EARLY MORNING PADDLE AFTER STORM

Vallis photo ,Magnetic Island .

 

CASTLE HILL CLIMB PANORAMA BY ABRA

 

OUTWARD BOUND

Shipping Reporter  photo.

MUTILATED MERMAID AND HEALTH MINISTER IN HEAD TRANSPLANT

 Magnetic Island's mysterious  mermaid  and  federal  Health Minister Greg Hunt  have been receiving  more  obvious  cranium   manipulation. 

In the case of the poor  mermaid, her arms and  head  were  pulled  off . Then  a   rock  was  placed  in  the neck  cavity , below,  making   her  look  like  an  animal,  a  strange  creature from  outer space. 

Our  see  all   Shipping Roundsman   reports that  the  faux head  stone  has   been moved , below,  points  in   another direction.

For months , Minister Hunt  has been having trouble  with  his  hair , especially  the  feral  Katherine  kiss  curl  that  was  flopping  about  in the  part  , greying, see  evidence  below .     

Now , our    sharp eyed  waterfront  reporter   says  there is a new look Health Minister, below, with  premature dark hair , just like Andrew Peacock displayed,  and  an  orderly  kiss  curl ,  making  him  seem   a  member of  the  highly  popular   Mickey Mouse Club  . This   is  due to  treatment  by  celebrity hairdresser ,Thin  Lizzy  ,  flat out  right  now   touching  up  thinly  thatched   members  of  the  federal government , including  the   treasurer  .

There is wild speculation that  Hunt  , who is not going to stand at the next election , though campaigning   like mad  for  ScoMo,  with even bigger Mickey Mouse ears , will team up  with gone with the  wind  Adelaide  pollie Christopher Pyne , to run  a  new  Sky television show which will challenge  the   ABC's   highly  rated   Romper  Room .

THE LARGE CHINESE CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY AUSTRALIA

 Portraits  from  collections of  Library and  Archives Northern Territory and  the  Chung  Wah Society's Chinese Museum, Darwin  

In May-June 1905 the South Australian Governor, Sir George Le Hunte, toured the Northern Territory. On Monday  June 19  ,  a deputation of merchants, representing the Chinese community, waited upon His Excellency  at  The  Residency in Darwin . 

Shown here ,(at back L to R), Lloyd Herbert, Mrs Herbert, Sir George Le Hunte, Aide de Camp, Lady Le Hunte, Justice Herbert; (at middle L to R) Chin Mee Leung, Chin Pat Mow, unknown (obscured), Fong How; (at front L to R) Chin Kim Kee, Charlie Yee, Bang Ben, Yuen Yet Hing, Chin Toy.

Young Chinese women were central to family and community life but they were often also politically and commercially active. In this 1932 socialite  group ,(at back L to R), Selina Hassan (Lee Hang Gong), Ruby Quee, Myrtle Houng On Yee (Fong Gim Lunn), unknown, Pauline Chee Quee; (at front L to R) unknown,unknown.

                

Pastor Lo (1900-1995) was born in South China and raised in a Christian family. In 1931 he married Wong Yuk Yuen in Hong Kong and served with the London Missionary Society until 1941 when they came to Darwin. They were almost immediately evacuated but came back in 1946.

From 1948 Lo conducted missionary work in " Rabul " , possibly Rabaul ,PNG ,  but returned to Darwin in 1952. Between 1956 and 1964 the family shared their time between Rabul and Darwin, as well as Brisbane. From 1964 the family retired to Darwin and Lo wrote a number of autobiographical works.

From California in the 1870s came Hong Pak Cheong (1854-c1922), known as Cheon .He  became famous as the cook  in Jeannie Gunn's 1908 novel We of the Never Never . He  left  Australia in  1919  and  settled  in  Singapore with  a Chinese wife. 

The late historian and publisher Glenville Pike often  voiced the opinion that the Chinese  had  played a major part in opening up Australia . He particularly mentioned involvement in  mining, railway building , land  clearing  and   market  gardening .

 Late  in  life he  married an  Asian wife  and  whenever  they ventured into Mareeba  they  went to separate eateries as  he was no fan of  Chinese  tucker , liked  steak an eggs  . 

A  recent  television show   brought  home   the large   part  Chinese   had played  in  opening  up  the  Darling Downs , the Atherton Tablelands and  Cairns .  

MISSING PRIME MINISTER MYSTERY

 

The Last Days of  Harold   Holt   offering  by  Gaston Renard  Fine and Rare Books, Melbourne . 

A former Northern Territory News   reporter, the late Keith Willey ,covered the  1967 disappearance of Prime Minister  Holt while swimming off Cheviot Beach , Victoria, on December 17,l967 . Keen  on spearfishing , Harold Holt  and his wife , Zara , spent  much  time  in North Queensland .

In the  Little Darwin file on  Harold Holt  is a  letter showing that  Dame Zara Holt  was  concerned  about  the   impact of  drilling  for  oil  on  the  Great  Barrier  Reef.

In his university days, Harold Holt had an  artist  friend -   John Horatio  Busst,  an environmentalist who went on to  strongly campaign  to  prevent mining of  the  Great Barrier  Reef .  

In the Special Collections   section  of  the Eddie  Koiki  Mabo Library , James Cook University, Townsville , are  Busst's  private  papers, including three boxes of  letters.

 Busst  wrote  to US President Johnson seeking  his support  for a move to set up  adjoining   marine and  wildlife parks in Australia in  honour of  Harold  Holt . 

Holt's  love of  spear fishing   resulted   in  him  ,third from the right , being  met  by a flip- flopping  university  student  at James Cook University. 

One absurd explanation about the PM's disappearance , his body never  found ,  claimed  he  had  been   taken away  in  a  Chinese  submarine  .

MORE ANGRY LIZARDS MARCH AGAINST SCOMO OVER GLOBAL WARMING

 Concerned  about Great  Barrier  Reef, Koalas .