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Australia was never built on timidity. It was carved out by men and women who…
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It is hard to believe that twenty-eight years have passed since the world lost Diana,…
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Few figures divide Australians as sharply as Ned Kelly. To some, he is a larrikin…
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Paddy’s Golden Mischief: A Rat’s-Eye View of Dusty Gulch By Roderick (Whiskers) McNibble, Chief Correspondent…
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In the shadow of a shattered empire, the Weimar Republic rose in 1919, promising democracy,…
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“Some of us may forget that, of all the Allies, it was the Australians who…
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" Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it…
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In early 1951, New Zealand’s waterfronts weren’t just bustling ports - they had become battlegrounds.…
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Ratty News Special: “From Gondwana to Dusty Gulch: The Ostrich Problem” By Roderick (Whiskers) McNibble,…
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During World War II, Australia was a vital cog in the Allied machine, sending troops…
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Of all the magnificent units and regiments of the Australian Army I doubt if…
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The Emu War is one of Australia’s strangest historical events. In late 1932, the government…
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For nearly a decade, I’ve poured my soul into this blog. Twelve hours a day,…
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The Battle of Long Tan took place on August 18, 1966, in the Phuoc Tuy…
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We live in a strange age where even computers can sound like they care. AI…
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RATTY NEWS EXCLUSIVE: DIGITAL DINGO’S BIN BONANZA By Roderick (Whiskers) McNibble – Chief Correspondent, Dusty…
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On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the…
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Democracy: Now With 97% Less Majority Rule Because who needs the will of the people…
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NEWSFLASH FROM DUSTY GULCH By Roderick (Whiskers) McNibble – Dusty Gulch Bureau Chief Hold onto…
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Between the “Scrap Iron Flotilla” and “the Rats of Tobruk,” turning insults into a point…
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Before Xbox and iPads, we had mist, mud, and pinecones - and we waged battles…
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Picture trench warfare, and you’re probably seeing World War I’s muddy, rat-infested ditches, with soldiers…
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Digitally Removed in Shocking Duck Directive - Trevor the Wallaby Victim of “Knee-Free” Policy – Gulch Governance…
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How my father’s final hour barefoot in the sun taught me what it really means…
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What a healed bone, the smell of leather, and a soldier’s burden reveal about who…
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Thomas Pritchard, Australia's last "Rat of Tobruk" passed away at the age of 102 on…
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In a thoughtful historical essay published on this blog, John Ruddick celebrated the British discovery…
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From immigration policy to identity politics, energy to ideology - the erosion of Western society…
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