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  1. Holy Soap

    Today google recognizes Ignaz Semmelwies the man who introduced or at least tried the concept of hand washing hospitals it is strange that it took until the mid 19th century for this practice to start as soap has been made since ancient Babylonian times and washing water for religious purposes...

  2. NSW with Army Governors not Navy.

    For the first 20 plus years of the NSW colony the Governors were all Navy men, until Lachlan Macquarie in 1810. Would the colony have developed quicker or differently if they had come from the Army with some type of military engineering background. I was thinking that follow the arrival of...

  3. The Death of President Theodore Roosevelt 1903

    A little known fact on TR the great hunter was that during his 1903 tour of Yosemite the only animal he killed was a mouse he believe not yet know to science that he disected and preserved before sending to the Smithsonian...

  4. Without Warning-new from John Birmingham

    Has anyone read the new book from John Birmingham its not a continuation of Weapons of Choice but does have a Science Fiction theme. Just read the cover blurb but it seems that in 2003 the USA is hit by a ASB wave that either isolates it from the world or destroys it. The story follows the rest...

  5. The Rum Rebellion

    As Australia day (Jan 26th) staggers up on us again it is a good time to remember it is 200 years ago since the only succesfull overthrough of a government in Australia by armed forces took place. For two years the NSW Corps ruled the colony in what would now days be called a military Junta, but...
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