"Most likely the story of convicts being shot while attempting to escape a sinking ship continued to be retold amongst convicts. The gentleman I met said his forefather was one of the last convicts sent to the Colony, and arrived in the 1850's, which is nearly two decades after the wreck."
click here for "Tasmanian Shipwreck Legend"
"Western science gives us our modern life, yet the growth of science was born in a fight for freedom of ideas. Can Asia therefore have the fruits of material life, electricity, cars etc, without having freedom?"
click here for "Freedom in Asia"
"It is a condition of our society that those we grant freedom to must respect the freedom of others."
click here for "Islamists"
"Wouldn't the world be better off if the powers didn't just back any tyrant because he is their man?"
click here for "Mugabe is the KGB's man"
"A million years ago the area was alive with volcanoes. Smoke would have filled the air from bush-fires started by the molten rock as it poured across the landscape, creating one of the world's biggest lava flows."
click here for "Legacy of a violent past"
"Thus for the Borung people Arcturus signaled the time to eat ant larvae, while for the Greeks it was time to prune vines. Before clocks and calendars the night sky itself marked the passage of seasons and activities in daily living."
click here for "Aboriginal Astronomy Mysteries"
