STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH

TWO DAYS OLD ON THE BAR: MY CONNECTION TO THE PALLY PUB

LULU — HIDDEN, NOT LOST - The Anaiwan ancestor at the beginning of my family story

HIDDEN NO MORE: Part Two - Born to Ride: The Duval Horsemen and an Aboriginal Triumph That Endured

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

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

Play Hard But Fair - Born Into The Fight: Turning Tables