Anzac Day
Anzac Day is a Remembrance Day event in Australia and New Zealand commemorating those who lost their lives in war.
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Culture
Banjo Paterson: The Man who Wrote Waltzing Matilda
He was known as Banjo Paterson but his real name was Andrew Barton Paterson and is best known for writing Australia’s most popular song, Waltzing Matilda
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Kind of Blue in the Mississippi Delta
The Mississippi Delta is the home of the sound that was once known as ‘the devil’s music’, the blues. Robert Johnson (b. 1911) was a master and seminal developer of its early form
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Persecuted Moralists: The Mennonites
The Mennonites are a Protestant religious sect, first formed in the Netherlands in the 16th century.
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The Marble Sculptors of Paros and Naxos
The Cycladian islands of Paros and Naxos are best known today for their beautiful beaches which attract hundreds of thousands of holiday makers every year.
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