by David Swain | 4 Mar, 2018
Rowe Morrow, New South Wales Regional Meeting When the winds brought the sands Broken Hill was a young town seeing itself on the brink of a great future as a mining town and weighty regional centre. Silver, lead and zinc had been discovered and Broken Hill...
by David Swain | 4 Mar, 2018
It silently seeps like Love Canal sludge It goosesteps in blood like Ebro jackboots It denatures the mob like deodorant sprays It tars the philosopher like lowly lynch mobs Give it a name; spray it on walls like a folksinger’s axe It swamps reason like backwater...
by David Swain | 4 Mar, 2018
Sally O’Wheel, Tasmania Regional Meeting This is the hardest thing I have had to deal with since I accepted the position as co-convenor of the Friends in Stitches, Australian Quaker Narrative Embroidery. I have had the job of creating the Friends in Stitches web page...
by David Swain | 4 Mar, 2018
Rae Litting, New South Wales Regional Meeting Many Quakers will know of Sydney Parkinson as the first Quaker to set foot in Australia. He was the botanical illustrator for Joseph Banks, and you can see many of his illustrations on-line. He was the subject of one of...
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