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HIDDEN NO MORE: Part Two - Born to Ride: The Duval Horsemen and an Aboriginal Triumph That Endured
HIDDEN NO MORE: Part Two - Born to Ride: The Duval Horsemen and an Aboriginal Triumph That Endured
Brian AJ Newman LLB
4 hours ago15 min read


Hidden No More — Part One, Milbona, Corumba and Lulu: the beginning of the search
There are some family histories that are handed down in complete sentences. There are names spoken at the kitchen table, photographs placed carefully in albums, dates written in the margins and stories repeated so often that children grow up believing they will always be there. Then there are the histories that survive in fragments. A name written differently in one record and another. A woman described by a European name. A birthplace guessed rather than recorded. A family l
Brian AJ Newman LLB
23 hours ago10 min read


Eureka Stockade: The Battle the Government Won and the People Remembered
Eureka Stockade: The Battle the Government Won and the People Remembered. This article discusses violence, the deaths of miners and soldiers, and the dispossession of First Nations people. Names of deceased people are included in the historical account. The Eureka Stockade is often described as the birthplace of Australian democracy. That description contains truth, but it can also make the story too comfortable.
Eureka was not a neat founding moment in which everyone stood
Brian AJ Newman LLB
Sep 110 min read


Who Added the Most to Australia’s National Debt? The Governments, Treasurers and the COVID Debt Explosion
Who Added the Most to Australia’s National Debt? The Governments, Treasurers and the COVID Debt Explosion
Brian AJ Newman LLB
Aug 3113 min read


ONE NATION NO MORE: Why I Wrote This Song
ONE NATION NO MORE: Why I Wrote This Song
Brian AJ Newman LLB
Aug 265 min read


Born in Moree: My Family, the Freedom Ride and the Hidden History of Aboriginal Australia
Born in Moree: My Family, the Freedom Ride and the Hidden History of Aboriginal Australia
Brian AJ Newman LLB
Aug 2411 min read
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