Paper Notebooks vs. Mobile Devices: Brain Activation Differences During Memory Retrieval Keita Umejima1, Takuya Ibaraki, Takahiro Yamazaki2 and Kuniyoshi L. Sakai, Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Tenterfield Saddler
Worked on High Street
And lived on Manners
52 years he sat on his veranda
And made his saddles
About sheep or flowers or dogs
You just ask the saddler
He lived without sin
They're building a library for him
Tenterfield saddler turn your head
Ride again Jackaroo
Think I see kangaroo up ahead
Went off and got married
And had a war baby
But something was wrong
And it's easier to drink then go crazy
And if there were questions about why
The end was so sad
Well George had no answers about why a son
Ever has need of a gun
Tenterfield saddler turn your head
Ride again Jackaroo
Think i see kangaroo up ahead
Has been all around the world
And lives no special place
Changed his last name
And he married a girl with an interesting face
He'd almost forgotten them both
Because in this life that he leads
There's nowhere for George
And his library
Or the son with his gun
To belong except in this song
Tenterfield saddler turn your head
Ride again Jackaroo
Think I see kangaroo up ahead
Tenterfield saddler make your bed
Fly away cookatoo
Down on the ground emu up ahead
Tenterfield saddler turn your head
Ride again Jackaroo
Think I see kangaroo up ahead
In order for a country to progress, we constantly need to refer to our past to light our path (“Fears nation risks memory loss as cuts run deep in National Archives”, April 26). If we allow our heritage, culture and history to disappear, valuing only those memories relating to war and conflict, we risk socially engineering Australia into a place whose values are false and shallow. Conservative governments have ruled federally for eight long years. In that time, ambition, monetary success and strident individualism have too frequently nudged aside the common good. If we don’t value the wisdom sequestered in our national memory, the past will indeed be a foreign country. Alison Stewart, Riverview
Your report on the National Archives of Australia is disturbing. The staff there are the good custodians in maintaining great preservation work, allowing all users to access their vast holdings.
If Australians are to better understand their history and believe in our unique identity, then the time is now to find funds to support their ongoing remit. History is a never-ending story. It would be a shame if it is compromised for lack of agency support. Unlike some countries, Australia does not need to control the past. It is left to all of us to interpret it to promote and defend our glorious future. Mike Fogarty, Weston (ACT)
Scott Morrison sees no urgency in addressing climate change. Amanda Stoker says she won’t be rushed on funding for the National Archives. It’s no comfort to say at least they’re consistent, as little interested in saving the future as in preserving the past. Mickey Pragnell, Kiama