Keywords: Australian Pavilion
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INTERNATIONAL
- Catherine Marshall
- 29 April 2016
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It can be a dangerous thing, travelling to paradise. Those turquoise lagoons and white beaches and lush hills often conceal a more sinister side, a Mr Hyde to the brochures' bright-and-shiny Dr Jekyll. So it was on Samoa this week, when Cyclone Amos skirted by. We were told it was headed for Samoa's main island, Upolu, where we were staying. Still, we felt calm, for there wasn't a breath of wind in the sky. Later, at the height of it, I stood up in the dark, opened the curtains and looked outside.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- P. S. Cottier
- 11 August 2015
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Batsmen may fly, or even run, after striking the ball, but must never proceed in a straight line. Wickets are to be baked of gingerbread, with sticky marshmallow bails ... A second infringement of bail removal will result in a fifty per cent reduction in the need for gloves of any hue. If this should occur, the severed hand will float into the ether, waving farewell to the game it loved like a wife.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 09 December 2009
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January 1961: the fourth Ashes test. On the eve of the final day, with Australia's plight looking grim, we
went to a Chinese restaurant. We'd just given our
orders when Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey, Allan Davidson and Ken
'Slasher' Mackay walked in.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 02 July 2009
The video featured on this page is a
substandard, pirated copy of an artist's work, posted on YouTube. For
most of us, it's the only means of seeing some of the most celebrated
work of one of Australia's leading emerging artists.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 11 February 2009
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Fires and floods, murderous cyclones, unprecedented storms — none of them confined to their time honoured places and seasons. Nature is no longer our familiar element
and our inspiration. It's running amok.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
he was diverted.. from the impending roast.. and wiping red wine.. from his generous lips.. he mouthed sweet nothings.. in retaliation.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 06 July 2006
‘Pavillon now OPEN. Surving FOOD and DRIN’. This sign, propped up outside Spencer Street Station, was attracting a lot of passing attention the other morning.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ralph Carolan
- 06 June 2006
Ralph Carolan visits The Temple Down the Road: The life and times of the MCG by Brian Matthews.
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