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Comments on MetaFilter post Australian StoriesThu, 31 Jul 2003 09:31:08 -0800Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:31:08 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Australian Stories
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<a href="http://amol.org.au/guide/stories_index.asp">Australian Stories</a> from Australian museums about unusual aspects of Australian history : <a href="http://amol.org.au/runrabbitrun/index.htm">rabbits in Western Australia</a> (where they came from, attempts - mostly failed - to control them); <a href="http://amol.org.au/nqr/">the National Quilt Register</a> and quilt stories; <a href="http://amol.org.au/collection/hostedwebs/fish/index.html">fish</a>; <a href="http://amol.org.au/goldenthreads/">Chinese-Australians in rural Australia</a>; <a href="http://amol.org.au/craft/indigenous/oral_history/index.htm">indigenous stories from Napranum and Thursday Island</a>; <a href="http://amol.org.au/guide/stories/trams/ballarat_trams.html">the trams of Ballarat</a>; <a href="http://amol.org.au/guide/stories/buckley/index.html">William Buckley</a>, an escaped convict who lived in the bush for 33 years; <a href="http://amol.org.au/guide/stories/annie/index.htm">Annie Russell of Brewarrina</a> in northern NSW; <a href="http://amol.org.au/newnorcia/index.html">the Benedictine Community of New Norcia</a> in WA; <a href="http://amol.org.au/guide/stories/turks/index.html">an ambush at Broken Hill</a>; <a href="http://amol.org.au/guide/stories/costumes/index.html">Australian fashion</a>; <a href="http://amol.org.au/guide/stories/virginal/index.html">conserving a 17th century musical instrument.</a><br>Related :- <a href="http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/hidden_histories/">Koori hidden histories and children's art in Victoria</a> (as well as some oral histories from <a href="http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/hidden_histories/histories/juanita_story.htm">around the world</a>); <a href="http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/ils/100years/">100 years of Queensland Aboriginal life</a>; <a href="http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/antarctica/">Antarctica</a> and <a href="http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/online/pictorial.cfm">pictorial collections from the State Library of NSW.</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27376Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:26:50 -0800plepaustralianationalquiltregisternapranumthursdayislandballaratbrewarrinaannierussellnewnorciakooriqueenslandnswBy: monju_bosatsu
http://www.metafilter.com/27376/Australian-Stories#529784
Holy crap! Thanks, plep; I'll be reading these for hours.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27376-529784Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:31:08 -0800monju_bosatsuBy: cheaily
http://www.metafilter.com/27376/Australian-Stories#529804
Strewth!
*cough*comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27376-529804Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:44:07 -0800cheailyBy: serafinapekkala
http://www.metafilter.com/27376/Australian-Stories#529833
good on yer, plep!comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27376-529833Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:08:09 -0800serafinapekkalaBy: steef
http://www.metafilter.com/27376/Australian-Stories#529855
a great site showcasing a nation's museums. 's good! i don't think the u.s. has anything as all-inclusive. (but for just a second i thought the pictoral collections from the state library were <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/27352">NWS</a>.)comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27376-529855Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:43:57 -0800steefBy: littlegirlblue
http://www.metafilter.com/27376/Australian-Stories#530034
The quilt link was really cool. If I could ever get my mom to learn how to use the net, she would enjoy that site a lot.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27376-530034Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:24:44 -0800littlegirlblueBy: madamjujujive
http://www.metafilter.com/27376/Australian-Stories#530376
Great collection of links, plep - thanks! I liked these 1865 <a href="http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=pxa364/a189;thumbs=1">aboriginal drawings</a>. And I agree with littlegirlblue, the quilt link is quite nice.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27376-530376Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:54:36 -0800madamjujujiveBy: spazzm
http://www.metafilter.com/27376/Australian-Stories#530377
Crikey! This is good.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27376-530377Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:55:03 -0800spazzmBy: johnny7
http://www.metafilter.com/27376/Australian-Stories#530396
Thanks plep.
Good effort.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27376-530396Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:23:35 -0800johnny7
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