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Archives - looking back at being an Archivist 1986 / 2026

Introduction When, at the end of November 1986, the present writer finished the one-year full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Information Management (Archives Administration) course at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, he walked out feeling like a professional archivist. That feeling has continued to the present day and will be with him to the grave. Such was the influence not only of those presenting the course - Pete Orlovich, Anne Pederson and assistants Sigrid McCausland and Michael Piggot - but the very nature of the profession of archivist which was revealed through the course - in theory and in practice. This profession intrigued the present writer at the time, and was an incredibly easy fit. He had entered the course as a 30 year old local historian and researcher - a user of archives - and over the following 12 months added to that an understanding of the importance of the archivist in preserving history. As simple as that. The profession had been around since the time ...
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Dying - thoughts on the process

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Michael Organ & family: A9X | Dying | Film | Health | Keith Organ interview 1998 | LPs / Records | Music | Parliament 2002-2004 | Poems & Songs | Posters | Roma Organ @ St Mary's ( Interview 2019 ) / Interview 1998 / In Memorium | Terry Organ | Uncle Jack Crutchley WWII | Uncle Jack Speirs WWI | Uncle Sonny WWI | Will | 1. Ending of days The writer was faced with personal immortality sometime around the age of 69. Up until that point there was pride in the fact of going to a doctor and the question initially being asked was: "What are you on?" to which the response was: "Nothing." That changed early in 2026 when faced with (1) scoliosis of the spine; (2) hernias; (3) high blood pressure; (4) relationship breakdown and stress; (5) isolation and loneliness. All of these combined, with the imminent onset of 70, meant that for the first time, one's own mortality actually came to...
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Greens

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| Greens archive | Senator Kerrie Nettle, Michael Organ MHR and Senator Bob Brown, 23 October 2003 A chronological listing of blogs and other material related to the author's involvement with the Australian Greens on the local, state and federal level over time since 2002. 2002 Nick Brash, Australian Greens Cunningham By-Election , October 2002, YouTube, duration: 19.36 minutes. A Brash Ideas Production, Made in Wollongong, on the occasion of the Cunningham By-Election win by Michael Organ. Features Australian Greens senators Bob Brown and Kerrie Nettle. Some footage relating to the 2004 general election is also included. [Video] Various, Australian Greens Cunningham By-Election , October 2002, duration: 14.23. Various news reportage concerning the the Cunningham By-Election win by Michael Organ. Interviews feature Senator Bob Brown. [Video] [ Australian Federal Parliament - from 19 October 2002] Speeches to the Australian Federal Parliament, Government House,...
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Jimi Hendrix Gibson Flying V 1967 copy

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Jimi Hendrix: Catfish Blues | Flying V 1967 | Flying V 1967 copy | Martin Sharp poster | 1. Psychedelic TV studio, Paris, 10 October 1967. One of the most iconic electric guitars from the 1960s is the sunburst metallic finish Sparkling Burgundy (dark brown) Jimi Hendrix 1967 Gibson Flying V known as Love Drops , which he hand-painted during the first week of July of that year and then featured in live gigs and television appearances through to at least February 1968. It has also been noted that the guitar was used for the recording of All Along the Watchtower (February - July 1968), which is undoubtedly Hendrix's finest and best known recording. The guitar was eventually passed on to Mick Cox of Eire Apparent at the beginning of 1969. Cox subsequently had it over-painted in black, before selling it in 1973. Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep was the eventual new owner, though never made aware of its Hendrix connection (McGuinness 2020). In the early 1990s the guitar...
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Health data

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Introduction This blog records some of the physiological and psychological elements of the writer's health, such as blood test results and digital copies of X-rays. The writer is an Australian, Caucasian male, born on 22 September 1956. He was in good health at the time of initial preparation of this blog. He is Freder, not Georgy. ------------------ Contents Blood pressure Blood analysis Scoliosis Psychologist References  --------------- 1. Blood pressure  The following refers to tests taken at Kruger Medical Centre (K), Harden, during January 2026; P refers to tests taken at the Pharmacy, Harden. Date Systolic Diastolic Pulse 14th 11am K 155 92 N/A 15th 10am K 141 107 59 16th (standing) 10.30am P 126 76 49 16th (siting) 10.30am P 187 112 57 16th (siting) 10.30am P 193 119 60 16th (siting) 10.30am K 130 ...
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Film collection - movies, documentaries, performances

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The following is a list of the present writer's and family collection of movies, documentaries and performances on DVD, BluRay and 4k UltraHD. It is arranged alphabetically by title. All items are DVD unless otherwise indicated. All items are movies unless otherwise indicated, e.g. TV, documentary. BluRay discs are mark BR. Some films are listed under the director's surname, such as Kurosawa or Burton. No. 8 1/2 BR (1963) 12 Monkeys BR (1995) 47 Ronin The 47 Ronin (1962)   Keanu Reeves (2014) 50 First Dates (2004) 101 Dalmations - Platinum Edition, 2 discs (1961) 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 BR (2007) 2012 BR (2010)  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) 20 Million Miles to Earth - BR (1957)  A AC/DC Family Jewels, 2 discs (2005)  No Bull - Live, Spain 1998 - The Director's Cut (2008)  A Bug's Life - Collector's Edition 2 discs (1998) A Christmas Carol - Jim Carey (2009) A Fish Called Wanda (1998)  A Kind of Murder (2006)  A Matter of Life and Deat...
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