Field of fire.

Australian Doctor,  April, 2007  

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By Dr Paul Carroll

More to historic game than sporting rivalry.

WHILE Australia may be slightly ahead of Ireland when it comes to weather, beaches, pie floaters and Enhanced Primary Care plans, one thing the Irish will always have more of than us is history.

When I was at school, the adventures of Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson finding a way across the Blue Mountains in 1813 was presented as if it was a really long time ago. Then I came to Ireland and found that my new local pub, The Goat Grill, had been serving pints of ale for a couple of generations by then, and ...

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