STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH

By Brian AJ Newman There is a phrase at the heart of Sue Pickrell’s account of my ancestor Granny Duval: “She must have come from somewhere.” For Aboriginal families, those words carry a meaning far greater than genealogy. They concern identity, Country, kinship and the relationships connecting one generation to another. They challenge the silence of incomplete colonial records and the false suggestion that a person without a neatly documented European history somehow appeare

By Brian AJ Newman | 12 August 2026 The Gold Coast is more likely to experience a slower, uneven and increasingly divided property market not a major housing collapse over the next two years. Population growth and an entrenched shortage of suitable housing should continue to support property values. At the same time, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s cash rate of 4.35 per cent, high mortgage repayments and a widening gap between wages and property prices will restrict borrowing

Play Hard But Fair - Born Into The Fight: Birthrights a Chapter About When The Line Is Crossed, It Will Be Answered

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