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The Japan-Australia Link To The Great Train Robbery

Ronnie Biggs and the Great Train Robbery were pretty well-known among my generation of Australians growing up, and recognition of the famous long-term fugitive was enough in Japan for his 2014 death to be widely reported. What is less established, however, is that both Japan and Australia have a much closer connection to the crook…

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My Heavenly Hometown, Hounded By Hitler

With time on hand recently, I was going through historical records of the small Australian village where I spent my childhood and got a profound shock. I discovered the sleepy little hamlet I’d believed to have been a cosy resort area for day trips out of Melbourne had also been a breeding ground of Teutonic…

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コアラが「飲み屋」に侵入し、寝入る

Koala invades bar, sleeps it off オーストラリア北部にあるマグネチック島のバーにコアラが入り込んで寝ちゃったことが先週末あったとメルボルンのエイジ紙が報道した。バーテンダーのケビン・マーティン氏が雄コアラの行動に驚かされたという。「コアラが「バー」にやってきたので身分証明書があるかと聞いたら、ご機嫌斜めになって天井まで登って寝た」とマーティン氏がいう。コアラは集客力があり、いつでも大歓迎との事だ。コアラはレンジャーに保護され森に戻された。詳しくはこちらへ（英語） A koala invaded a bar on Queensland’s Magnetic Island before promptly sleeping it off, according to the Melbourne Age on Thursday. Read the story here.

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Striking a Light for Strine 「豪」にいれば「豪語」に従えって？

Hugh Lunn, one of the most vocal advocates of Strine and arguably its greatest modern protector, is about to release Words Fail Me, a follow-up to his 2006 bestseller Lost for Words, which told the tale of disappearing Australian English, mainly due to American cultural influence on the mass media. ヒュー・ラン氏は、ジャーナリストのヒュー・ラン氏は有数のオージー英語の最大の支持者で、保護者とも言えるであろう。同氏は近年オージー英語をテーマにした著書「Words Fall Me」を発刊した。同書は絶滅しつつあるオージー英語についての話題が中心となった２００６年発行の「Lost for Words」の続編である。…

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