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Albert Facey’s A Fortunate Life is more than a memoir. It is the voice of…
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The Magic of Dusty McFookit I have a confession to make about Dusty Gulch. It…
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THE CAMEL, THE TOOTH AND THE EMERGENCY DIESEL Ratty News Special Report A follow-up to…
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I have been thinking a lot about this lately. The concept of " Beyond Reasonable…
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Yeah Nah, Nah Yeah - On government, growing up, and knowing when to step aside. Australians…
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During the early years of World War II, the British Army faced many obstacles. Chief…
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When people think of World War II, they often picture D-Day, the Blitz, or the…
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I have been asked to revisit a story published by the Dusty Gulch Gazette in…
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What Happened to McFookit Peak? By Roderick “Whiskers” McNibbleDusty Gulch Gazette It was midnight when…
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Between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries, more than a hundred thousand British children were…
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The Battle of Britain ended on 15th September, 1940 but the Blitz continued long after that. Following…
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Words. We use them every day without giving them much thought. We write them in…
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As our countries struggle under the weight of wokeism, ideological conformity and the relentless erosion…
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The Lost Art of Letter Writing In an age of glowing screens and fleeting texts,…
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As young folk, didn't some of us feel like rebels without a cause? I am…
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There’s Meat on the Bone A Ratty News Investigation By Roderick “Whiskers” McNibbleChief Investigative Correspondent,…
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The baton we carry, and the history we must pass on For twenty-five years, I…
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DUSTY GULCH GAZETTE Special Political Correspondent EditionFiled from the wrong side of a perfectly ordinary…
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I’m a teacher who’s spent years studying history and who cares about using words honestly.…
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When I was a child, I loved a story about little tugboat called Little Toot.…
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You Either Get It or You Don’t People have lost their sense of humor. Not…
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The Alfred Graving Dock - a monument to Victorian engineering and Australian shipbuilding Most readers…
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Twelve Angry People What 12 Angry Men can teach us about the hardest job in…
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THE GREAT MULBERRY VACCINATION SCANDAL A Ratty News investigation by Roderick “Whiskers” McNibble I knew…
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Is Australia Becoming a Pub With No Affordable Beer? Oh, sure, the beer is still…
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The War Did Not Begin on 1 September 1939 The details of Adolf Hitler’s rise…
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In the shadow of a shattered empire, the Weimar Republic rose in 1919, promising democracy,…
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There are memories that refuse to grow old. The 29th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death…
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The result of the recent bi election in Secret Harbour in WA sends a powerful…
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