In a message dated 2/7/98 7:00:20 PM EST, [log in to unmask] writes:

> Bullamakanka is a mythical place which sums up the spirit of the outback.
>  If you don't know where someone lives, but it's way out there among the red
>  dust and flies, it may well be at Bullamakanka.

Ian:

Welcome to BP!  I have a great affection for Australia, having lived there in
-- well, I won't say how many years ago, but long before the Vietnam War
brought perhaps a greater American influence than perhaps is there now.
Somewhere I remember the phrase "The Sunburned Country."  There was much of
England in Australia as I knew it -- in many places a somber and not-so-
sunburned country in its architecture (before the Sydney Opera House). What is
happening with regards to historic preservation/architectural design there
now?

Mary Krugman