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English, History-S.O.S.E. and Media Studies, |
| British invasion of Tibet: front cover page (more in web edition of World News) |
| Web links: http://www.noordinaryjoe.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=338 (Colonel Younghusband's violent mission to Lhasa) http://www.garfnet.org.uk/new_mill/winter97/slr_tib.htm (History of British in Tibet, and present control of Tibet by China) A combined search for "Younghusband" and "Tibet" also produces information about Sir Francis Younghusband's own published memoirs of his 1904 exploits. |
| Editorial cartoon on Women and Bowls in Australia: page 2 |
| Web links: http://www.bowls-aust.com.au/Default.asp?pg=about&spg=history (A history of bowls in Australia) http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/pe/sociol/women.htm (Women and Sport — with acknowledgement to P.L. Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College, Western Australia) http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2181 (Sports culture — sexual violence against women) |
| Russo-Japanese war: pages 3-4 (more in web edition of World News) |
| Web links: A combined advanced search for "Russo-Japan war" and "1904" will produce many web sites. Some are in the January-February 1904/2004 study guide, in the "Sample Chronicle" section of this web site. Also see: http://www.fact-index.com/r/ru/russo_japanese_war.html (Links to a general history of the war) http://www.russojapanesewar.com/ (Excellent Russo-Japan war research society web site) http://www.xenophongi.org/milhist/modern/russowar.htm (More general history) |
| Watson Labor Government ousted: page 5 (more in web edition of National News) |
| Web links: http://www.nma.gov.au/primeministers/24.htm (Biography of Prime Minister John Christian Watson) http://www.nma.gov.au/primeministers/22.htm (Biography of Prime Minister George Reid, who succeeded Watson) http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=5&pageName=wife (Biographies of Prime Minister George Reid and his wife, Florence) |
| Australia and the New Hebrides (Vanuatu): pages 6-7 |
| Web links: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/History%20of%20Vanuatu (History of New Hebrides and Vanuatu; also includes links to information about "blackbirding" — the use of Kanakas in the Queensland sugar plantations) |
| In Brief column — Kanakas, English Channel Tunnel, Nikola Tesla, President Theodore Roosevelt: page 8 (more in web edition of World, National and General News) |
| Web links: Kanakas and White Australia: http://thecouriermail.com.au/extras/oq/book2kanakas.html (A history of how Kanakas — Hawaiian for "Men" — were "recruited") English Channel Tunnel: http://www.saxoncourtbooks.co.uk/ontrack/chunnel.htm (History of attempts to build a Channel tunnel, from 1802 onward) http://www.geographypages.co.uk/chunnel.htm (Links to everything associated with the English Channel, or Euro, tunnel, past and present) Amazing inventor Nikola Tesla: http://www.teslasociety.com/ (Tesla Memorial Society of New York — a super-duper web site) American President Theodore Roosevelt: http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/ (Very detailed site, with biography, history and classroom lesson notes |
| World famous pianist Paderewski: page 10 (more in web edition of General News) |
| Web links: http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/composer/paderewski.html (Detailed biography, with web links, of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, classic pianist, composer and Polish statesman) |
| Crime Brief column — Bonesteel outlaws, Florence Maybrick: page 11 (more in web edition of General News) |
| Web links: The township of Bonesteel, South Dakota: http://members.aol.com/Codyson/ (The Battle of Bonesteel) http://www.city-data.com/city/Bonesteel-South-Dakota.html (Modern Bonesteel) Florence Maybrick — murderer: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dadds/Maybrick.html (A 1913 newspaper account of the Maybrick murder trial) http://www.lawbuzz.com/famous_trials/florence/florence_maybrick.htm (Biography of Florence Maybrick, her marriage to James Maybrick — possibly "Jack the Ripper" — her murder trial, and the aftermath) |
| Novel about German garrison town and maltreatment of soldiers: page 11 (more in web edition of General News) |
| Web links: http://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-k/works/1907/militarism-antimilitarism/pt1-ch4a.htm (Scroll down to read info about Lieutenant Bilse's trial and the issue of maltreatment of soldiers by officers) |
| Australian Rules Football: page12 |
| Web links: http://www.football-toplinks.com/Top_Sports_Football_Australian_Rules.html (Links to almost everything about Australian Rules Football) |
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