Re: Boreanesian in the Web (was: Why Triggers?)
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 26, 2001, 7:54 |
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At 03.59 a.m. 26.10.2001 +0000, you wrote:
>You're serious?? the Hill's Hoist isn't Australian? At the recently
>opened and apparently controversial (due to critics claiming that
>it's rubbishy and kitsch) Canberra National Museum, there was a
>section about the Hills Hoist and how it's a symbol of the Australian
>housewife of the 50s etc.
An article in the 'Today' section of the _Age_ about Aussie icons that
aren't Aussie a few weeks ago enlightened me as to this appaling fact. (I
don't know if they put articles in the Today online. If you wanted, you
could search http://www.theage.com.au/)
Tristan
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