A rich sauce indeed!
This blog delves into the National Archives of Australia collection for food. What will I be able to find about the way Australians ate through the 20th century?
And will I be brave enough to try any of the recipes that might be lurking in the files?
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Paul Koonin, Russion spy, doctor or soy bean expert?
Earlier this week I did a radio interview about the subject of one of my favourite blog entries, Paul Koonin. Paul Koonin was an interesting character, who over his life earned a living as a photographer, a dentist, a naturopath, … Continue reading
Posted in 1910s, 1930, 1930s, New South Wales, nutrition, Tasmania, Victoria
Tagged australian communist party, Koonin, social activist, womaniser., wonder food
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Take vitamins and stop wetting the bed!
Could vitamins really stop bedwetting? Cure baldness? Rheumatoid arthritis? Extend your life to 125? According to a series of booklets held in the National Archives, vitamins could achieve all these things and much, much more. The discovery of vitamins, and … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, copyight collection, nutrition
Tagged arthritis, bedwetting, cure, food, health, health marketing, vitamins
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Food and Sex: searching for ‘the answer’
The year is 1913, and you’re walking through the Domain. There’s a crowd gathering around a strangely-dressed man, so you go over to listen. He’s reading from a book: ‘Coitus impairs the proper function of the skin … The nerves … Continue reading
Posted in 1910s, copyight collection, New South Wales, nutrition
Tagged Chidley, cornflake, food, kellogg, sex
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The ‘professional child impersonator’ and her Oslo lunch
In my last post about the school’s milk program, I received a comment that the milk given out to Australian school children every day would have complemented their Oslo lunches. My immediate response was, ‘what the hell is an Oslo … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s, copyight collection, National Archives, nutrition, Queensland
Tagged Dulce Burns, food, Kraft cheese, Olso lunch
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Making school children drink milk
My Mum hates milk. She can’t stand the stuff. The smell of milk is enough to start her retching. She won’t use it in anything, and only buys milk for guests to use. This makes milk in her house all … Continue reading
Promoting the wonders of soybeans
Who was Dr Paul M Koonin? Do a Google search on him and you’ll find him quoted extensively on alternative medicine websites.You can find examples here, here and here. But information is scarce about the man, who in 1941, thought … Continue reading
Posted in 1900s, 1910s, 1930s, 1940s, copyight collection, New South Wales, nutrition, Victoria
Tagged alternative therapies, Koonin, naturalisation
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