Long shot survivor

Battled on for 40 more years – Reading Mercury 01 July 1799: DIED – At Northam, aged 80, J.Padmore, who, at the battle of Minden, received a ball through his head. It is a little odd that the passing of an individual would be so casually recorded. Note...

Links to articles published elsewhere

Since having been made redundant from Queensland Newspapers in 2013, I have been writing part-time for two Christian organisations … Creation Ministries International and radio station 96five. There follows links to articles I have had published with them:...

Reverend Alexander Silver of Dunnottar

By Aberdeenshire Silver descendant Warren Nunn Reverend Alexander Silver was for about 40 years the spiritual leader of Dunnottar church near Stonehaven in Scotland. He was described as “many-sided and sterling in character”. He was a larger-than-life, quick-witted...

Retracing my tracks across the Nullarbor Plain

Warren Nunn Long rail journeys such as the trek across the Nullarbor Plain used to be something one had to “suffer” to travel throughout Australia. It now takes about 41 hours (including stops) on the Indian Pacific to travel the 2669km between Adelaide and Perth...

The gifts inside that shouldn’t be locked away

Warren Nunn An art exhibition now on display in Brisbane is an expression of the talents of various individuals with a shared, but not-so-common experience. They are prisoners—individuals removed from society for a time—but, given the opportunity to express...