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Australian vaudeville, Rev F. A. Marsh, Philo-Semitism in Cromwell's England, Washington Territory pioneer Alonzo M. Poe, and the Darjeeling tea industry to 1947 - 'strangers in a strange land'.

22 February 2017

The Seventh Day Men Part 2: under Lord Protector Cromwell

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By 1643, the Puritans had won the argument about Sunday: the law upheld the Christian Sabbath. Two Civil wars preceded the astounding devel...

17 February 2017

The Seventh Day Men Part 1: The Sabbath under James I & Charles I

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Dusty arguments about the nature of ‘the Sabbath’ seem of little relevance to the modern world. This feeling is heightened in the specialis...

06 February 2017

Would Governor Phillip have wanted 7 February for ‘Australia Day’?

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This year there were some protests about 26 January as Australia Day. A chant on the streets was ‘Change the day’ and some of the commen...

02 February 2017

A tale of two tea planters: Claud Bald and F G Marsh

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As a child, I knew that my maternal grandfather, F G ‘Fred’ Marsh, had been a tea planter in Darjeeling . I also knew more vaguely that my ...

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26 January 2017

Who was here first?

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No this is not a discussion about Invasion Day. It’s a suggestion for an interesting discussion around the table for the ‘Australia Day’ lo...

Australia Day or Rum Rebellion Remembrance Day?

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Who started it? 26 January 1788 was a Saturday. But it was no day off for Arthur Phillip. He had come halfway around the globe with a f...

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