While it may be considered blasphemous to mention the jumbled files of Darwin agronomist and relentless activist Robert Wesley-Smith with the divine Dead Sea Scrolls , we do so because of his latest discovery of yet another carton of interesting material .
The Dead Sea Scrolls,which contained Jewish manuscripts written on parchment , paper and copper, were found in West Bank caves over 10 years.
Wesley-Smith has been excavating his dusty files, in suitcases, cardboard boxes , bookshelves and computer , which includes correspondence with the former US President Jimmy Carter over East Timor , and a rare , large collection of protest T-shirts , for what seems to be almost half a century .
Just recently , he informed this blog that he had found yet another carton of old documents and some forgotten diaries which will help him resume writing his memoirs. It seems there were pictures of him speaking to a police office at a l999 East Timor demonstration in Darwin .
Little Darwin readers may recall photographs of Wes-also known as Rural Rebel Rob-being manhandled by security in Canberra during the 1970 visit of American Vice - President Spiro T. Agnew who was on an Asia-Pacific Tour .
RRR is seen below , on the left, in glasses, coming to grips with the situation . On that occasion, a kind lady armed with an umbrella went to his assistance, as did others, to try and prevent him being hauled away .
(Scrolls, Rebel, Carter.)
