Mother’s Day: The Most Important Thing a Father Can Do Is…

Mother and Father holding hands with two children in between

By: Robert Garrett

‘The most important thing a father can do for his children is…’ How would you finish this sentence? Perhaps you might say, ‘to give them a quality education’, ‘to set them up financially’, ‘to introduce them to as many extra-curricular activities as possible (sport/music/arts etc.) or maybe ‘to provide them with a good moral compass’. Continue reading “Mother’s Day: The Most Important Thing a Father Can Do Is…”

Banjo Paterson’s Role as an ANZAC: One of the Least Known Parts of His Life

soldier walking on wooden pathway surrounded with barbwire

By: Annie Hamilton

‘Banjo’ Paterson is immortalised on our ten dollar note. His role in the Anzac battalions is one of the least-known parts of his life. It has slipped to obscurity, perhaps because—mysteriously—he never wrote a poem about the great Walers he worked so hard to train. Or if he did, none have survived. Continue reading “Banjo Paterson’s Role as an ANZAC: One of the Least Known Parts of His Life”