David Ellery

David Ellery

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From close crop to porn prop

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David Ellery Canberra's Museum and Gallery is hoping an ACT sex addict may be able to shed some light on the provenance of a recently acquired item in its collection.

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I'll show you a horror budget

Gang-gang dinkus. Illustration by David Pope.

David Ellery In addition to lending his name to one of our city's nicer suburbs, Sir Arthur William Fadden also deserves the credit for imprinting the ''horror budget'' concept so deeply into the national psyche...

Engineer appeals against oversight

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David Ellery Structural engineer linked to 2010 Barton Highway bridge collapse appeals against Supreme Court decision.

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Proud to honour grandfather’s legacy

Brothers Jon Howse and Charles Howse with a portrait of their grandfather Sir Neville Howse Australia's first Victoria Cross recipient in the Hall of Valour at  the Australian War Memorial.  Jon is wearing a copy of his grandfather's medal.

David Ellery Canberra’s Jon Howse won’t be wearing his grandfather’s Victoria Cross when he marches up Anzac Parade on Thursday.

Veterans back reinvigorated Anzac Day

News:  Photos and the names of places Australian Forces have served are projected onto the Australian War Memorial on ANZAC Day.  25 April 2013 Canberra Times photo by Jeffrey Chan.

David Ellery War veterans and stakeholders have given a big thumbs up to the first Canberra Anzac Day commemoration to be conducted on newly appointed Australian War Memorial director Brendan Nelson’s watch.

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New life for AWM services

David Ellery War veterans and stakeholders have given a big thumbs up to the first Canberra Anzac Day commemoration to be conducted on the watch of the newly appointed Australian War Memorial director, Dr Brendan...

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Helen our oldest birthday centenarian

Katy Gallagher distributed the ``gongs?? on a territory wide road trip on Monday. She is pictured here with, centre, Helen Deppe, and from top left, Helen?s son-in-law Nick Stuparich, her grandson Jeremy Stuparich, great granddaughter Clare Stuparich (10), her granddaughter-in-law Kathryn Stuparich, daughter Helen Stuparich, great grandson Thomas Stuparich (5) and great granddaughter ?Francesca Stuparich (8).

David Ellery Helen Deppe is the oldest living Canberran to share her birthday with the city.

Police deny inaction on car fire bombings

Ray Whitehead's looks into the melted remains of the interior of his son's holden commodore that was firebombed Isabella Plains.

David Ellery ACT Policing has defended its decision not to make public the fire bombing of a car outside a townhouse in Isabella Plains that hospitalised a Cromwell Circuit resident at 2am on Saturday.

Firebomb victim unhappy with ACT police

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David Ellery Monday's report of ACT Policing's apparent lack of action over a shotgun attack on a car at Kambah just after Christmas was ''deja vu all over again'' for Curtin nurse Anne Duffy.

John's journeys are all about his passion

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Speleologist (the study of caves), John Dunkley, has been awarded an AM. Pictured at Mt Taylor reserve. 
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Photo: Rohan Thomson. The Canberra Times.

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David Ellery P earce's John Dunkley is the type of teacher we all wish we'd had at school. The retired educator, who turns 70 this year, has a passion for life and a curiosity about the world around him that...

Check car cooling system to avoid blowing a gasket at repair cost

News. NRMA patrolman, Jason Venn (correct spelling) on the job, works
on an overheating vehicle in Tuggeranong. January 7th. 2013 Photo
Graham Tidy The Canberra Times.


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David Ellery The heatwave has given dozens of Canberrans an expensive lesson on the need to pay more attention to their cars' cooling systems, the National Roads and Motorists' Association and local radiator...

Monthly markets have mass appeal

Melinda Knowles of Mittagong with her horse shoe garden art at the Hall Markets.

David Ellery Eight months ago, Melinda Knowles had no idea how to use a welder.

Future HMAS Canberra is on the way

David Ellery The following is just in from the Minister for Defence Materiel, Jason Clare: LHD 01 DEPARTS SPAIN, AUSTRALIA BOUND

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Acquaintance sought for auld Lang's drive

The interior of the former Canberra Mercedes.

David Ellery Hello Keith Lang. We've found your car! Gang-gang is trying to track down the former Mawson resident who bought a brand new Mercedes 280E sedan in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 10, 1974.

Benz man held to Ransome

David Ellery There has been a remarkable response to our request for information on Keith Campbell Lang, a Canberran who travelled to Germany in 1974 where he took delivery of a very expensive Mercedes-Benz 280E...

Canberra not weird after all: academic

David Ellery Canberra's status as a rich, smart and intellectually vibrant city state makes it an ideal social laboratory for the rest of Australia and the world, an ANU academic believes.

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Note of mystery: what united the Diggers who signed the money?

David Ellery A rare Japanese-occupation forces banknote signed by 30 Australians in 1945 may be linked to the surrender of the Japanese 2nd Army at Morotai, a Mawson man believes.