All posts tagged History
The number is nine not seven
The number is nine not seven By Roy Hay This year in Scotland the ‘Old Firm’, Celtic and Rangers, will meet seven times in the 2010–11 season. Somewhere along the line the notion has arisen that this is a record …
Historic hope*
Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 26 August 2006, p. 35. We have a curious situation in Australia in 2006. Australian history is a tiny part of the school curriculum for the
Early games of football in Western Victoria
Published as 'New Evidence: When did Aborigines first play Aussie rules?', Geelong Advertiser, Wednesday 21 October 2009, p. 21. The footy season is done and dusted and trade week
New ways in history
Published as 'Balancing act', Geelong Advertiser, Monday 20 October 2008, p. 15. By Roy Hay While most attention has focused on the provision of computers to students in our schools
History and mythology in education
Published as ' Footy facts', Geelong Advertiser, Thurday 31 July 2008, p. 21. The Newspapers in Education column of the Geelong Advertiser is one of many excellent services this
Marnie Haig-Muir: Your review of the latest Rankin is right on the money, Roy. This book...