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It was Anzac Day on Monday, a national day of remembrance. It is also closely connected with a form of gambling called two-up, a coin toss game where two coins are flipped on a flat wooden paddle by the "spinner". Players bet on whether the coins land as two heads, two tails, or a head…

Television personality Sarah Harris, and her husband Tom Ward, welcomed their first child on December 16 and have named their son Paul William. Sarah has a background in journalism and news presentation. She is one of the co-hosts of Channel Ten's morning show Studio 10, and sometimes fills in on The Project. She is also…

Citizenship Day is one to remember that we are all Australian citizens, whether you were born here 80 years ago, or just took out citizenship. It seems like a great opportunity to look at a name that has only recently come to Australia from another land, and although many names have been welcomed to our shores, this one stood out as a success.

Kathleen and Michael wrote in to the blog when they were expecting their third child: with two sons already, they were stuck for boys' names. As is becoming quite a pattern lately, they had a girl ...

Reality TV contestants Dale and Sophie Vine recently welcomed their first child, and have named their son Van Byron. The papers have speculated that perhaps Van's name was inspired by a road trip t...

When the name Acacia was featured for Wattle Day, I mentioned that Monty Python made gentle fun of our national flower with their Bruces Sketch, where all the philosophy faculty at the (fictional) ...

Last month it was the 121st birthday of Grace Cossington Smith, one of the most important Australian artists of the 20th century, and a contemporary of Clarice Beckett. Grace was born in Sydney, an...

On November 1, Corporal Daniel Keighran became the third Australian soldier serving in Afghanistan to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for bravery in Australia. C...

It's time for another name from the recent election, and yet another case where voting went down to the wire in a safe seat. This time it was the Division of Fairfax, which is a rural seat on Queen...

The Spring Equinox has just passed, and I'm planning on doing lots of gardening in the school holidays. So here's a name suited to the season of new life and growth. Biblical Namesake Eve is derived from the Hebrew name Hawwah (in modern Hebrew, Chavah) which comes from both the word for "breath" and for…

Tara and Andor are expecting their first child in a few months, and easily thought of plenty of girls names they both liked. However, they only agreed on one boy's name that they both liked equally and felt was the right fit for them. As it happened, they discovered they were having a boy, and…

Last week I covered an Australian actor who hit the big time during Hollywood''s Golden Age. So I thought we would finish the month by looking at the names of two contemporary Hollywood film stars ...

This year was the 60th anniversary of Eurovision, hosted by last year's winner, Austria, and the finals held in Vienna on May 23. The contest was won by Sweden, with heavily favourited Måns Zelmerl...

Actress Kate Ritchie, and her husband Stuart Webb, welcomed their first child on August 17, and recently announced that their daughter's name is Mae. Kate began her acting career at the age of 7, a...

Veteran journalist Peter Harvey was greatly loved and admired during his long career, and known to colleagues as "the voice of God". A fifth-generation reporter, he won numerous awards for his work...

NRL star Glenn Stewart, and his wife Jo, welcomed their son Mack on November 15. Mack Stewart was born at 10.08 pm, weighing 3.5 kg (7lb 11oz). Glenn has been playing for the Manly-Warringah Sea Ea...

This new series focuses on names that have became more popular since a celebrity with the name rose to fame. I think Drake is a good example of this especially if you look at the stats in America w...