When the Emerald Historical Society suggested I write a piece of drama to celebrate the 150th anniversary of gold discovery in the area, it meant a search for historical facts and anecdotes to create a dramatic impression of how it might have been. The digging for facts, because of time constraints, had to be alluvial…
When we went looking for ETU members who were soldiers in the Great War, it soon became clear that they were proud ANZACS. They were leaders and larrikins, brave men with little recognition. Lest we forget. The Price He Paid The ETU’s Owen Hughes is one of those soldiers who survived the Great War; now,…
The glass river began to flow when there was no other like it in the Southern Hemisphere. Those working along its banks settled into small communities with cultures different from community to community. Through the years those glassmakers grew old together became lifelong friends, almost siblings even and in many cases their children followed them…