阅读理解主题:人与社会(历史)体裁:说明文话题:尤里卡栅栏事件Life for miners on the goldfields in Victoria, Australiaduring the 1850s was quite difficut. The name given tominer at that time was “digger". Few diggers actuallya1found any gold and even fewer struck it rich. Mostlydiggers struggled...
Charles Robert Thatcher (1830-78) was the legendary itinerant singer-entertainer-songwriter who roamed the goldfields of Australia and New Zealand in the middle of the nineteenth century. Thatcher was something more than simply an entertainer, however; he was a reformer, using topical songs to ...
Bidwell and Blake were both passengers on the steamshipOregon, arriving on October 18, 1850 with the news that California had become the 31st state. Bidwell was traveling in a first class cabin, while Blake, a farm boy on his way to the goldfields, was in steerage. Bidwell carried with h...
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I felt like one of the giddy little kids sitting next to me on the floor watching the adults play and trying to pick which instrument I would like to learn. Cello? Percussion? Electro-acoustic composition? A maze of aged rose and white halls reminded me of something between the Sorbonne ...
Another very poignant play – Shanti and Naz –was about two best friends, one Hindu and one Sikh, during the time of partition in India. By complete contrast A Migrant’s Son (an Adelaide Fringe production) presents a true-life story of the Greek migrant experience to Australia. It’s ...
Born on the coast of California, her accountant father moved the family to Australia for several years when she was 11. While living there, Jane gained appreciation for and inspiration from aboriginal art–particularly the strong colors and detailed, organic nature of the paintings. As a child...
That’s kind of like getting run over by the Welcome Wagon on your first day in your new town. Besides, Trump employing an ethics lawyer would be similar to my hiring a chauffeur for the limousine I don’t own. Or a herdsman to look after my stable of unicorns. I wonder if it’...
图书Robbery Under Arms; A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia 介绍、书评、论坛及推荐
Forged on the sandy hot beaches of Australia sometime in the 80s, Piyush is from a bygone era when it didn’t matter how big your data was. He mysteriously ended up on the other side of the world and must now practice as a Software Engineer to make his way back. Follow him on Twit...