On Sunday, April 10th, with the early exit of the Aussie team from the recent Cricket World Cup still firmly etched in their minds, a ragtag group Aussies + friends of Aussies assembled for the second annual ANZACC Vs. Merion cricket match. As details of the match only get better when shared over a cold
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The Philadelphia Fight Rugby League Club LLC is hosting the inaugural USA Rugby League 9′s (‘You always remember your first one!’). It will be held on Saturday May 28 at the Fight’s home field, A.A. Garthwaite Stadium, located at 11th Avenue and Harry Streets, Conshohocken, PA 19428, USA. The NZ Police will be touring the
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Still hold a soft spot for the Royal Family? Well, there are plenty of great local venues to catch the Royal Wedding which is being shown live beginning 5:30am on Friday, April 29th. CBS has put together a select list, visit this link to review them all. Where To Watch The Royal Wedding In Philadelphia
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See Tommy Emmanuel featuring Phil Emmanuel & the Australian All-Star Band in concert May 11th, 8pm at the Keswick Theatre. Two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. The legendary guitarist has a professional career that spans almost five decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout
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THE Dallas Cowboys’ Australian-born punter Mat McBriar, has no doubt Brendan Fevola has ”all the tools” to become an NFL punter, but finding a club prepared to take a chance on damaged goods might be the problem. While his AFL career appears dead following his recent sacking from the Brisbane Lions, the NFL has been
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Robert Baines is Professor and coordinator of Gold and Silversmithing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He holds a Master of Arts in Classics and Archaeology and his PhD research was The Reconstruction of Historical Jewellery and its Relevance as Contemporary Artefact. His multidisciplinary research is comprised of three areas: as an artist goldsmith,
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard will address a joint session of the US Congress and meet US president Barack Obama on a visit next month to mark 60 years of alliance, officials said today. Ms Gillard, paying her first visit to the United States since taking office last year, will meet with Mr Obama on March
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One of only two statues of Charles Dickens in the world has been returned to public display in Australia after being lost for almost 40 years only to be discovered in a garden outside Sydney. The marble statue, which depicts a pensive Dickens holding a quill and a scroll of paper, went missing in 1972
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The world’s last remaining World War I veteran, Claude Choules, will reach another milestone early next month when he turns 110. But Mr Choules, who lives in a care facility at Salter Point, cares little for such details. His son Adrian, 76, says his father, the oldest man in Australia, felt that more should be
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New Zealanders have paid tribute to the victims of the Christchurch earthquake with two minutes’ silence marking the moment the disaster struck last week. The shallow 6.3 magnitude quake centred at the port town of Lyttelton struck at 12.51pm last Tuesday, killing at least 154 people, with police expecting the final toll to reach “around
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