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Reflections on Australia Day

I remember in childhood that Australia Day’s highlight was the Sandy Bay Regatta, a prelude to the “greatest aquatic carnival in the southern hemisphere”, the Royal Hobart Regatta and the first ever public holiday (Regatta Day) two weeks later. Reached first by the trolley-bus and then the family FJ Holden, it was a bucket and [...]
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