BALM FOR THE SOUL IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS & BEYOND

On March 18, 2019   /   Blue Mountains   /   4 Comments
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BALM FOR THE SOUL IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS & BEYOND

I have been revising  a piece I wrote about pioneering women and their appreciation of Australia’s native flora.  Not surprisingly, the Blue Mountains featured heavily. Once the first road was constructed from Sydney through to Bathurst in 1815,  intrepid settlers followed. Then the iron ranges echoed To

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EVE’S PARADISE: WOMEN IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH

On May 11, 2014   /   History   /   9 Comments
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EVE'S PARADISE: WOMEN IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH

A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH The spectre of climate change and periods of prolonged drought have created  an upsurge of interest in the growing of  Australian native plants. However, we have been  slow to embrace them. I suspect  this would surprise and disappoint  women

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