My research

Alice in Wonderland: Alice in OZ | Australian books | Australian books (presentation) | Christian Yandell's Alice | Alice on Film | Poster 1968 | Pre-Raphaelite photographer | Poster 1977 | Star review 1865 | Whitcombe's Alice | Contents When and where? Alice Downunder The Australian search Star search References -------------------- Abstract : A search of Australian newspapers from the period December 1865 through 1866 with the word Star in their title has failed to locate a missing December 1865 review of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as noted in the author's diary. It is therefore likely that the review is to be found in a similarly titled, though elusive, United Kingdom publication. ------------------ 1. When and where? During April 2025 the present writer was contacted by the secretary of the British Lewis Carroll Society seeking information on a missing 1865 review ...

| Australian Aborigines / Indigenous / First Nations archive | Contents Crows or dances? Historical origins Dance not crows Conclusions References ----------------------- 1. Crows or dances? History exists as a record of the past; of events, thoughts, actions and realities. It is constantly being re-discovered, interpreted, re-written, censored or destroyed, ignored or expanded upon. The basic 'facts' of history are subject to the aforementioned manipulation, plus addition of things that never took place, i.e., facts that are not factual. Such actions in dealing with history can be carried out by individuals, groups and organisations, including governments. History ultimately provides us with the truth, or a truth; it also tells lies. It is a source of both revelation and deception, information and misinformation. As an historian the present writer seeks the truth, and what is found is then turned into a personal truth, and a truth which may or may no...

Contents Bio Bibliography Videos Tarling Tapes References ------------------ 1. Bios Lowell Tarling is primarily known as a writer, and author of biographies of Tiny Tim and Australian artist Martin Sharp. In the absence of any consolidated biography, or the publication of his own autobiography, some biographical notes are presented below. The first is an amalgamation of text from his novels The Secret Gang of OomLau (1988), 1967: This is it! (1990) and other sources: Lowell Tarling was born in London in 1949. There he read Beano and Dandy comics and also became an active member of the Enid Blyton Fan Club. In 1956 he told an aunt that some day he wanted to be an author. When the Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) attended his film premiere in London (1959), Lowell actually met him and touched a silver bullet. Lowell came to Australia in 1959 and spent his teenage years in Sydney. Before the Beatles came along and changed everything, Lowell read Phantom comics a...