X-RAY MYSTERY AT LITHGOW

X-RAY MYSTERY AT  LITHGOW

In the 1930s the general public still regarded an X-Ray plate with incomprehension and wonder. When a 65 year old coal miner underwent an X-ray of his lungs at Lithgow Hospital the bizarre result only increased that feeling. Beside Thomas Jackson’s ribs was a clear picture of

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A WEBSITE IS A WONDERFUL THING

A WEBSITE IS A WONDERFUL THING

THE LITTLE WEBSITE THAT GREW! Recently this website clicked over  to 550,000 visits. Maybe not a  great deal by some standards, but amazing to me. When I began in late 2012 I had no idea about  SEO (search engine optimization), effective tags or stop words. It must

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AUSTRALIAN EPIPHANY

AUSTRALIAN EPIPHANY

Unlike my  ancestors, I  have never thought of England as ‘home’.  However,  I did grow up a little confused  about my national identity. At primary school  in Tasmania we stood before the flag on Empire Day and sang God Save the Queen before being handed a packet

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