This is a fragment of a chapter on the Emir of Kuwait and his visit to Sydney, Australia, purportedly to thank the country for its role in the conflict. More pages will be added if found. It relates to this story here: XXX

Antartic’s icy blast sends coast into deep freeze, The Australian, 22 June, 1995.

Draft of The Story Behind The Outing Story, from the unpublished book My Name Is Blah Blah. Circa 1992.

My Name is Blah Blah. The First. Unfinished book on Journalism and life at The Sydney Morning Herald. Circa 1992.

My Name is Blah Blah. Unfinished Novel on Journalism and life at the Sydney Morning Herald. Circa 1992. This was written on an Apple Classic II, one of the very very first home computers to reach the mass market. It cost more than a thousand dollars, quite a bit at the time, and was indeed a magical […]

Turn the Rivers Inland, a Vision Simple and Grand, The Australian, 21 June, 1995.

Eastern Gas Pipeline, The Australian, 17 June, 1995.

Relief Fund for Contaminated Cattle, The Australian, 6 June, 1995.

Saltbush, The Australian, 5 June, 1995.

Miss Prissy’s cure steers gene research, The Australian, 5 June, 1995.

Miss Prissy The Miracle Calf, The Australian, 2 June, 1995.

Growers fear for industry’s survival, The Australian, 31 May, 1995.

Application for Australia Council Grant for book NMy Name is Blah Blah: Essays in Australian Journalism, 15 May, 1995.

I made quite a number of applications to the Australia Council for Writer’s Grants over the years.None were successful. This one, too, was unsuccessful. And this time around I was even friends with the head of the Literature Board, who encouraged me to make this application. There was a certain sneering contempt in the Australia Council for those […]

My Name is Blah Blah: Essays in Australian Journalism, 1995.

My Name Is Blah Blah.The original manuscript ran to several hundred pages and was largely eaten by mice.It exists only in these fragments.

Business card, The Australian.

One of the many attempts, The Tempe Way, Random House, 2 May, 1995.

Nimbin, the alternative culture capital of Australia, The Australian, 1 May, 1995.

ABC city listeners tune in to the regions, The Weekend Australian, 29 April, 1995.

Fugitive Saxon faces extradition from US, The Australian, 24 April, 1995.

Breakaway Shearers Union, The Australian, 22 April, 1995.

ORIGINAL COPY

Goats, The Australian, 18 April, 1995.

Apples, The Australian, 18 April, 1995.

Animal Liberationists Block Live Cattle Trade, The Australian, 18 April, 1995.

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Greens on course for wetlands cotton cash, The Australian, 11 April, 1995.

Greens on course for wetlands cotton clash, The Australian, 11 April, 1995.

Lack of follow-up rains keep water storage levels low, The Australian, 11 April, 1995.

Australia’s Inland Rivers Versus the Cotton Industry, The Australian, 6 April, 1995.

A 105-year-old Farmer Clings to Life in a Tree, The Australian, 5 April, 1995.

Supervision of Pharmaceutical Drugs in Rural Australia, The Australian, 5 April, 1995.

The Farm Succession Planning Program, The Australian, 22 March, 1995.

Proposal for Trip Out West, The Australian, 22 March, 1995.

Panic in Rural Property over Mabo Decision, The Australian, 22 March, 1995.

Gourmet fungi business ready to mushroom, The Australian, 14 March, 1995.

Women of the Land

Not sure of date or publication. Possibly The Australian 1995.

Bush schools in drought.

Not sure of date or publication. Possibly The Australian early 1995. Australian governments have always ignored the traditional peoples and cultures of the bush, in many cases actively participating in the destruction of rural communities and old fashioned ways of life. By their ignorance and self-serving greed they destroyed the spirit of the country. This […]

Bees in drought.

Bees in drought. Not sure of date or publication. Perhaps The Australian 1995.

Bush stores in drought.

Uncertain of date or publication. Could be The Australian, 1995.

The Inland of Australia as a National Park, 1995.

Not sure where this page goes:

Native Mushrooms, The Australian, 11 March, 1995. Original copy.

Trainer has knack of getting ‘crook’ horses back on track, The Australian, Circa 10 March, 1995.

‘Clean, green’ crops harvest export success, The Australian, 9 March, 1995.

Date might be slightly off.

Coastal monsoons brings hope of end to drought weather patterns, The Australian, 9 March, 1995.

Storms bring rain but rural woes remain, The Australian, 9 March, 1995.

Teachers soften poll stance, The Australian, 6 March, 1995.

Diggers remember ‘Bloody George’, The Australian, 6 March, 1995.

Worker shortage makes for slim pickings, The Australian, 21 February, 1995.

Fruit growers turn sour as protected birds steal the crop, The Weekend Australian, 18 February, 1995.

230,000 families wait for housing, The Australian, 13 February, 1995.

Drought policy a sick joke, say farmers, The Australian,12 February, 1995.

Chowk Pottery, The Early Days, Interview with Penny Evans, Draft, Circa 1995.

Draft. Not sure if this story was ever published.

Family farming’s inherited problems, The Weekend Australian, 28-29 January, 1995.

Dustbowl turns into land of promise as rivers run wide, The Weekend Australian, 28-29 January, 1995.

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I love a sunburnt country, Original Copy, The Australian, 27 January, 1995.

Farmers condemn Asian market push ‘betrayal’, The Australian, 24 January, 1995.

Farmers rejoice as the big wet extends south-east, The Weekend Australian, 21 January, 1995.

Best rain in 4 years brings hope on drought, Page One, The Weekend Australian, 21 January, 1995.

Sunburnt legacy inspires our hottest young poets, The Australian, 16 January, 1995. Pic Bob Finlayson.

Rural protest against lack of aid, The Australian, 12 January, 1995.

Drought-hit farmers to protest, The Australian, 11 January, 1995.

Letters track ancestor’s hard life, The Australian, 11 January, 1995.

Blind Spot. Fred Hollows. The Australian, 11 January, 1995.

Cotton growers halt use of chemical in wake of beef contamination scare, The Australian, 10 January, 1995.

Disputed treasures of our priceless national estate, The Australian, 9 January, 1995.

Patchy rain helps ease farmland desperation, The Weekend Australian, 7 January, 1995.

Request for use of article, Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong, 6 january, 1995.

Sweet taste of rain gives farmers hope, Page One, The Australian, 5 January, 1995. Pic David Sproule.

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Good falls along the coast, Original Copy, The Australian, 5 January, 1995.

Heritage listed farmers seek $7m, The Australian, 30 December, 1994.

Seeing is believing in Hollows factory, From trip to Eritrea, The Australian, 23 December, 1994.

Typical Photo Request, Wood Carving with a Chainsaw, The Australian, Circa 17 December, 1994.

The Disappearance of Revelle Balmain, Glebe Coroner’s Court, Circa December, 1994. Original copy.

Locals take on bureaucrats over ‘short cut’ to town, The Weekend Australian, 10 December, 1994.

Stock routes closed as feed runs out, The Australian, 9 December, 1994.

There’s alluring glister yet in the hills of old gold, The Australian, 7 December, 1994.

Bush movie memories project the images of another age, The Australian, 28 November, 1994.

Ties with Eritrea grow stronger, The Australian, 27 November, 1994.

Union warns of contaminated beef on dinner tables, The Australian, 25 November, 1994.

Three nations clear our beef, The Australian, 24 November, 1994.

Beef exports in crisis over chemical fears, The Australian, 22 November, 1994.

Contamination the last straw for farmers, The Weekend Australian, 12 November, 1994.

When slaughter is more merciful than starvation, The Weekend Australian, 12 November, 1994.

Aquaculture nets a future for our fishing industry, The Australian, 8 November, 1994.

Only a trace of honey in the hives, The Weekend Australian, 5 November, 1994.

This is what a printout used to look like, 4 November, 1994.

Landcare Senate Inquiry, Printout, 2 November, 1994.

This is what printout’s used to look like.

Australian Manufacturing, 1994.

Unsure of exact date and place of publication.

Bloody magic!…farms rejoice in the wet, The Australian, 21 October, 1994.

Fashion designer inspired by sheep, The Australian, 13 October, 1994. Picture Chris Pavlich.

The flying nun of the outback takes a diver in farm accident, The Weekend Australian, 29 October, 1994.

Drought forces farmers to slaughter breeding stock, The Australian, 12 October, 1994.

Wal of water buckets the basket weavers, The Australian, 12 October, 1994.

On a trip to Eritrea for The Australian, 1994.

Flight to Eritrea with the Fred Hollows Foundation, for The Australian, 12 October, 1994.

Light rain gives hope to farmers, The Weekend Australian, 8 October, 1994.

Birdsville’s now a new fashioned track, The Australian, 4 October, 1994.

Risk increases as firefighters battle to save homes, The Weekend Australia, 1 October, 1994.

Hard Lessons on the Land, The Australian, 30 September, 1994.

Fahey launches river care plan, The Australian, 29 September, 1994.

Talc Alf thrives in splendid isolation, The Australian, 1994.

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Best rain in a year signals end of drought for some, The Australian, 29 September, 1994.

Producers fight land management myths, The Australian, 28 September, 1994.

New strategy to fight algal blooms, The Australian, 28 September, 1994.

Heritage proposal rocks Lake Eyre, The Australian, 26 September, 1994.

Grower access to wool body improved, The Australian, 23 September, 1994.

Scouts prepared to polish old hat image, The Australian, 23 September, 1994.

Knockback, Australia Council Writers Grants, 22 September, 1994.

Drought draws country women together, The Weekend Australian, 17 September, 1994.

Wool price spiral brings hope to farmers, The Weekend Australian, 17 September, 1994. Pic David Gray.

Greener Pastures? Arid Lands: Barren Future? The Australian, 15 September, 1994.

Front Page Pointer:

Bushies make tracks for Birdsville, The Weekend Australian, 3 September, 1994.

And they’re off – to the bush event of the year, The Australian, 2 September, 1994. Pic David Gray.

25 years of Bethlehem in Bourke, The Weekend Australian, 27 August, 1994. Pic Anna Rogers.

‘Roo monopoly costs tanners their skins, The Australian, 23 August, 1994.

Wharves rekindle memories of prosperity, The Weekend Australian, 20 August, 1994. Pic Anna Rogers.

TV revamp gets bad reception, The Weekend Australian, 20 August, 1994.

Cotton germ keeps pests at bay, naturally, The Weekend Australian, 13 August, 1994. Pic Ruxxell Shakespeare.

Art blends best of black and white, The Weekend Australian, August 13, 1994. Pic Russell Shakespeare

Drought-hit farmers get $14 in aid, The Australian, 10 August, 1994.

Fahey to seek $10m rural assistance cash, The Australian, 9 August, 1994.

Hopes buried as farms turn to dust, The Weekend Australian, 6 August, 1994.

Drought claims 12 more districts, The Australian, 2 August, 1994.

Letter from old Sydney Morning Herald Chief of Staff Paul Bailey as make the move to The Australian 2 July, 1994.

In the forest of the vanishing, a trail of death, The Age, 22 June, 1994

In the forest of the vanishing, a trail of death Author: John StapletonDate: 22/05/1994Words: 917 Publication: The AgeSection: The Backpacker RaidsPage: 3 Australia’s worst serial killings started out as little more than a missing-persons case. Seven young backpackers had disappeared from various locations around Sydney, but there seemed little to connect them in […]

Sports injuries show safety is in the eye of the racquet holder, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 June, 1994. Pictures Dean Sewell.

ActivePaper ArchiveSydney Morning Herald, 20/06/1994

On the job, pix, The Sydney Morning Herald, circa 1994.

Student anglers take the fishing bait – hook, line and sinker, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 June, 1994 Picture Robert Pearce

ActivePaper ArchiveSydney Morning Herald, 6/06/1994

The Last 49 stories for The Sydney Morning Herald, List, From 28 February, 1994 to 6 June, 1994.

Death of the Darkroom, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June, 1994. Pic Greg White.

One of the last stories for the SMH before moving to The Australian. DEATH OF THE DARKROOM Author: JOHN STAPLETONDate: 05/06/1994Words: 828 Publication: Sydney Morning HeraldSection: ComputersPage: 48 WE are living through the final days of the darkroom. For much of this century photography has been conducted in very much the same way […]