joan Sutherland's 1960 recording of Art of the Prima Donna, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra, was added to the registry after her death last year.​


2011 additions:

  • The first audio recordings of the songs and music of the Torres Strait, 1898

  • The Sailors: the first recording session of popular actors and comedians Nat Phillips and Roy Rene, 1927


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  • The maiden parliamentary speeches of Dame Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney, the first two women elected to the Australian parliament, in 1943 and 1944, respectively

  • Australia's best-known race caller, Ken Howard, calling the Melbourne Cup, 1952

  • The Art of the Prima Donna: Joan Sutherland's first major hit recording, 1960

  • I'll Never Find Another You by The Seekers, the first Australian band to have a British number one-selling single, 1964



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  • Living in the 70s by Skyhooks, 1974

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  • Cyclone Tracy Darwin news recordings by ABC radio journalists, 1974

  • Kylie Minogue's I Should Be So Lucky, 1987

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  • Voss, composed by Richard Meale: one of Australia's most important operas, 1987



Read more and listen to all the sounds:

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What a fascinating site and the music selections are great. It must be tough to decide what goes in and what doesn't.
 
Isn't it great? I'm a bit surprised that it took until 2007 to think of such a wonderful idea.

It seems to me that there are so many sounds that are unique to us and I hope they're as evocative to them furriners as they are to me.

I also hope that reading about the archive prompts some of the viewers to make their own submissions. I know I'll be making some. (more Kylie)

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