As many of our readers are interested in Australian history and people, I thought members of this list would be interested to know of some of the interesting items that have gone online on Simply Australia recently. http://simplyaustralia.net With Spring now upon us our attention is turning more to our great Australian environment and you will see more of our past articles on pastimes and the outdoors going online in the coming weeks. Following our Anzac Day, "special", our "war and peace" theme has expanded (thanks to all who contributed). We have had some interesting new articles submitted. A big thank to those who wrote and sent articles and poems etc for inclusion. Please remember, if you have an article, story etc that you would like included on Simply Australia, see our submissions page. http://simplyaustralia.net/submissions.html We'd love to consider it for inclusion if it fits our guidelines. Thanks also for the emails of support we have received from list members. Your feedback is very important to us. Finally, if you have visited the site lately you will see that you can also follow us on Twitter. http://twitter.com/SimplyAustralia Please add us to your bookmarks and your RSS feed. Links to these are on the front page of the site. regards, Valda - for the team at Simply Australia SIMPY AUSTRALIA website: http://simplyaustralia.net email: thefolk@simplyaustralia.net _________________________________________ Here is a selection of the latest additions to the site: ARTICLES: Appreciating the talents of Pat Drummond (article and review) Ella Zuila - Heroine of the highwire (research by Professor Peta Tait) Finding Ebb Wren (Rob Willis) From Bung Bong to Lapstone Hill: bridges, culverts and cuttings (Jim Low) Inheritors of the Dream - the development of a New Zealand Folk Music Heritage (Phil Garland) Interview with Phil Garland No Goose to Cook - An entertaining account of the difficulties faced by a cook in the Australian Army during the Korean War (Dudley C. Pye AM JP) Shipwreck Broadsides - broadsides relating the sad tales of ships that went down on voyages to and from Australia The Autograph Book - The Second World War brought changes to the daily lives of ordinary Australians on the home front. Edith Williams was one of them. (Glenda Bone-Gault) The Bush (Max O'Rell - 1894) There's a Fire! - Jean O'Gradey's account of a bushfire in 1951. [+audio of Mrs O'Gradey's personal account + a song based on her story] Tragedy at the Weatherboard - the story behind a lone grave. (John Low) + more from the archives .... We have also featured one of our favourite Australian singer/songwriters: Gary Shearston: The Best of All Trades (review of his latest double CD - Jim Low) POETRY: Abandoned Road Bridge over Bet Bet Creek Banjo's Billabong Don't Ask Them How They Are Driving the Asphalt Paddock Five Hectare Christmas Carol Litterny On the street where we live Shopfloor Anthem Still a Jolly Swagman The Alter of the Hoof The Austral Irony The Break O'Day Lion (Wilfred Blake- 1934) The Ghosts of Timor Road and more .... MUSIC: Battle of the Somme [Phyl Lobl - lyrics + audio] Beneath Australian Skies [Bronnie Ware- audio] There's a Fire! - [Jim Low - lyrics + audio] PHOTO ESSAYS: A farm in drought near Warracknabeal in Western Victoria Bridges, culverts, tunnels and cuttings