by Kathryn Spurling | Apr 8, 2025 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
There is another more uplifting story concerning war and Broken Hill. The initial incident was certainly sad, but the enduring relationship and international connection enriched the town and two families. The land surrounding Broken Hill is harsh. But there is also...
by Kathryn Spurling | Apr 6, 2025 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
It is an unusual place in Australia for one of the first ‘battles’ of World War I to take place. Broken Hill is a long way from the Australian coastline and a very long way away from Europe. Nonetheless anyone visiting Broken Hill is quickly informed of how on New...
by Kathryn Spurling | Feb 28, 2025 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
The 1963 film The Great Escape was considered a classic war film. It featured a stella Hollywood cast, none more famous than Steve McQueen. The film ostensibly told the story of the escape from Luft III of dozens of Allied Prisoners-of-War (POWs), most of whom were...
by Kathryn Spurling | Sep 17, 2024 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
KATHERINE STINSON was born in Alabama in 1891. That likely was the least amazing thing she did because her achievements were soon remarkable by world-wide standards. Stinson wanted to go to Europe to study music and return to teach piano. To accomplish this, she...
by Kathryn Spurling | Aug 21, 2024 | Blogs - Kathryn Spurling
It could be tough growing up in a family of high achievers. Her father was Headmaster at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide. A brother was a Cambridge University, England, graduate and now lecturer in engineering; another brother also a graduate of Cambridge, was taking...
