Wednesday, April 26, 2023
POETRY SPOT
Readers will know that I prefer bush ballads, narrative poems and limericks over Keats, Longfellow and Shelley. That is not to say that I also prefer dogs playing poker over the Mona Lisa, but there is something to be said in favour of plain, simple poems, often with messages. When it comes to poetry, give me fish and chips or a pie instead of escargot or caviar.
Douglas Malloch (1877 – 1938) was an American poet and short-story writer known as a "Lumberman's poet". Malloch was born in Muskegon, Michigan which was known as a centre of the lumbering industry. He grew up amidst the forest, logging camps, sawmills and lumber yards became known for his simple poems which often depict different ways life can be lived and how the most fulfilling lives come to be.
Ain't It Fine Today
- Douglas Malloch
Sure, this world is full of trouble —
I ain't said it ain't.
Lord, I've had enough and double
Reason for complaint;
Rain and storm have come to fret me,
Skies are often gray;
Thorns and brambles have beset me
On the road — but say,
Ain't it fine today?
What's the use of always weepin',
Making trouble last?
What's the use of always keepin'
Thinkin' of the past?
Each must have his tribulation —
Water with his wine;
Life, it ain't no celebration,
Trouble? — I've had mine —
But today is fine!
It's today that I am livin',
Not a month ago.
Havin'; losin'; takin'; givin';
As time wills it so.
Yesterday a cloud of sorrow
Fell across the way;
It may rain again tomorrow,
It may rain — but say,
Ain't it fine today?
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
QUOTES FOR THE DAY
Barry Humphries on political correctness:
“Les Patterson can say things that are completely incorrect, and it’s a relief to express views which we privately hold but dare not publicly ventilate – otherwise we’d be history... our careers would be over.”
“In the early Sixties, I felt Edna had run out of steam. But no, she proved indestructible – and a very useful mouthpiece. She can say things, for instance about political correctness, that I couldn’t possibly express.”
“I love making an audience gasp. I don’t crave the sound of applause, I crave the sound of sharply indrawn breath. That’s a good sound.”
READERS WRITE
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Tim B from the U S of A sent an email in response to the post on Anzac Day:
Evening Otto,I enjoyed reading about ANZAC day and especially that the young folks are participating and remembering what it is all about. I hate to say it, but Memorial Day here in the states is becoming to the young folks just another holiday, one that marks the beginning of summer.I hope that your ANZAC day was peaceful and one filled with gratitude for your service members.Tim B
Thanks Tim.
By the way #1:
Tim’s email raises an interesting point: Is it ANZAC Day or Anzac Day? I have seen it written both ways.
The following is from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs website:
There is no rule or law that indicates how the word 'Anzac' should be capitalised. For example, DVA only uses 'ANZAC' when referencing the Corps itself and uses 'Anzac' in all other circumstances; the Australian War Memorial (AWM) generally uses 'ANZAC', given its focus on historical records and memorabilia.
According to Anzac Websites:
Basic adviceIn short, use Anzac, not ANZAC - unless you are specifically referring to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps as an army formation, ie to the corps itself, in which case use ANZAC.For the day of commemoration, use Anzac Day.
By the way #2:
An article in the Daily Mail yesterday drew attention to what I have been saying for years: it is not appropriate to wish people “Happy Anzac Day”, even if is a public holiday. You wouldn’t wish someone going to a funeral of a loved one to have a happy last rites. For the same reason, “commemorate” is a better word than “celebrate”, as is “observed”.
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From Byter Sandy J:
Couldn’t resist taking a pic of your name on a wall in Brugge. We’re in a beautiful city.Sandy
Thanks Sandy.
Hey Sandy, something to remember when you fly back to Australia . . . .
A Lufthansa pilot landed his AirBus A320 at London's Heathrow Airport. An operations manager saw him deplaning and asked him if he had any trouble landing the plane since it was a bit windy.
"Nein," the pilot answered, "I let Otto land the plane."
"Otto? Is that your co-pilot?"
"Nein, my co-pilot was Frederick, and I would not trust my life with him, or my passengers."
Startled, the Ops guy asked, "So, then who is Otto?"
"Otto-pilot, perfect landing every time."
(Boom, boom tsh)
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From Steve M, himself an author, in response to the post on the passing of Barry Humphries:
Thanks for the Bazza post, Otto. The man was a complete comic genius and author, witty, satirical, acerbic and totally without fear. He dealt with subjects that those who now follow him fear… oh how the times have changed that we can no longer laugh at our own absurdities and foibles. I met Humphries once at one of his book signings – a wonderful lunch followed by him talking without notes for in excess of an hour then sitting behind a desk posing for photos and signing books for hero worshippers such as yours truly, for in excess of another two hours.After I read his autobiography I was struck by his desire for anonymity in his private life. He stated that he was fed up with people approaching him in public with the opening line “You don’t know me from a bar of soap”. Three weeks later and there I was in Sydney airport, and obviously wishing to remain incognito and anonymous, I see Barry Humphries (as himself) wearing a flowing black cape with a red lining and carrying a cane as he strode through the arrivals terminal to collect his son. Without fear I approached the great man and stuck out my right hand, which he shook, and I said “Mr Humphries, I just finished your autobiography and you don’t know me from a bar of soap, but…” He laughed as I introduced myself and he was most charming.In 100 years, Barry Humphries will be respected and revered in the same way that Charlie Chaplin is today. He was a ground breaking, eccentric genius that we are all honoured to call Australia’s best and we are privileged to have lived during his reign, which will continue forever.Vale Barry Humphries.Steve m.
Thanks Steve.
By the way, a Barry Humphries quote:
“Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that's only a recent development.”
- Barry Humphries
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Steve M had also sent me an email earlier in response to the post about Salvador Avarenga, who spent 14 months adrift on a small boat in the Pacific Ocean beginning on November 17, 2012. Day in, day out, no food or water except what he could obtain or produce, endless ocean stretching out to the horizon, nothing to break the monotony of each day’s sameness and extreme solitude. It’s not hard to believe that insanity could be the outcome, but he survived and was well.
From Steve:
Loved the story about Salvador Arenga Otto.The human spirit is amazing at times and the strength that some people find during times of great duress is inspirational.May thanksSteve m
Amen to that, Steve.
I can tell you from personal experience that once I had to go for 2 days without internet – no emails, no internet, no mobile phone use – but the strength of the human spirit got me through it.
Monday, April 24, 2023
ANZAC DAY FACTS
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Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".
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It is observed on 25 April each year, the anniversary of the day when the Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli Peninsula to battle the Turkish in 1915. It was originally devised to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served in the Gallipoli campaign, their first engagement in the First World War (1914–1918).
Australian light horseman using a periscope rifle, Gallipoli, 1915
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Unlike many other celebrations and special days – for example, Australia Day, Labour Day - this has not become JAH, Just Another Holiday. It remains respected, observed and honoured. Since the late 1980s and especially the 1990s, interest in and attendance at Anzac Day has grown. An increasing number of attendees have been young Australians, perceived by some as a reflection of the desire of younger generations of Australians to honour the sacrifices made by the previous generations.
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ANZAC, an acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, is protected under Australian law. This means that the word cannot be misused, and permission to use it must come from the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs.
The acronym was first written as “A & NZ Army Corps”. However, clerks in the corps headquarters soon shortened it to ANZAC as a convenient telegraphic code name for addressing telegram messages.
One of the earliest appearances of “Anzac” as a word in an official document was an appendix to the 1st Australian Division War Diary, dated 24 April 1915:
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After the Australians and New Zealanders had landed on Gallipoli General Sir William R. Birdwood was asked to suggest a name for the beach where the landing took place. According to his introduction in The Anzac book (1916), Birdwood “asked that this might be recorded as ‘Anzac Cove’ - a name which the bravery of our men has now made historical, while it remains a geographical landmark for all time”. The area of the landing was often simply referred to as “Anzac”.
Soon after, “Anzac” was used to refer to the men themselves. At first an Anzac was a man who was at the landing and who fought on Gallipoli. Later it was used for any Australian or New Zealand soldier of the First World War. After Gallipoli, men who had served there wore a brass “A” on their colour patch to distinguish themselves as veterans of the campaign.
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All of the Anzacs were volunteers. More than 400,000 men chose to enlist, which at the time was almost 40% of the male population between 18 and 44 years old.
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The word generated many slang terms in the first Australian Imperial Force. W.H. Downing’s Digger dialects included:
Anzac button: a nail used in place of a trouser button
Anzac soup: shell-hole water polluted by a corpse
Anzac stew: an urn of hot water and one bacon rind
Anzac wafer: a hard biscuit supplied to the AIF in place of bread.
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On 10 January 1916, Canon David John Garland was appointed the honorary secretary of the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland (ADCCQ) at a public meeting which endorsed 25 April as the date to be promoted as "Anzac Day" in 1916 and ever after. Queensland Premier T.J. Ryan urged the other Australian states to enact a similar parade, and soon the date became a national day of reflection.
Devoted to the cause of a non-denominational commemoration that could be attended by the whole of Australian society, Garland worked amicably across all denominational divides, creating the framework for Anzac Day commemorative services.
Garland is specifically credited with initiating the Anzac Day march, the wreath-laying ceremonies at memorials and the special church services, the two minutes silence, and the luncheon for returned soldiers. Garland intended the silence to be used in lieu of a prayer to allow the Anzac Day service to be universally attended, allowing attendees to make a silent prayer or remembrance in accordance with their own beliefs. He particularly feared that the universality of the ceremony would fall victim to religious sectarian disputes.
Canon David John Garland
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Anzac Day was officially named so in 1916, but there was no dawn service performed on Anzac Day until 1923.
Services for Anzac Day are held at dawn because in a battle setting dawn is the best time to attack the enemy, the soldiers being ready to go as soon as it was light and the enemy being caught by surprise.
The sunrise ceremony known as the Dawn Service honours the pre-dawn landing at Gallipoli. The ceremony includes traditions such as the Last Post (a military bugle call, signifying the end of the day’s activities), the laying of wreaths, and a reading of the Ode of Remembrance.
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Anzac Day was not recognised as a public holiday in Australia or New Zealand until 1921. Even when it was decreed a public holiday in Australia, not all states acknowledged it.
It is celebrated on the day on which it falls.
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The location where the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli was renamed to Anzac Cove.
Gallipoli is not the name of a town, rather it is the name of an area. When people travel to the Gallipoli area they usually stay in nearby towns to attend the dawn service, like the town of Ecubeat.
The landing at Anzac, April 25, 1915, by Charles Dixon.
Anzac Cove today
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The Anzac troops who landed at Gallipoli had only trained for four months in Egypt. The Anzac landing was a nightmare, the landing beach was at the bottom of a steep hill, meaning Anzacs had to clamber up the hill under heavy Turkish fire. What many don’t know is that this landing was a mistake. They Anzacs had actually landed on the wrong beach.
Australian gunners at Anzac
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Despite only being in the Gallipoli area for 8 months, some 11,000 Australians died there and over 23,500 were wounded.
Graves on the Gallipoli Peninsula, July 1915
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The traditional Anzac biscuit is usually a simple mixture of flour, oats, golden syrup, dessicated coconut, sugar, butter and bicarbonate of soda. The original recipe, like most historical recipes, is a little harder to pin down. The first recorded recipe for ‘Anzac biscuits’ is completely different to modern Anzacs, though other very similar recipes existed under names like “rolled oat biscuits” and “soldier’s biscuits” in cookbooks during the early 1900s.
It’s a popular myth that they’re called Anzac biscuits because they were shipped to the Anzac soldiers during the war. However, while it’s true that they travel excellently and don’t contain any ingredients that easily spoil, the name “Anzac biscuits” didn’t meet up with these buttery, oaty cookies until the 1920s. In reality, the biscuits were more often made at home to sell for fundraising, or to serve at fetes and other events held to raise money for the war effort, and it’s this connection between the biscuits and the war that led to the use of the name “Anzacs”.
Anzac biscuits are an explicit exemption to an Australian ban on commercial goods that use the term "Anzac", so long as they are sold as biscuits and not cookies.
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Rosemary is an ancient symbol of fidelity and remembrance. The aromatic herb grows wild on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey where the original Anzacs served in World War I. Australians traditionally wear sprigs of rosemary as a symbol of remembrance on Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.
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The poppy is also worn on both ANZAC day and Remembrance Day as a reminder of soldiers lost in battle and bloodshed. This symbol comes from John McCraw’s WWI poem entitled “In Flanders Fields”, but has been taken on as a reminder of the loss of veterans and soldiers in wars and after.
Wall of remembrance at the Australian War memorial. Canberra.. Poppies placed next to the names of the dead, by friends and relatives.
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The ‘Last Post’, played on the bugle, is a part of funeral and memorial services for veterans and soldiers as a final farewell. It is traditionally played to signal the ending of the day, and in a funeral or memorial symbolises that the duties of the dead have now finished and they are free to rest in peace.
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Despite not being legally allowed to serve, many Aboriginal Australians also volunteered as Anzacs. They had to lie about their race in order to enlist, but their involvement is still rarely recognised. Over 1000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people served in World War I (1914-1918) and around 70 fought at Gallipoli. At least 3000 Aboriginal and 850 Torres Strait Islander people served in World War II (1939-1945)
Private Walter Christopher George Saunders served during World War I.
It is not known exactly how many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women served during wartime because there was no indigenous identification process in the Defence Force until the 1990s. Australian War Memorial records and photographs show Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers served in every battle since the 1901 federation, from the Boer War to current conflicts.
While the Defence Force provided mostly equal conditions for all personnel during WWI, indigenous diggers arrived home to find the treatment was short lived. In the face of widespread and ingrained racism, many returned to Australia believing their military service would improve their status in the eyes of the authorities. Instead, they found they were not allowed into RSL clubs or offered assistance by Legacy. Others ended their days as “inmates” in asylums including those at Cherbourg and Charters Towers, Queensland. Some were never given a proper service grave or do not have their names on official cenotaphs.
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Although the Anzacs fought at Gallipoli for only 8 months, and suffered heavy losses, that time is considered to have defined Australia’s spirit as a nation. The story of the Anzacs is that of the underdog, persevering courageously even in the face of despair. It has contributed to what Australia is today and remains an occasion to remember and honour those who have served, given their all and those who still serve.
Sunday, April 23, 2023
QUOTE FOR THE DAY
"Back in Oz now we’ve got culture up to our arseholes.”
- Barry McKenzie
(Barry Humphries)
BARRY HUMPHRIES HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
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Australian comedic genius Barry Humphries (1934 – 2023) passed away on 22 April aged 89. Although still expecting to return to performing, he died following complications from hip surgery after suffering a fall in February.
A comedian, actor, author and satirist, he was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.
RIP, Bazza.
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From the Vault:
From Bytes, April 27, 2011:
At the end of the 1974 film Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Barry and his aunt, Edna Everage, return to Australia after having bested Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship. Von Plasma had kidnapped Edna after having mistaken her for the Queen of England.
At the airport they are welcomed by the then Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and his wife Margaret (the real ones, not actors) with the Prime Minister bestowing upon Edna the title of Dame Edna.
When Whitlam and his government had been elected in 1972, one of the first policy decisions implemented was to scrap the imperial ie British, honours system in favour of an Australia one. Whitlam was later to remark that the title Dame Edna "was the only Imperial honour my government ever conferred."
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See a video of Gough Whitlam bestowing Edna with the title of Dame by clicking on:
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A further item about Gough and the film:
Chatting to Edna before filming of the movie scene, Gough noticed that Edna was carrying a Pan AM airways bag that she would be carrying in her film role. Logically, Edna and Barry McKenzie would have flown back to Australia by Australia’s national airline, Qantas. Whitlam drew attention to it, stating “That’s not very chauvinist of you,” obviously feeling that an American airline associated with a very Australian film was inappropriate.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald in 2020:
Qantas was asked if it could lend its mock-up jet, or even a real one, for filming interior shots of the McKenzie-Everage homecoming — which would follow a view of a normal plane landing, giving the company a free advertisement at every showing of the film.But Qantas promotions people had already expressed a desire to get away from what they called the uncouth image of Australia fostered by the first McKenzie film. So after inconclusive negotiations Pan Am was offered the role. And the arch-chauvinist Barry McKenzie who, as the film's director Bruce Beresford points out, is not the kind to have travelled on any other airline but his country's own, had to return to Australia by Pan Am.
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Also from Barry McKenzie Holds His Own:
Barry McKenzie (Barry Crocker), an illegal immigrant, is smuggled into the UK in a van with a group of Indians where he is sitting next to a young Indian female. She is obviously educated and is reading a book by Immanuel Kant. He tries to start a conversation with her and asks what she’s reading…
Indian Girl: I am studying Kant.
Barry McKenzie: Same here, but I keep failing the practical.
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Risque:
A song from the first film, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, sung by Barry Crocker (the actor playing Barry McKenzie), written by Barry Humphries:
Saturday, April 22, 2023
SYDNEY SUBURBS: DARLINGTON
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DARLINGTON:
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Location:
Darlington is a fly spot of an inner-city suburb of Sydney located about 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. At the time of its incorporation in 1864, it had the distinction of being the smallest municipality in the Sydney metropolitan area, at a mere 18 hectares (44 acres). Today it covers about 38 hectares (94 acres). Darlington is bordered by City Road, Cleveland Street, Golden Grove Street, Wilson Street and Abercrombie Street.
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Name origin:
The earliest recorded British history of Darlington is linked to school purposes when in 1789, Governor Arthur Phillip received instructions from England to set aside land in the new penal colony for church and school use.
In 1819, fifty two acres of land was given to William Hutchinson by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.
In 1835, a 28 acres land grant was made to William Shepherd by Governor Richard Bourke. It had been promised earlier in 1827 by Governor Ralph Darling and, in his honour, Shepherd named the fruit and flower farm he established 'Shepherd's Darling Nursery'.
His nursery is still remembered today in many Darlington street names such as Ivy, Pine, Myrtle, Rose, Vine and Shepherd Streets.
By 1844, the Hutchinson estate, much of Shepherd's Nursery and a portion of the adjoining 96 acre land grant to William Chippendale comprised much of present-day Darlington.
The origin of the suburb's name is arguable, possibly being derived from Governor Ralph Darling and the Darling Nursery, or from William Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, a well known British politician during the early years of the New South Wales Colony.
Governor Ralph Darling
William Vane
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About:
Cleveland Street, which eventually became the formal dividing line between the older suburb of Chippendale and the newer one of Darlington, was not completely surveyed until the mid-nineteenth century, and in 1860 there were fewer than a dozen houses on this road. By 1880 terraces had begun to appear, and there were four pubs, though free-standing cottages and some vacant land still remained.
In 1842 this street had been gazetted as the boundary road for the City of Sydney. When residents south of this line petitioned in 1864 to become part of the City, their request was rejected, and so they formed their own separate, tiny municipality.
The last open land, Shepherd's nursery, was subdivided in 1883, and the area was rapidly built out with mean working-class terraces and narrow streets.
By 1885 the council had sewered the municipality, and by 1890 the roads had been sealed. The area was well served by trams, and work was provided by the Eveleigh railway workshops, opened in 1882, and factories, especially in Chippendale.
In 1948 Darlington was amalgamated with the City of Sydney, subsequently spending time in the South Sydney municipality from 1968 to 1982 and from 1988 to 1992.
The University of Sydney, which adjoined Darlington, viewed the area as essential to its expansion after World War II, resulting in obliteration of much of Darlington rather than gentrification as in other suburbs. It acquired 'special zoning rights' under the County of Cumberland Planning Scheme, adopted in 1951, and from 1958 it began acquiring Darlington properties. In 1960 the state formally permitted it to buy up all land in a specified area of 36 acres (14.5 hectares), without regard to the usual planning regulations. At the time, this area included 416 houses, 28 house/shops or shop-only buildings, 47 factories, five pubs, a dance hall, the Royal Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, the Darlington Town Hall, post office and public school. This decision blocked further development in the area, and generated widespread uncertainty for residents and local businesses.
By 1970 most of the 36 acres had been acquired with federal government funds made available through the Universities Commission, while beyond this zone the university used its own funds to buy additional residential land. The university's push into Darlington was destructive for the community, which witnessed a steady collapse in amenities. At first properties were left vacant, but vandalism and the bad image for the University that resulted from this practice led to a new policy of immediate demolition. This led to the equally unattractive proliferation of vacant weed-infested land where once people had lived.
As a result of widespread opposition from residents, at the end of 1975 the federal government instructed the university to halt its expansion. In 1976 a report to South Sydney Council recorded a landscape in disarray, and widespread resentment of the 'university takes all' attitude which rode roughshod over planning regulations, providing no transparency, no master plan and no consultation.
The university's expansion in the following decades was much slower.
After 2000 there was a resurgence of university activity in Darlington, including extensive new student services buildings on City Road, to be known as USYD Central and an IT Centre adjoining the Seymour Centre on Cleveland Street.
By the twenty-first century many of Darlington's long-term residents had moved on. The population remains small, and with the passage of time it has become more accepting of the presence of the university. According to the 2001 census, the 899 remaining houses in Darlington – all terraces or apartments – housed just over 2000 people. In stark contrast to the ones who were pushed out, these residents were twice as likely to have a tertiary degree as the average Sydneysider, and recorded high levels of internet and computer usage. Thirty nine per cent claimed to be 'professionals', compared with a Sydney average of 22 per cent.
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Gallery:
Elvy's butchery and residence in Codrington Street Darlington, 1890s
View of corner butcher shop and the Elvy family. Mrs Elvy actively ran the store after she was widowed and the business survived for three generations. The two men standing are Mrs Elvys sons. The delivery boys are shown on horses. Hanging carcasses can be seen in the windows. This was to enable the passage of fresh air over the meat to retard deterioration before the introduction of refrigeration.
Elvy's butchery and residence in Codrington Street Darlington, 1971
Eveleigh Railway Workshops, 2003
Demolition site for The University of Sydney, Codrington Street Darlington, 1965
Darlington Post Office, 1904
Ivy Street, Darlington, around 1942.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute,1880s
Golden Grove Hotel, 1930, swallowed up by the Universityof Sydney
Ama Street, Darlington, 1900
Old Darlington school survived the Sydney University expansion and is located in Maze Crescent, Sydney University
The Chief Mechanical Engineers Office built in 1887 for the Eveleigh Railway Workshops, still stands on Wilson St and is awaiting adaptive reuse.
Old Darlington school is now the centrepiece of Sydney University's Cadigal Green
The new Abercrombie precinct features bold modern design
Royal Hotel Darlington on Abercrombie Street was built in 1894
The former NSW Deaf Dumb and Blind Institute building now part of Sydney University
Carriageworks
Carriageworks is a multi-arts urban cultural precinct located at the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops. It showcases contemporary art and performing arts, as well as being used for filming, festivals, fairs and commercial exhibitions, the largest such venue in Australia. It is a cultural facility of the NSW Government and a weekly farmers' market has operated there for many years.
On 4 May 2020 Carriageworks Ltd, the company that operates the venue, declared it would be entering voluntary administration and closing, citing an “irreparable loss of income” due to government bans on events during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the consequent negative impact on the arts sector. Carriageworks successfully emerged from voluntary administration and reopened its doors to the public in August 2020.
Sydney University Main Building and Great Hall, 1870
Darlington Public School, 1880
Darlington Public School, 1910
A crowd watching the fire brigade fight a fire at the Surreyville Dancing Academy, City Road, Darlington on Tuesday, 25th October 1910.
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