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MG1962 said:
Sunday to far away


Friday night too tired

Saturday to drunk

Sunday to far away - The shearers wife’s lament
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I loved this film. Jack Thompson has been my favourite forever, I guess going back to the days of Spyforce.

Loving the reviews too, mate. This one brought to mind another film I enjoyed - the movie version of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, although I think the film ended up with another name.


Cheers, Cobber.
 
Akhenaten said:
I loved this film. Jack Thompson has been my favourite forever, I guess going back to the days of Spyforce.

Loving the reviews too, mate. This one brought to mind another film I enjoyed - the movie version of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, although I think the film ended up with another name.


Cheers, Cobber.
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I believe Thompson went straight from Spyforce to film Sunday To Far Away. What a great show that was. Two men take on the entire Japanese military and win. Who needed Americans with their stinking battleships carriers Marine divisions and Atomic Bombs lol

I think Thompson is perhaps the best Australian actor at being Australian. I think in terms of skill possibly Hugo Weaving and Eric Bana tip him out.

Summer of the 17th Doll - I have never seen the stage production with the real ending, only the American film with Ernest Borgnine "Season Of Passion" which has an alternate 'happy' ending. Which my father was always so bitter about - he saw the first run of the play in Sydney back in the 50's

It was sad that the reference to the play was lost on many during the close of the 2000 Olympics when 17 giant dolls twirled around the outside of the arena
 
Sideroxylon said:
I appreciate the reviews too. Gives me some ideas for needed doses of Australiana.
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Thanks I appreciate that - I agree watching some of the classic, and perhaps not so classic films from back home do help with my home sickness
 
I don't know if you've got any kids but I can recommend Jackie French as a good writer for young readers. I recently read "The Camel Who Crossed Australia" with my ten-year-old son, which he enjoyed. It’s an interesting take on the Burke and Wills story, being from a camel's perspective as well as from that of their Afghan handlers. We are just starting on “The Donkey Who Carried the Wounded” about Simpson. I reckon both are essential stories for a young Melbourne born lad. He's also got a Socceroos calendar on the wall and a T-Shirt so he’s ready to cheer the Aussies on in the World Cup.

http://www.jackiefrench.com/historical.html
 
Sideroxylon said:
I don't know if you've got any kids but I can recommend Jackie French as a good writer for young readers. I recently read "The Camel Who Crossed Australia" with my ten-year-old son, which he enjoyed. It’s an interesting take on the Burke and Wills story, being from a camel's perspective as well as from that of their Afghan handlers. We are just starting on “The Donkey Who Carried the Wounded” about Simpson. I reckon both are essential stories for a young Melbourne born lad. He's also got a Socceroos calendar on the wall and a T-Shirt so he’s ready to cheer the Aussies on in the World Cup.

http://www.jackiefrench.com/historical.html
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My girls are all grown up but both books look simply outstanding. And yes my work area is about to be transformed into a zone of Australian awsomness lol when the World Cup kicks off
 
I am really looking forward to the Cup. Last time around the boys really did the country proud and it was a great emotional ride. The Japan match was a thriller but, right or wrong, I was stunned by the penalty decision in our last match against Italy.

Over here, we are fortunate to now have two star Aussie players in our favourite local Turkish team as Galatasary picked up Lucas Neill this season to play alongside Harry Kewell.

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Another local team, Gençlerbirligi, love Aussie players becuase of the hugely possitive impression Socceroo Josip Skoko left on the club.

LOL we just found this quote by Bruce Djite:
“I knew I was in Turkey when they sacrificed a goat before the start of the season. I didn’t watch it." Goal.com
 
And while we are on soccer (yeah, okay football), Melbourne Victory makes the Grand Final. Woot.
 
I've mentioned that Vonnie provides a lot of the material that I post here, and this is an example of what I mean. She was always collecting odds and ends of Australian trivia and carefully filing them away for future reference.

Not!!!

I found this snippet acting as a bookmark in one of Her books that I happened to leaf through today (Matthew Flinder's Cat, as it happens). These 'bits and bobs', as She called them, are the basis for most of my sensible posts, and while I usually just transcribe them into something web-ish, I thought that this time I might as well post my source document as well, just for a change.




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I can't find any other reference for this anthem, which seems to have appeared in either the Melbourne Herald-Sun or The Age on the date indicated. We read both of these papers religiously on Sat'dy arvos over a few pots while we watched the races on Sky at the Top Pub, but I can't find any other mention of it anywhere.

The National Library does have a record for a Victorian Anthem, but it's not the same as this one, so I remain mystificated. Research continues.

:)


Here's the 2010 version:


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Crowned by the Southern Star she sits,
The ocean at her feet,
Smiling amid the world's new lands
With hope and promise sweet.

While strangers leave the grand old West
In consecrated glory,
To write upon her virgin page
Their fresh lives' future story

Australia Felix! Happy South!
Victoria! Victory!

The joy of youth is with thee yet;
The triumph - yet to be,
And health and wealth,
When stronger still in God and truth,

Victoria! Victory!​


Ta Sweetie.
 
Read the latest book by Peter Scholl-Latour (the cranky old Gaullist) about East Timor. He's pretty badmouthing the Australian UN troops stationed there. Calls them too focused on gun use instead of using batons like the Portuguese. But then again he's pretty anglophobe anyway.
Most interesting was that he actually lauded the ANZAC sparrow force.
 
Moss said:
Read the latest book by Peter Scholl-Latour (the cranky old Gaullist) about East Timor. He's pretty badmouthing the Australian UN troops stationed there. Calls them too focused on gun use instead of using batons like the Portuguese. But then again he's pretty anglophobe anyway.
Most interesting was that he actually lauded the ANZAC sparrow force.
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Ne prenez jamais un bâton à un combat d'armes à feu.

- old jungle saying​
 
I think he made the argument that bashing some native skulls in case of a crisis makes for a better relation with them (as in respect and fear) afterward than giving them acute lead poisoning.
 
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Moss said:
I think he made the argument that bashing some native skulls in case of a crisis makes for a better relation with them (as in respect and fear) afterward than giving them acute lead poisoning.
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It's hard not to agree, but I'd better not, just in case the PC police are about.

What I'd really be interested in hearing is Mr Ramos-Horta's opinion on the matter. He is one extremely cool dude, and I have enormous respect for him, as I would hope most Australians do.
 
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