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Your Invitation! (#42)
You’re all invited to attend a briefing relating to future employment opportunities and the options available to you. Attendee/Addressee List:- Dorothy Jean – c/o PO Beaumaris, VictoriaDorothy Jean – c/o PO Annandale, New South WalesDorothy Jean – c/o PO Bute,… Continue reading
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Do I look like a Cockatoo? (#41)
I know there was a book that said I was a “cockatoo” for the card games played in dingy little smoke-filled back rooms, but that book was wrong! I legitimately manned the door with my dad as a “doorman” for… Continue reading
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Say Hello to Freddy (#40)
Ah sorry, you could try to say “Hello” to Freddy but …………….. ………… he’s unlikely to answer, he’ll keep it all to himself. I can’t get him to spill the beans yet but I’ll keep working on him for an… Continue reading
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Life in Domain Road South Yarra! (#39)
Back to Contents Page In 1948, 274 Domain Road, South Yarra wasn’t what you thought it was!For a starter, it wasn’t like this:- or this:- When Charlie and Doss (yes Doss) were allegedly married, the addresses they listed as their… Continue reading
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And the Band played Waltzing Matilda! (#38)
Back to Contents Page But you certainly wouldn’t play it JAZZ Style! And the band played “Waltzing Matilda”As the ship pulled away from the quayAnd amidst all the cheers, the flag-waving and tearsWe sailed off for Gallipoli But the band… Continue reading
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Take a letter, Maria. (#37)
Ah sorry, take a letter please Christina! Address it to “Spotter” care of the Publisher. Back to Contents Page Edward FitzGerald:- Edward FitzGerald (31st March 1809–14th June 1883) was an English poet and man of letters, born into a wealthy… Continue reading
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The Code explained, finally! (#36)
How could we have imagined Nigerian Pidgin being the language used in the actual message, but it definitely proved the reason why the language was used, keeping the message encrypted and safe for 77+ years, till now! Were a few… Continue reading
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One Flight of the Nigerian Pidgin! (#35)
Was it a message originating from the Trinidad/Tobago visitor? Back to Contents Page As every “One Time Pad” needs both a pad and a key, the pads in the Somerton Man saga are the Kensitas #7 Carnation Collectors’ Card for… Continue reading
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The Colonists are thinking revolution! (#34 )
They’re keeping us in the dark and feeding us on horse manure, are we mushrooms? Back to Contents Page In the final months of the Second World War, scientific cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom had reached… Continue reading
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The AYES, I mean EARS, have it! (#33)
Is this the set of ears we have been looking for? Back to Contents Page Unlike muscles, cartilage does not undergo rigor mortis, so the ear doesn’t stiffen like limbs or jaw muscles might. The Auricle and Helix are made… Continue reading
On Somerton Beach 