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Australia Post commemorative pre-paid envelopes

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Australia: Airmail 1931 | Australia in Space 2024 | Commemorative PPE | Rare Covers | Souvenir Covers 1970-1997 + Varieties | Souvenirs Covers 1997+ | WWF 50 Years | Papua New Guinea: 1934 3½d Pink | 1952 6½d | 1952 7½d | 2/6 Lakatois | FDCs | Forgeries | Hutt PNCs | Japan | Leaflets | OS Lakatois | Overprints | Peter & Horse | Philatelic Bureau | PSEs/PSPs/Aerogrammes | Rare | Revenue & Postage Due | Souvenir Covers |  50 Years of Probus in Australia, pre-paid envelope, released: 24 February 2026, price: $2. 1. Commemorative PPE   Australia Post pre-paid envelopes (PPE) have primarily exist as generic items issued for relatively long periods of time and never commemorating or celebrating specific events, organisations or individuals. The latter were usually accommodated by first day covers - when issued with a specific stamp or set of stamps - un-stamped souvenir covers, pre-stamp...
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Rose Farm Cottage 1820, Ermington (Parramatta)

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Parramatta: Bramshaw House, Oatlands 1890 | Campbell (Verge) / Broughton House 1838-9 | Oatlands House 1833-40+ | Rose Farm Cottage 1820 | UFO encounter, Parramatta 1868 | Rose Farm Cottage, view looking northwest Source: Pello Real Estate 2025. Michael Organ & Graham Shirley   Contents Introduction Chronology Images  Comments  References ----------------- Introduction Late in 2025 the historic Rose Farm Cottage circa 1820, formerly part of the Rose Hill Estate, Ermington (Parramatta), was put up for sale, with a list price of circa Aus$2.5 million. The advertisement informed us it was situated upon a block of approximately 1.8 hectares, with a suggestion of the possible subdivision into two. The cottage sat awkwardly at an angle, in line with direct sight towards the Parramatta River as per its 1820 origins, but out of sync with later street alignment. It is surrounded by residential development, and any subdivision woul...
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Calcium

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The following is a list of foods with regards to their calcium content.  Calcium (mg) Food Quantity / Serving Type 400 Soy, calcium enriched 200ml Milk 380 Sheep milk 200ml Milk 360 Milkshake 200ml Milk 270 Feta 60g Cheese 244 Milk, skimmed 200ml Milk 242 Mozzarella 60g Cheese 240 Milk, semi-skimmed 200ml Milk 240 Hard cheese 30g Cheese 240 Soft cheese 60g Cheese 240 Sardines, oil, canned 60g Fish 236 Milk, whole 200ml Milk 207 Yoghurt, natural 150g Yoghurt 197 Yoghurt, flavoured 150g Yoghurt 180 Cream cheese 60g Cheese 169 Yoghurt, with fruit pieces 150g Yoghurt 138 Fresh cheese 200g Cheese 132 Oysters 100g Fish 112 Broccoli 120 raw Veggies ...
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"The first Islamic terrorist attack in the West" - Holy War at Broken Hill, Australia, 1915

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Islam | 7 October 2023 | Alaa & Randa Abdel Fattah | Ashin Wirathu - Buddhist Monk | Battle of Broken Hill 1915 | Charles III and Islam | Francesca & Anthony Albanese | Hate speech laws 2026 | Ilhan Omar | Islamophobia | Justine Damon killing | Life of Muhammad | Muslim Brotherhood in Australia | Pauline & the burqa | Politics | Qur'an quotes | Rape is Resistance | Rational fear of Islam | References | Zorhan Mamdani | Sam Byrne, First World War: Turks fire on picnic train, Broken Hill, Jan. 1st. 1915 , oil on canvas, c.1965, National Gallery of Victoria. ---------------------- Daily Herald , Adelaide, 2 January 1915. The first Islamic terrorist attack in the West was the so-called Battle of Broken Hill [Australia] where two [Afghan] Muslims answered the call of Jihad in 1915 to obey the Calif of the Ottoman Empire and randomly began shooting Australians while they were having a picnic ...
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