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National Library of Australia, October 2005
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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 nla.pic-an23182224

 
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 the following article 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

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