4 JUN 2026
Alec Chisholm: The bird man and more
I live and work in Central Victoria and Maryborough stands out in Australian history, not least as the birthplace of Alec Chisholm in 1890. Chisholm became a...
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30 MAY 2026
Mount Gambier volcano could erupt
I'm going to visit Mount Gambier in a couple of weeks, which reminds me of an article I wrote years ago about the possibility of a volcanic eruption there. ...
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22 MAY 2026
Maternal DNA reveals Viking heritage
According to a maternal DNA test (mtDNA), I'm descended from a Viking woman. My haplogroup is J1c3f, who lived 4600 years ago. A haplogroup is a genetic co...
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22 FEB 2026
Thylacine: Bringing the past to life
It's truly remarkable that scientists are poised to resurrect the extinct thylacine. Scientific efforts to resurrect the extinct thylacine, or Tasmania...
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28 NOV 2020
Coronavirus wipes out 2020
The year 2020 is both memorable and one to forget. It's memorable for having the first global pandemic since Spanish Flu in 1918-19. It's forgettable for sti...
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20 AUG 2014
Georg Balthasar von Neumayer
I discovered during my genealogical research that two of my great-great grandparents, Daniel Burgdorf and Augusta Springer, arrived in Sydney from Germany aboa...
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