As The Ashes get underway, meet the the Australian cricket team’s 1930 England tour, including Don Bradman from NSW on his first tour “in the old land”. A flashback to the golden era when cricket was played by dapper suit-wearing, pipe-smoking gentlemen with well-greased hair.
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We’d rather win a gold medal than let a doctor in
The famed citizenship pop quiz — with questions on Don Bradman and Cathy Freeman — has been scrapped for a test focusing on democracy and Australian law. But don’t fret sports nutes, athletes will get citizenship preferences. Ahem.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Last night’s edition of Four Corners was instructive but there are other things the Howard Cabinet didn’t understand…
Hillary was no Bradman. Hillary was a great man
On the face of it Edmund Hillary is to New Zealand what Don Bradman is to Australia. But that is where the comparison should end, writes Greg Barns.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
The base rule of modern politics is say what you like as long as it has been pre-polled, homogenized and sanitised for broad audience appeal.
