‘The grim contest between man and nature’
This a sequence of rare audio recordings of eyewitness accounts and news reports from the
History
Camel jockey, Qatar, 1998
Children as young as four or five were once used as jockeys at the popular
Jimmy Anastassiou
On the humid last day of February in 1951, a young Cypriot carpenter walked out
Clam shell axe head, Solomon Islands
This is an axe head made from part of a giant claim shell. It was
‘There was literally a ring of fire about us’
A rare audio recording from 1967 of 11-year-old Tasmanian boy Bob Elliston, talking about his
‘Jeannette and Jeannot’, 1848
This drawing depicts the separation of two young lovers, as one leaves to fight in
Boon Juat Lee
Former Chinese seaman Boon Juat Lee served in both the Australian and US armies in
Boer POW memorial, Sri Lanka
‘In memory of the Prisoners of War who died at Diyatalawa Camp who were buried
James Waltham Curtis
James Waltham Curtis (c. 1839 – September 18, 1901), possibly born Charles James Waltham Curtis,
Charles Wightman Sievwright
Charles Wightman Sievwright (1800-1855), soldier and protector of Aborigines, was born on 31 March 1800