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Juneteenth marks the official end of slavery in America on June 19, 1865. Today, the holiday focuses on Black achievements and culture, recognition of inequality and systemic racism in the United States, and the ongoing fight for equal rights. 2021 brings an expanded list of ways to celebrate Black freedom and to reckon with the racial past and present of the United States.
Mackayâs pioneers featured in early account of our history An excerpt from The History of Queensland, it s People and Industries, compiled by Matthew Joseph Fox. Picture: Greenmount Homestead.
News Vicky Bowden, Greenmount Homestead 10th Jun 2021 5:00 AM
When I was a child growing up in the early â70s, I remember the door-to-door salesmen who used to come around trying to sell encyclopedias â in particular, the Encyclopedia Britannica. Often this was offered on a subscription basis â taking one volume a month over a period of time â often a couple of years.
That particular publication has been around in various forms since 1768; now in its 15th edition as an online only version.
Photos from the end of the Earth : Story of 19th century Antarctic expedition that ended with the crew going insane after the Belgica was trapped in the ice for more than a year is told in a harrowing new book
Author Julian Sancton has written a new book charting the journey of a 19th century expedition to Antarctica
Belgica, a three-mast barque, left Antwerp on August 16, 1897 on the first scientific mission to the continent
But the ship became trapped in the ice and the crew fell prey to illness and insanity before freeing themselves
Sancton was given exclusive access to the ship s logs, letters and photographs and shares them here
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