A Letter From Uncle Milty Explaining Why the Archer Should Be Renamed the Nurrim
On Boxing Day I listened to the President of the Rocky Amateurs Bill Reid on radio talking about the new slot race The Archer. Mr Reid is obviously aware of the issues that I have raised about the racist origins of the name of the new race, for one of the first things he said […]
The Blood Stained Hands of the Archers – Does QLD Really Want a Major Race Named After Accomplices to Murder?
January 1856 After local Aboriginal people had killed five station-hands at Mount Larcombe on Boxing Day 1855, several punitive missions were conducted by armed settlers. Lieutenant John Murray led these reprisals. A group of around 250 Aboriginal people residing in the area were tracked down and surrounded at a creek near the modern day township of […]
The True History of the Blood Soaked Archer – 1959
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6991429 Editor’s note – We thank Uncle Errol and Uncle Milty for sending these historical clippings from the State and National Libraries to us. Those who do not know the dark, half-hidden history of Australia are they who celebrate things that should be mourned. Of course those who do it and deny it aren’t much […]
The Greatest Racing Administrator in Australia is Not Peter V’Landys – It’s Queensland’s Own JC
Five years ago the prizemoney for winning a race at the Capalaba dogs on a weekend was $630 per race, across the board. The winner got $441, the second home got $126, and third got $63. Fourth to eighth got nothing except the thrill of racing. As of January the 1st 2022 – in five […]
The Chief Who Prefers Being an Indian
Can anyone on earth explain why the Chief Steward would sit on a panel at a meeting and allow his deputy to chair it? That’s what happened at Doomben yesterday, and I am at an absolute loss to understand why. It’s not as if Daniel Aurisch who chaired the meeting needs the experience. He has […]
The Best Day of Racing in Australian History
What a wonderful race meeting Queensland has today at the Sunshine Coast. Four Maidens, a BM 62 and BM 65, and a Class 2 and a Class 4. Truly wonderful fare this is. It is just as great in the other States. Naracoorte, Stony Creek, Bega, Ballina and Geraldton. Fantastic. What on earth is the […]
Is Coolangatta Fools Gold?
Everyone is raving about Coolangatta’s performance at Doomben today, and the bookies have wound the filly into $1.80 to win the Magic Millions on the back of it. It looks to be a very weak batch of Magic Millions contenders this year, but I am still not sure about the hype on this Maher/Eustace youngster, […]
29 Days Until the All Star Mile Vote Opens – Stuck Up High in the Sky and 2000 Years From the Oodnadatta Library Like Brian, Mick and His Mates? – Then Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – You Can Vote on Your Phone
Yes Ladies and Gentleman, the big event of the year is upon us. No, not New Year’s Eve. That’s small beer in the big picture. What we are talking about here is huge. Massive. Ginormous as my 4-year-old would say. It’s the day that voting for the All Star Mile field opens. The 24th of […]
From Strange Things Stories Grow
This weird incident involving a horse getting it’s leg stuck in the cart of a galloper in front of it happened at Alexandra Park in May. I stumbled across it tonight while researching a piece about something else. There are two interesting stories that came out of the race. One is that the galloping horse […]