Australian Aviation – A Technological System – A seminar paper

Here is a paper that I wrote for a short talk I gave at a recent Collaborative Research Center in Australian History research seminar at Federation University.  It’s more or less about the theoretical ideas behind the history of Australian civil aviation that I’m working on.  As it turned out, what is written here and … More Australian Aviation – A Technological System – A seminar paper

BEFORE/NOW

Yesterday I went to Booktown Clunes which is a huge orgy of book selling and buying. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s worth finding out about on the www. Despite the manifest temptations I bought only three books, and worthy tomes they are too, none of your paperback rubbish. My main reason for going … More BEFORE/NOW

I go to the footy

I reckon it might be fifty years or more since I went to the MCG to watch a game of footy. Not that footy isn’t interesting, just that there were other more interesting things to do on the weekend during that time or we weren’t living in Melbourne or the Melbourne Football Club team was … More I go to the footy