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25.01.2022 Meet the coelacanth, the 400-million-year-old fish that could be the evolutionary link to the first land creatures. This living dinosaur has four limb-like fins that it uses to "trot" through the water like a horse. Learn more about this ancient fish that might be a human ancestor

25.01.2022 The Koala Fur Trade: Koalas began to be hunted for their skins during the second half of the 19th century. They were shot and in some cases poisoned, and their pelts were then exported to the US, Canada and Europe to make hats, gloves and the inside lining of coats.... Koalas were being hunted in NSW, South Australia and Victoria in numbers that were staggering - in 1902, 600,000 koala skins were purchased in NSW alone. Historian Ellis Troughton claims that in 1924, more than 2 million koala skins were exported from Australias eastern states. But by the early 1900s, koala numbers had dropped so sharply that governments in NSW, Victoria and South Australia all moved to put an end to koala hunting. Church leaders and wildlife conservationists agitated for the end of koala hunting, but in Queensland, despite widespread public protests, the trade continued - in part because it provided employment for rural workers. In 1927, public outcry increased dramatically in the lead up to what became known as "Black August". In that month, nearly 600,000 koala pelts were collected. However, it is estimated that if the number of joeys killed and spoiled skins are also considered, close to 800,000 koalas may actually have died. It turned out to be the last open hunting season on koalas in Australia. The backlash that followed helped topple the Labor government in elections in May 1929.

25.01.2022 26th November 1838 Men found guilty of Myall Creek Aborigines massacre On 10 June 1838, a gang of stockmen, heavily armed, rounded up between 40 and 50 Aboriginal women, children and elderly men at Henry Dangars Myall Creek Station, not far from Inverell in New South Wales. 28 Aborigines were murdered. These were the relatives of the Aboriginal men who were working with the station manager, William Hobbs. It was believed that the massacre was payback for the killing of sever...al colonists in the area, yet most of those massacred were women and children. At a trial held on November 15 that year, twelve Europeans were charged with murder but acquitted. Following uproar from some colonists at the aquittal of the men, another trial was held on 26 November 1838. Following the retrial, 7 men were charged with murder and sentenced to be hung in December, under the authority of Governor George Gipps. See more

25.01.2022 A lot of us have done this or at least tried.

24.01.2022 Australia today is mourning the passing of John Fahey, an Australian and Liberal original. Twenty years ago today, Sydney was about to host the Olympics - an event that defined both our city and our nation. As John leapt to his feet on hearing the news his Government had secured the Sydney Olympics for Australia, he seemed to be embodying the shared joy of every Australian.... The securing of the Sydney Olympics by the Fahey Government, by John Fahey, working together with Bruce Baird and Rod McGeogh, in many ways led Australia out of the 1990s recession. It gave Australians hope and belief. But it was also the image of John as Premier on his knees at St Marys in Sydney as fires ravaged NSW that spoke to his quiet faith and humility. John Fahey was an optimist, who believed in Australia, because he knew how much it had enabled him in his own life. Johns was truly an Australian story of his generation. He gave more than he received. His cheery and cheeky smile was what always left his impression on you, long after the topic or issue had passed. In his day, John was not your typical Liberal. A Catholic, rugby league player and smoker from South West Sydney. As a Liberal he broadened our outlook and connected us with an ever widening aspirational population. He was notoriously slow at working a room, but that reflected the deep connections John formed with so many he met. John Fahey gave everyone his undivided attention. John described his liberalism as: hard head, soft heart. It was an approach he would take as Premier and as Federal Minister for Finance. As Federal Minister for Finance, John Fahey, along with John Howard and Peter Costello drove the historic turnaround in Australias finances in the late 1990s. As well, they set in train a service revolution in telecommunications. After 17 years in State and Federal politics and a distinguished career of public service, John left politics in 2001 due to ill health. John said at the time: I want to do some more things. I want to continue to give to the community. I intend to continue to work. He got that wish. John went on to be a director of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University, chairman of the Rugby League Development Board and fittingly given his history, chairman of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. In 2007, John became chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency, one of the most significant sporting administrator roles in the world. John was a tremendous Liberal. He was a mentor to many, including Joe Hockey and Marise Payne. He was one of a kind who had an earthy and tested faith and who was sustained by his loved family. To Johns wife Colleen, and his surviving children Melanie and Matthew, and his grandchildren Amber and Campbell, Jenny and I extend our deepest condolences.

21.01.2022 We will visit Sri Lanka again hopefully very soon !!

21.01.2022 West Gate Bridge disaster which killed 35 people At 11:50 am on 15 October 1970, the 112-metre (367-foot) span between piers 10 and 11 collapsed and fell 50 metres (164 feet) to the ground and water below. Thirty-five construction workers were killed and 18 injured, and it remains Australia's worst industrial accident to this day. Many of those who perished were on lunch break beneath the structure in workers' huts, which were crushed by the falling span. Others were working ...on and inside the span when it fell. The whole 2,000-tonne (4,400,000 lb) mass plummeted into the Yarra River mud with an explosion of gas, dust and mangled metal that shook buildings hundreds of metres away. Nearby houses were spattered with flying mud. The roar of the impact, the explosion, and the fire that followed, could be clearly heard over 20 kilometres (12 mi) away. On the following morning, 16 October, Sir Henry Bolte (Premier of Victoria) announced that a Royal Commission would be set up immediately to look into the cause of the disaster. The Prime Minister, John Gorton, said: "I am sure the whole of Australia is shocked and saddened by the serious accident at West Gate Bridge. Please extend my deepest sympathy to all those families to whom this tragic event has brought such grief." See more

20.01.2022 Six beautiful Ks in Circular Quay, circa 1930. Including Kuttabul or her identical twin Koompartoo at left. Oh, also some trams and some steel about to form a bridge.

20.01.2022 September 5, 1946 Born Freddie Mercury a British rock singer and songwriter whose flamboyant showmanship and powerfully agile vocals made him one of rocks most dynamic front men. "My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies Fairy tales of yesterday, grow but never die... I can fly, my friends... The show must go on" Farrokh Bulsara born in Stone Town, Zanzibar (now in Tanzania). Influenced by the hard-edged blues-based style of rock acts such as Cream and Jimi Hendrix, Bulsara began singing with bands in London. He also became friends with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor of the band Smile, and in 1970, when Smiles lead singer quit, Bulsara replaced him. He soon changed the groups name to Queen and his own to Freddie Mercury. Bassist John Deacon joined the following year. Incorporating elements of both heavy metal and glam rock, the band debuted on record with Queen (1973), which was followed by Queen II (1974). Despite an impressive blend of majestic vocal harmonies and layered virtuosic guitar work, Queen initially failed to attract much notice beyond the United Kingdom. The album Sheer Heart Attack (1974), however, shot up the international charts, and A Night at the Opera (1975) sold even better. The bands ambitious approach to both songwriting and studio production was epitomized by the latter albums mock-operatic single Bohemian Rhapsody, one of a number of Queen compositions written principally by Mercury. The song spent nine weeks atop the British singles chart, and its accompanying promotional film helped the music industry recognize its future in video. Spectacular success followed in 1977 with We Are the Champions and We Will Rock Youwhich became ubiquitous anthems at sporting events in Britain and the United States. By the early 1980s Queen had become an international phenomenon, drawing particular attention for its elaborately staged performances in enormous venues. Strutting the stage in outrageous costumes, Mercury effortlessly commanded audiences in the tens of thousands. "I always knew I was a star, and now the rest of the world seems to agree with me." In 1991 Mercury announced that he had been diagnosed with AIDS. He died at November 24,1991 from complications related to the disease. Until shortly before his death, Mercury had continued to record with Queen, and he was posthumously featured on the bands final album, Made in Heaven (1995). " I wont be a rock star. I will be a legend." Yes you are.. Thank you

19.01.2022 Can you recall the glory days of going to the pictures when there were ushers and usherettes to show us to our seats. And I was reflecting back to those times and remembering too how the film would sometimes break. Im thinking back to those Saturday afternoon matinees when right in the middle of a John Wayne cowboy flick, the screen would suddenly go white and the theatre would break out with cat calls, jeers and boos. Back then projectionists changed film reels by hand and had to know how to cut and splice the footage whenever it broke. A real art. Another job thats been phased out through digital film technology.

19.01.2022 On this day in 1902, Beatrice "Bee" Miles was born in Ashfield, NSW. She is described as an iconic eccentric and was noted for being the "scourge of Sydneys taxi drivers", as she would refuse to pay them. The bohemian rebel was well-known to Sydney locals for her ability to recite any passage from Shakespeare for money and was often seen wearing a green tennis shade, tennis shoes and a scruffy great coat. She was interred in Rookwood in a family grave in the Old General section.

17.01.2022 We need this icecream back who remember this yummmy

17.01.2022 TRUE STORY. After succumbing to a fever of some sort in 1705, Irish woman Margorie McCall was hastily buried to prevent the spread of whatever had done her in. Margorie was buried with a valuable ring, which her husband had been unable to remove due to swelling. This made her an even better target for body snatchers, who could cash in on both the corpse and the ring. The evening after Margorie was buried, before the soil had even settled, the grave-robbers showed up and star...ted digging. Unable to pry the ring off the finger, they decided to cut the finger off. As soon as blood was drawn, Margorie awoke from her coma, sat straight up and screamed. The fate of the grave-robbers remains unknown. One story says the men dropped dead on the spot, while another claims they fled and never returned to their chosen profession. Margorie climbed out of the hole and made her way back to her home. Her husband John, a doctor, was at home with the children when he heard a knock at the door. He told the children, If your mother were still alive, Id swear that was her knock. When he opened the door to find his wife standing there, dressed in her burial clothes, blood dripping from her finger but very much alive, he dropped dead to the floor. He was buried in the plot Margorie had vacated. Margorie went on to re-marry and have several children. When she did finally die, she was returned to Shankill Cemetery in Lurgan, Ireland, where her gravestone still stands. It bears the inscription Lived Once, Buried Twice.

17.01.2022 People used to believe that being left-handed was a bad omen. All sorts of superstitions grew up around people who used their left hand for everything. In some religions it was even suggested that it was the devils work and although I dont think the nuns quite went that far, I do remember some kids at school having their left hands tied behind their back in order to force them to use their right hand. There was no rhyme or reason to think that you could make a child change and scientists now believe that left-handedness tends to run in families, in other words, left-handers are simply born that way! Who was a left-hander at school and got into all sorts of trouble over it?

16.01.2022 Remember this who ever made the scrumptious Vanilla Slice ?

16.01.2022 Albert Namatjira (1902-59) became interested in painting at the Hermannsburg Mission in the 1930s. After learning watercolour technique, he was persuaded to exhibit his work in Melbourne in 1938. The exhibition sold out in two days. During the 1940s his work became fashionable throughout Australia and he was the subject of a biography and a film. In 1954 he met the Queen in Canberra, and he was awarded citizenship status in 1957. One of the consequences of citizenship was that Namatjira was legally entitled to buy alcohol, but when he shared it with his fellow Arrernte, as custom required, he was sentenced to imprisonment. Although the sentence was commuted, he never recovered, and died the following year. Nearly 50 years after his death, Namatjira remains the best-known of Australian Aboriginal painters

16.01.2022 On this day in Australian History Thursday, October 6, 1898. : Catherine "Kate" Kelly, sister of bushranger Ned Kelly, goes missing. Ned Kelly is regarded as Australia's most notorious bushranger, but less is known about his family.... Ned Kelly had five sisters, two half-sisters, two brothers and one half-brother. His sisters were Maggie, who was born in 1857, three years after Ned, and Catherine, variously nicknamed Kate or Kittie, who was born in 1863. In addition, there were Mary, who died as a baby, Anne and Grace. Ned Kelly's two brothers were Daniel, who joined Ned in the Kelly gang, and James. Some time after Ned Kelly's father died, his mother remarried, and bore another two daughters, Ellen and Alice and a son, John, also known as Jack. Kate Kelly was perhaps the best known of Ned Kelly's siblings. Legend claims that she was the fiancee of Aaron Sherritt, notorious for betraying the Kelly gang to the police, and being shot for his trouble. Kate also had another admirer, Alexander Fitzpatrick, who attempted to ingratiate himself into the Kelly family. After making unwelcome advances towards young Kate, he was attacked by Ned's mother, beaten by one brother and allegedly shot by Ned, although the doctor who attended Fitzpatrick did not confirm a gunshot wound. The event resulted in Ned's mother being arrested, and the brothers being hunted further by police. Kate was a central catalyst to these circumstances. After helping hold the family together following the arrest of their mother, at the age of 25, Kate married William Henry Foster of Forbes. She was a skilled and respected horsewoman, and perpetuated the family line by bearng six children, three of whom survived to adulthood. Kate's colourful life ended tragically when she was just 35 years old. Some two years after her sister Maggie died, Kate went missing, on 6 October 1898. Eight days passed before her body was located in a lagoon at Condobolin Road near Forbes. Initial indications were that she died of drowning, but the Magisterial inquiry that was held into her death on 15 October did not indicate how or why this could have occurred. Kate's death certificate stated there was no evidence, but family and friends believed her depression following Maggie's death contributed to her own death.

16.01.2022 1935 Mercedes-Benz Streamliner Bus

15.01.2022 I could do this !!!

15.01.2022 Hello ice cream

15.01.2022 Remember when ladies drank shandys ?

14.01.2022 On this day in Australian History Monday, September 7, 1936. : The last known Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, dies. The Thylacine is, or was, a carnivorous marsupial living in Australia, specifically the island of Tasmania, up until the twentieth century. It is believed that the Thylacine existed on the Australian mainland until the introduction of the dingo. Although the Thylacine is often called the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf, it is neither of these. Its b...ody was similar in shape to that of the placental wolf, but it was a marsupial, putting it in an entirely different class. It stood about 60cm tall, with a body length of up to 130cm, not including its tail, up to 66cm long. With the arrival of the European settlers in Tasmania, the Thylacine was doomed. Farmers shot the creatures, fearing their threat to livestock, while hunters prized them as trophies; these acts were supported by the government of the time which offered a bounty of one pound for every dead adult Thylacine and ten shillings for each dead Thylacine joey. The last known specimen of the Thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo on 7 September 1936. The last captive animals were exhibited in zoos, where their needs were not understood, and the Thylacines in Hobart died from exposure. Despite numerous apparent "sightings" over the years, not one of these has ever been confirmed, and the Thylacine is now officially classified as Extinct. Sunday, September 7, 1986. : The last section of the sealed National Highway around Australia is completed, between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek. The first road in Australia, outside of Sydney, was completed in 1815. William Cox was commissioned to build the road to Bathurst, using convict labour. The original Great Western Highway covered 161 km and incorporated twelve bridges. This road was just the first step in the highway network that would eventually extend across and around the entire continent. The National Highway Act was initiated in 1974 as a means to establish a fully sealed national highway around Australia. The Federal government funded the building of the highways, although construction and maintenance was the responsibility of the various State and Territory Governments. The final section of the sealed highway around Australia was opened on 7 September 1986. It had taken five years to widen and seal the 289 kilometre section of the Great Northern Highway between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek in Western Australia. Although other sections of the National Highway were rerouted in ensuing years, the Fitzroy Crossing-Halls Creek link was considered to be the last section to be sealed.

14.01.2022 Thomas Reddal’s Remembrance Day Tribute 2020 lyndall’s school

13.01.2022 Charlie Chaplin lived 88 years. He left us 4 statements: (1) Nothing is forever in this world, not even our problems. (2) I love walking in the rain because no one can see my tears. (3) The most lost day in life is the day we dont laugh.... (4) Six best doctors in the world...: 1. The sun, 2. Rest, 3. Exercise, 4. Diet, 5. Self-respect 6. Friends. Stick to them at all stages of your life and enjoy a healthy life... Life is just a journey! Therefore, live today! Tomorrow may not be. See more

12.01.2022 Do you remember your mother buying bags of spilt peas and getting ham bones to make great split pea and ham soup in winter.

11.01.2022 On this 13th day of October in 1933 Sydney's first electronic traffic lights, at the corner of Kent and Market Streets. The then Minister for Transport, Colonel Michael F. Bruxner, switched on New South Wales’ first set of traffic signals. The equipment was vehicle-actuated, and was imported from England at a cost of 390 pounds. It was installed by the Electricity Department of Sydney City Council at a cost of 183 pounds, six shillings and fourpence. under the supervision and...Continue reading

11.01.2022 how big felling trees were in the 1940s

11.01.2022 Mmmmm maybe to big for the car whats your thoughts

10.01.2022 Just letting you all know that Ive volunteered for the Russian vaccine trials held here in Kearns NSW. I received my first shot at 14:30. Its completely safe with o side effects whatsoeve, and that I feelsh oosh , feeling lucky.

10.01.2022 1898 Ritter Road-Skates

10.01.2022 Women's rights activist Rose Scott was born on this day in 1847 in Glendon, near Singleton NSW. She was an accomplished public speaker, known for her advocation of universal suffrage. She is best known for founding the Women's Political Education League in 1902 which campaigned successfully to raise the age of consent to 16, an issue close to her heart. She also helped to found the Women's Literary Society which grew into the Womanhood Suffrage League. She's buried in Zone C, Section 7 at Rookwood Cemetery.

09.01.2022 Remember when your fish and chips were wrapped in newspaper? I do

09.01.2022 Imagine you were born in 1900. When youre 14, World War I begins and ends when youre 18 with 22 million dead. Soon after a global pandemic, the Spanish Flu, appears, killing 50 million people. And youre alive and 20 years old.... When youre 29 you survive the global economic crisis that started with the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange, causing inflation, unemployment and famine. When youre 33 years old the nazis come to power. When youre 39, World War II begins and ends when youre 45 years old with a 60 million dead. In the Holocaust 6 million Jews die. When youre 52, the Korean War begins. When youre 64, the Vietnam War begins and ends when youre 75. A child born in 1985 thinks his grandparents have no idea how difficult life is, but they have survived several wars and catastrophes. Today we have all the comforts in a new world, amid a new pandemic. But we complain because we need to wear masks. We complain because we must stay confined to our homes where we have food, electricity, running water, wifi, even Netflix! None of that existed back in the day. But humanity survived those circumstances and never lost their joy of living. A small change in our perspective can generate miracles. We should be thankful that we are alive. We should do everything we need to do to protect and help each other.

09.01.2022 1995 Fags became Fads. Fags were candy cigarettes, produced since the 1930s, initially by Riviera Confectionery and later by Fyna Foods. They were white, musk-flavoured lollies with a pink tip, sold in a pack that resembled a cigarette pack. As anti-smoking campaigns ramped up around Australia there was increasing pressure to remove their association with a life-threatening habit. Victoria was among the last states to abandon the name Fags

07.01.2022 Todays Mystery object Circa mid 1800s Any idea what it is ?

05.01.2022 This Guy is Driving down the Road in the middle of nowhere late at Night and his car breaks down, he gets out, opens the Bonnet and fiddles around. All of a sudden he hears a voice. "Its your Spark Plugs". he looks around and there is nobody there so he starts fiddling around again. " its your Spark Plugs " says the voice. He looks around and see`s two Horses watching him. "Did you say something " he ask`s, " yes" replies one of the Horses " take your Spark Plugs out and give... them a clean". So he takes the Plugs out, cleans them up, puts them back in and the car starts with no problem. He thanks the Horses and Drives away. A few Miles down the Road he stops at a Pub and orders a Whisky and tells the Landlord what just happened. " Was it a Black Horse or a White one " Asks the Landlord, " It was a Black one" replies the Driver, " why.. what difference does it make"Well you was lucky then" replies the Landlord." The White horse knows nothing about Cars" The above was borrowed.

05.01.2022 LEST WE FORGET OUR BRAVE HEROES Completion of the Thai-Burma Railway On the 16th of October 1943 the two ends of the Japanese railway linking Burma and Thailand were completed. Built by captured Allied prisoners of war in horrendous conditions, the Thai-Burma railway is a monument to the cruelty of the Japanese and a reminder of the strength of the Australian and Allied soldiers who were forced to construct it under slave like conditions.... In total, some 60,000 Allied prisoners of war, including 13,000 Australians were forced to build the 420km railway from Ban Pong in Thailand to Thanbyuzayat in Burma. 2,700 Australians and more than 12,000 Allied soldiers died during the construction. Lest we forget the sacrifice of these brave men. ------------------------------------------------------------ See more

04.01.2022 Havent had this in a while or seen it.

04.01.2022 William Buckley , Convict Buckley was convicted of knowingly receiving a bolt of stolen cloth; he insisted he was carrying it for a woman and did not know it was stolen. He was sentenced to transportation to New South Wales for 14 years. Buckley left England in April 1803 aboard HMS Calcutta, one of two ships sent to Port Phillip to form a new settlement under Lieutenant-Colonel David Collins. They arrived in October 1803, and anchored on the south-eastern side of the bay...Continue reading

04.01.2022 Esto si que doli JAJA

03.01.2022 Friday night tea was always a bit special at our place when we were growing up. As Catholics we never ate meat on a Friday so it was the one night Mum would have an easy meal, tinned spaghetti, baked beans or if we were really lucky, takeaway fishnchips. And for dessert there was a brick of ice cream, very carefully cut into six exact portions to go with some of Mums preserved fruit. Do you remember how there were both the big bricks and the small ones? The box was like a wax cardboard from memory. I understand they were in a brick shape because you could fit them into the little freezers that the fridges had back in the day.

03.01.2022 Country Living magazine published this article recently; It's pretty much a miracle that any of us survived childhood in the 1960s! Parents exposed kids to secondhand smoke and let them run wild in the streets. Sugar was in everything and hazards lurked everywhere. Given today's hands-on style of parenting, it's hard to believe some of the things that were "normal" for kids in the '60s. Car seats are a good example. Car seats today are standardized and must follow strict safety regulations. However up until the ‘70s or even later they were mainly intended to stop kids from moving around the car. We all travelled in a car without a baby seat or any seat belts at all back then. Photo from Country Living.

03.01.2022 In 1908 was the death of John Gowing, the man who founded the famous eponymous store. At 24 years of age, Gowing emigrated to Sydney with 400. He opened his drapery business on Crown Street in 1863 and he and his brother set up the Mercery and Glove Depot, at 318 George Street, which John managed for 200 per annum plus half the profits of the business. This store was located on the corner of Market Street and George Street and still stands today. He passed away in his home in Stanmore and is buried in Rookwood Cemetery.

01.01.2022 **These children are not smoking real cigarettes! They have the lolly cigarettes Fags in their mouths. This is exactly what we did as kids, pretending to smoke like the grown-ups. Julie Liddell sent this photo: Memories. Thankfully I didn’t take it up at all. Lol." Thanks for the photo Julie it’s a perfect follow up to our recent post on Fags which were the lolly cigarettes manufactured by Riviera. I’m assuming that’s your brother in the photo. We all used to pretend to smoke like Dad. I don't remember women smoking much back then (probably too smart), it seemed something that Dad's did. Even though I used to pretend with Fags, I never smoked later in life either (thank God), how about you? If so did the lolly cigarettes lead you into the habit?

01.01.2022 Who remembers the old Scenic Railway at Katoomba ? Its a lot different now !!!!

01.01.2022 The bizarre history of the baby cage, 1934-1948. Dangling baby cages came into vogue after they were invented in 1922, but their origins really began with the 1884 book The Care and Feeding of Children, by Dr. Luther Emmett Holt. In his book, Emmett carefully describes how babies need to be aired. Fresh air is required to renew and purify the blood, and this is just as necessary for health and growth as proper food, he wrote. The appetite is improved, the digestion is... better, the cheeks become red, and all signs of health are seen. Essentially, the thinking was that this was part of a process to toughen up the babies, and make them better able to withstand common colds. It was believed that exposing infants to cold temperaturesboth outside and through cold-water bathingwould grant them a certain immunity to catching minor illnesses. While physicians such as Dr. Luther Emmett Holt advised simply placing an infant’s basket near an open window, some parents took it a step further. Eleanor Roosevelt, who by her own admission knew absolutely nothing about handling or feeding a baby, bought a chicken-wire cage after the birth of her daughter Anna. She hung it out the window of her New York City apartment and placed Anna inside for her naps until a concerned neighbor threatened to report her to the authorities. The first commercial patent for a baby cage was filed in 1922 by Emma Read of Spokane, Washington. The cages became popular in London in the 1930s among apartment dwellers without access to backyards. It’s not entirely clear when exactly the baby cage’s popularity began to wane, but it likely had something to do with growing concerns for child safety in the second half of the 20th century.