List: Bougainville and Other Cultures | Curated by Maria Rattray

Jan 22, 2024
16 stories
Bougainville and Other CulturesLived experience and other culture observations
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Hope, Healing, and Humour
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Maria Rattray
Christmas in the TropicsEspecially when you have a six-year-old with a creative, caring mind
Dec 20, 2023
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Dec 20, 2023
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Everything Fun
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Maria Rattray
I Casually Shared With Annie Trevaskis Yesterday, That I Had A Treasured Buka Basket Given To Me In…What I wasn’t prepared for was this…subsequently finding my very favorite birthday present, EVER, still intact all these years later
Feb 22, 2023
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Feb 22, 2023
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It Was The Unaccustomed Crowd Of Activity Downstairs That Alerted MeOne group of Papuans and my blonde, curly-haired, blue-eyed, six-year-old daughter…
Feb 24, 2023
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Feb 24, 2023
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The Narrative Arc
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A Well-Intentioned Student Trying to Help Out Would Never Know The Outcome Of His Good-Deed Effort…It was easy to make the decision to return to Adelaide after this incident. If we wanted to have children, it just made sense.
Jan 11, 2023
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Jan 11, 2023
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From The Mountains Of Panguna To The Coastal Markets Of ArawaThey trudged in the darkness of night, to sell to us at 5am. And we complained about getting up early!
Dec 1, 2022
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Dec 1, 2022
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Reciprocal
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Maria Rattray
To Eat Or Not To Eat? The BIG Question Of Those Who Get To ChooseBecause sometimes we can just be overthinking things…like hygiene, hands on food, origin and the likes
May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022
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When Your House Boy Has Shares In The Ajax Company…You have to remind yourself that you are the alien in the situation
Apr 4, 2022
Apr 4, 2022
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Losing A Child, For Just A Few Minutes In A Foreign Country, Scared The Life Out Of MeFinding her was something else…
Mar 27, 2022
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Mar 27, 2022
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Environmentally Speaking, Much Can Happen In Nine YearsThe clear evidence of extinction of particular species scared us to death. Nobody seemed concerned or aware. This was an ecosystem in…
Mar 25, 2022
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Mar 25, 2022
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Pregnant In A Third-World CountryThe only doctor on the island was about to go sailing. He rang at 10pm just to check. Too late.
Mar 21, 2022
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Mar 21, 2022
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Living In A 3rd World Country Where Your Everyday Belongings Send A Wealth Message…leaves you to have to deal with the ensuing problems…
Mar 15, 2022
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Mar 15, 2022
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ILLUMINATION
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Running A Marathon Has Little To Do With WinningIt’s about struggle, and effort, and determination, and never, ever, ever giving up. In the end it’s about crossing that bloody fine line
Mar 11, 2022
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Mar 11, 2022
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Change Your Mind Change Your Life
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Maria Rattray
Afghanistan…When Looking Away Is Not An OptionAnd walking in their shoes proves burdensome…
Aug 29, 2021
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Aug 29, 2021
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Writers’ Blokke
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Afghanistan PerspectivesTwo very different people, two different ways of looking at the same situation…
Aug 24, 2021
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Aug 24, 2021
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Writers’ Blokke
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Message To The Rest Of The World: Please Don’t Look Away.Women of Afghanistan need your help, now more than ever.
Aug 19, 2021
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Aug 19, 2021
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Writers’ Blokke
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When Freedom Is Taken Overnight, The Whole World Should Take Up The CauseWhilst any women are captives of the Taliban, none of us ever can be, or should feel, free.
Aug 17, 2021
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Aug 17, 2021
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