Background to the first article I wrote on Aboriginal issues 47 years ago: Hadfield High School Newsletter 1966 (Northern Suburbs of Melbourne) The referendum of 27 May 1967, called by the Holt Government, approved two amendments to the Australian constitution relating to Indigenous Australians. Technically it was a vote on the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal People) […]

Christopher Columbus left Genoa Italy in 1492 to discover America. I arrived in Genoa in August 2000 to discover all trains, boats and planes are booked out in advance because everybody in Northern Europe heads to the Mediterranean for the summer holidays. I had just finished touring Italy and Sardinia with the Red Centre Dreaming […]