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[Simon Spiteri using his forehead to bend a metal bar held by two unidentified men, c.1960]
Part of: Collection of portraits of Simon Spiteri, professional wrestler, strong man and sideshow performer, c.1960
b&w photograph; 15.8 x 20.7 cm
Pictures Collection,
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Simon Spiteri (or 'The Great Caramba') was a circus strong man and one of the wrestling greats of the 1950s and 60s who battled with the legendary Big Chief Little Wolf, whose story features on p. 11 of this issue.

 

October 2005 Volume XVI Number 1

THOMAS BAINES: ARTIST-EXPLORER OF AUSTRALIA AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

Jane Carruthers looks at the life and work of a great 19th-century painter, cartographer and adventurer

ENVIRONA: MARKETING A LIFE-STYLE NEAR CANBERRA 80 YEARS AGO

Jennifer Horsfield investigates H.F. Halloran’s failed vision

BIG CHIEF LITTLE WOLF

Barry York contemplates the legacy of a great mat-man

GETTING AWAY

Meredith Lake considers Australia’s inter-war holidaying phenomenon

BAHASA MUSE

Ian Campbell discusses writing poems in Indonesian, and his recent donation of works to the Library’s Manuscript Collection

FRIENDS

A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia

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