PAUL LOUBET – THE TRAGIC FINALE

PAUL LOUBET - THE TRAGIC FINALE

  The continuing story of  Paul Rene  Loubet. Dr Loubet accepted a position at the Melbourne Hospital in May 1917. Subsequently  he was required to present himself at Melbourne University,  to be examined for the degree of M.D. As part of the process he presented the Registrar

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BLUEY – AUSTRALIA’S ‘GREYFRIAR’S BOBBY’

BLUEY - AUSTRALIA'S 'GREYFRIAR'S BOBBY'

How appropriate that this country’s  most loyal dog was not a Scottish terrier but Bluey, an Australian cattle dog. In 1927 a ‘Swaggie’ was critically injured when he was hit by a car. He was taken to the St. George Hospital in Kogarah,  but died soon afterwards. 

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ARCHIE COMICS – AND X-RAY GLASSES 😎

ARCHIE COMICS - AND X-RAY GLASSES 😎

American comics, especially Archie comics,  were as much a part of  my Tasmanian childhood as books were. How I loved  those  high school pals and rivals…. Archie, Jughead,  Betty,  Veronica and Reggie.  In pre-television days it was ‘Yankee’  comic books that introduced me  to the wonder of

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