LIST OF STORIES ON THE OUTBACK HISTORIAN WEBSITE
This list of stories will continue to be updated.  Included are the names of the particular characters, the story title, the date of publication and categories related to the story. The quickest way to find a particular story on the website is to go to the Archives to find the month it was published or to the Categories.
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ARNOLD, Thomas THE HEADMASTER WHO LIT THE OYMPIC FLAME, August 2024, Sport
ARNOTT, William AUSTRALIA’S BISCUIT KING, July 2024, Business, Pastoral Care, Philanthropy
BOOTH, Brian IT’S HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME, June 2023, Sport
BOREHAM, Frank A TALE OF TWO STORYTELLERS, February 2024, Storytelling, The Arts
COOPER, William  A BRIGHT LIGHT IN DARK DAYS, February 2025, Indigenous, Leadership
DALBY, Mary Anne ‘THE PEOPLE’S FRIEND’, July 2024, Pastoral Care, Social Services
DELACOUR DE LABILLIERE, Madelaine Rose MORE THAN MILLS & BOON, March 2025,  Bush Services
GRIBBLE, John WARANGESDA, CAMP OF MERCY, March 2025, Indigenous   
HASSALL, Thomas PIONEER EDUCATOR, February 2023, New Colony, Education, Pastoral Care
JOHNSON, Richard A GRATEFUL START, February 2023    New Colony, Education, Pastoral Care
JONES, Fletcher THE HOUSE THAT QUALITY BUILT, March 2024,  Business, Philanthropy, For Schools
LAWRY, Mary  A BRAVE AUSTRALIAN GIRL, January 2025, New Colony, Social Services
LIDDELL, Eric THE FLYING SCOTSMAN, July 2024, Sport
MCKAY, Hugh, Victor YOUNG AUSTRALIANS WITH BIG IDEAS, April 2024,  Invention, Philanthropy
McILVEEN, Arthur THE SALVO AT TOBRUK,  Anzac Day
MATTHEWS, Daniel ‘MR MALOGA’ March 2023, Indigenous
MORT, Thomas SIR THOMAS AND SIR BOB FEED THE WORLD, May 2023,  Invention, Philanthropy
NICHOLLS, Doug  AN AFL CHAMPION,  May 2023,  Indigenous, Pastoral Care, Politics
NICHOLLS, Doug and Gladys  A COMPELLING DOUBLE ACT, May 2022, Indigenous, Pastoral Care
PARKES, Henry ONE PEOPLE, ONE DESTINY, March 23, Politics
REIBEY, Mary  THE WILD COLONIAL GIRL, September 22,  New Colony, Entrepreneur                          
REID, Bill  BILL REID’S HALF FORGOTTEN MUSIC,  January 24, Indigenous, Pastoral Care
RIDLEY, John YOUNG AUSTRALIANS WITH BIG IDEAS, April 24 , Invention, Philanthropy
WALKER, Alan  SIXTY YEARS OF COUNSEL,  March 23,Pastoral Care, Social Services
WALKER,  Alan  THE WIND IN THE GUM TREE, August 22   Pastoral Care, Social Services
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It caused quite a stir in Bourke when Yarran, a young Aboriginal man appeared in the ANZAC march last week, leading a horse and kitted out in the famous uniform of the Light Horsemen of World War One. It was his father Uncle Raymond Finn’s way of reminding new generations of the part his great grandfather and other young indigenous men had played in strategic battles like the charge at Beersheba.
 
It’s sad that this chapter has been forgotten in Australia’s military history. About 1,000 Indigenous men fought in the Australian ranks in World War 1, but on their return, the government did not honour their contribution in the same way it did that of other servicemen. The Knight brothers of Bourke were among those who went unrecognised until recently.
 
Uncle Raymond told me how on 25 September 2018, Australia’s ambassador Paul Griffith, along with Israeli dignitaries, gathered to honour the Light Horsemen who fought the Battle of Tzemach. The following year, the statue “The Aborigine and His Horse”, was dedicated there on the shores of Lake Galilee.