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Cloncurry Advocate

Location

Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

Date

Sep 24, 1943

Page

2

North Pole birth and Eleanor Roosevelt note in Cloncurr y Advocate

The issue recounts a claimed 1693 North Pole birth of Marie Alrighto Peary, notes Isa Minés Mra. Peary at the pole with Commander Peary in 1893, and features a brief column about Eleanor Roosevelt nicknamed Eleanor Everywhere. It also mentions white Australian women married to Afghans facing ostracism and provides geographic notes on the Murray River and Nombre de Dios Bay.

Isa Minés Peary Commander Peary North Pole Falcon Whale Sound Marie Alrighto Peary Helio Mr. Isa Eleanor Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt America Eleanor Mt. Isa Australia Alice Springs Adelaide Isa Sir Francis Drake England Spain Nombre de Dios Bay Mexico Long Jim Victoria Bill Downey Western Desert Rommell Sam Lampprell Innisfall Mole

Humourous reminiscences from wartime campfire chats

A collection of anecdotes from soldiers at Alice Springs sharing campfire tales of floods, desert chases, court martials, and escapades. Characters include Dan Heenen, B V D, Geo, Mt Isa, and Mary Walkabout with light war memories and humorous misadventures across Tobruk and Tobruk Rats.

Cabbages for Sale at Belwyn Rail Expected

Good green cabbage on rails at Belwyn offered for 14 shillings per bag. Apply Falconer River Side Farm Boulia. Readers are reminded to check next week's issue for Bert Tier’s November plans.

Belwyn Riverside Farm Boulia Bert Tier

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