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Journal entries tagged "History".

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A hand holds a golden Australian meat pie with a bite taken out, the minced-beef filling and a squiggle of tomato sauce showing, a country street behind.

15 June 20264 min read

The Australian meat pie: a short history of a winter habit

The Australian meat pie came out with the British, fed the goldfields, and never left. A short history of a cold-weather habit — and the plain pie at our door.

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Snow and mist closing over the Rocky Valley Storage Dam in the Victorian high country — a pale, near-monochrome winter landscape with the far shore lost in cloud.

6 June 20266 min read

The King's two birthdays: a short history of the long weekend

Why Australia toasts a November-born King in June, why the date is a Monday and not a birthday at all, and how a habit older than the country became the long weekend at our door.

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