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Roma, Queensland, bottletrees, and the brief for the Queen.
It was 2000 and I received an assignment from the Department of Veterans Affairs, to write a ‘brief for the Queen’. It certainly would be a good addition to the CV, if indeed I was allowed to cite it as such (alas I wasn’t). The assignment nonetheless sounded...
Just a Simple Post Card #2
It came in the post, and it was wonderful, a pretty lace postcard from a terrible war. ‘A Kiss from France’ for a mother. He remembered her birthday but given the irregular mail and distance the card had to journey around the world Sapper Horace Mervyn Herrod (6672)...
Fun and Inspiration with Helen Reddy
The words from ‘I am Woman’ bounced around in my head. They had inspired me to stand up and have an opinion. Yes, I am one of the older generation, and yes, I had adolescent memories of being ignored because I was a girl. This might be hard to believe by later...
Naval Commemoration Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial
Naval Commemoration Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial
Memories of Helen Reddy from Canberra author who became a close friend
Article from Canberra Times - September 30 2020 Among the many people mourning the death of Australian singer Helen Reddy on Wednesday was Canberra author and historian Dr Kathryn Spurling. Reddy, famous for the feminist anthem, I Am Woman, died on Tuesday in Los...
Controversy surrounds combat roles for women
The Government has announced women will be allowed into elite front-line military units if they pass stringent physical and psychological tests. Kathryn Spurling spoke on ABC Lateline