Setken Of Melbourne
@setkenofmelbourne.bsky.social
I put my blog posts up here with themes of Ancient Egyptian magnification, art, and David Syme's tomb
Artist [painter]
Researcher
Author [The King Of Melbourne coming in 2026]
Historian
Speaker
Gamewright
Actor
Writer
Game Developer
Film Maker
Artist [painter]
Researcher
Author [The King Of Melbourne coming in 2026]
Historian
Speaker
Gamewright
Actor
Writer
Game Developer
Film Maker
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The Liberal Party Just Chose Destruction: Serving Vested Interests, Not Democracy
Today's formal abandonment of net zero confirms a party with no vision, no values, no leadership - only destruction and imported extremism.
suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-libera...
Today's formal abandonment of net zero confirms a party with no vision, no values, no leadership - only destruction and imported extremism.
suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-libera...
The Liberal Party Just Chose Destruction: Serving Vested Interests, Not Democracy
Today's formal abandonment of net zero confirms a party with no vision, no values, no leadership - only destruction and imported extremism.
suebarrett.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The Liberal Party Just Chose Destruction: Serving Vested Interests, Not Democracy
Today's formal abandonment of net zero confirms a party with no vision, no values, no leadership - only destruction and imported extremism.
suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-libera...
Today's formal abandonment of net zero confirms a party with no vision, no values, no leadership - only destruction and imported extremism.
suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-libera...
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating on the dismissal youtu.be/4GHUTo1e6TI?... via @YouTube #goughwhitlam
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating on the dismissal
YouTube video by Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
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November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating on the dismissal youtu.be/4GHUTo1e6TI?... via @YouTube #goughwhitlam
A city in the distance: Helen Maudsley www.themonthly.com.au/june-2025/ar...
I love this artist #helenmaudsley
I love this artist #helenmaudsley
A city in the distance: Helen Maudsley
Overshadowed by her more famous spouse, the nearly 98-year-old is a great who has delivered a lifetime’s worth of inquiring, abstract works
www.themonthly.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A city in the distance: Helen Maudsley www.themonthly.com.au/june-2025/ar...
I love this artist #helenmaudsley
I love this artist #helenmaudsley
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Legend.
“I’ve never said I’m immortal. I do believe in correct language. I’m eternal.” Gough Whitlam - visionary, reformer and the man who shaped modern Australia.
Illustrated to mark 50 years since the Dismissal, and to celebrate his enduring legacy | Prints/tees: tinyurl.com/hzz69d7z
Illustrated to mark 50 years since the Dismissal, and to celebrate his enduring legacy | Prints/tees: tinyurl.com/hzz69d7z
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Legend.
This is interesting.
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
#goughwhitlam @johnmenadue.com
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
#goughwhitlam @johnmenadue.com
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans
I was familiar with many of the events leading to the Dismissal on 11 November 1975. That knowledge was greatly increased by Professor Jenny Hocking with her long and successful campaign to have the P...
johnmenadue.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is interesting.
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
#goughwhitlam @johnmenadue.com
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
#goughwhitlam @johnmenadue.com
Egypt’s Grand Museum Is Finally Open. Now, ‘We Need Our Stuff Back.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a... #egyptology #gem #ancientegypt
Egypt’s Grand Museum Is Finally Open. Now, ‘We Need Our Stuff Back.’
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Egypt’s Grand Museum Is Finally Open. Now, ‘We Need Our Stuff Back.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a... #egyptology #gem #ancientegypt
One of my most fave bands
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
One of my most fave bands
My talk A Monumental Egyptian Tomb In Melbourne is at The Athenaeum Library Thursday November 20 at 7pm. I am pleased that the oldest subscription library in Victoria and of such esteem is hosting the final one.
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/DGBYI
#melbournearchitecture #mausoleum #davidsyme #egypt
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/DGBYI
#melbournearchitecture #mausoleum #davidsyme #egypt
A monumental Egyptian tomb in Melbourne: Setken
Hidden within a suburban Melbourne cemetery lies a remarkable piece of Egyptian-inspired architecture: the tomb of David Syme, one of the world’s...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My talk A Monumental Egyptian Tomb In Melbourne is at The Athenaeum Library Thursday November 20 at 7pm. I am pleased that the oldest subscription library in Victoria and of such esteem is hosting the final one.
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/DGBYI
#melbournearchitecture #mausoleum #davidsyme #egypt
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/DGBYI
#melbournearchitecture #mausoleum #davidsyme #egypt
jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/news/news20251101
I keep searching for the cartouches of King Seti (both of them) on this wall but to no avail. Thanks for your contribution Serge. #hieroglyphs #egyptology
I keep searching for the cartouches of King Seti (both of them) on this wall but to no avail. Thanks for your contribution Serge. #hieroglyphs #egyptology
JSesh and the Grand Egyptian Museum | JSesh
JSesh glyphs on the facade of the GEM
jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/news/news20251101
I keep searching for the cartouches of King Seti (both of them) on this wall but to no avail. Thanks for your contribution Serge. #hieroglyphs #egyptology
I keep searching for the cartouches of King Seti (both of them) on this wall but to no avail. Thanks for your contribution Serge. #hieroglyphs #egyptology
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Great read, but the ALP of today is not that of Whitlam or Keating, and under Albo probably the closest socially to LNP than we have had
Great read, but the ALP of today is not that of Whitlam or Keating, and under Albo probably the closest socially to LNP than we have had
Awed Albo abandons republic (and Australia's dignity) in haste to embrace King Charles
Albo's recent meeting with Charles Windsor and avid declaration that Australia would not become a fully independent nation had interesting echoes to the past.
independentaustralia.net
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Great read, but the ALP of today is not that of Whitlam or Keating, and under Albo probably the closest socially to LNP than we have had
Great read, but the ALP of today is not that of Whitlam or Keating, and under Albo probably the closest socially to LNP than we have had
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This. Always this.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This. Always this.
Ian James has been making journeys to photograph pyramid architecture throughout the US as a form of late capitalist pilgrimage
www.setken.com/post/pyramid...
#egyptomania #setken #art #photography
#artphotography #pyramid #pyramids #architecture #pyramidarchitecture @architecture.bsky.social
www.setken.com/post/pyramid...
#egyptomania #setken #art #photography
#artphotography #pyramid #pyramids #architecture #pyramidarchitecture @architecture.bsky.social
Pyramids: Special Economic Vortex Zones Of North America
This post is not as much a review as it is a celebration of a recently published extraordinary book by US photographer and artist Ian James.My obvious obsession with all things Kemetic / Ancient Egypt...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Ian James has been making journeys to photograph pyramid architecture throughout the US as a form of late capitalist pilgrimage
www.setken.com/post/pyramid...
#egyptomania #setken #art #photography
#artphotography #pyramid #pyramids #architecture #pyramidarchitecture @architecture.bsky.social
www.setken.com/post/pyramid...
#egyptomania #setken #art #photography
#artphotography #pyramid #pyramids #architecture #pyramidarchitecture @architecture.bsky.social
JFK on Poetry, Power, and the Artist's Role in Society: His Eulogy for Robert Frost, One of the Greatest Speeches of All Time www.themarginalian.org/2015/05/01/j...
JFK on Poetry, Power, and the Artist’s Role in Society: His Eulogy for Robert Frost, One of the Greatest Speeches of All Time
“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”
www.themarginalian.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
JFK on Poetry, Power, and the Artist's Role in Society: His Eulogy for Robert Frost, One of the Greatest Speeches of All Time www.themarginalian.org/2015/05/01/j...
english.ahram.org.eg/News/555230....
GEM opening
GEM opening
Factbox: Grand Egyptian Museum launches website to bring its majesty online - Tourism - Egypt
As Egypt prepares to inaugurate the world’s largest archaeological museum on 1 November, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has launched a new website offering an immersive look at what has been called a...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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GEM opening
GEM opening
The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa | The Fralin Museum of Art
uvafralinartmuseum.virginia.edu
October 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Earlier this year I promised a new #documentary and by the gods I might just get it done! It's a genesis story,about my background in #bodybuilding competitions and fitness. Not everyone's cup-o-tea but it is looking good
setken.com/post/your-sh...
#artist #artdocumentary #artistdocumentary #art
setken.com/post/your-sh...
#artist #artdocumentary #artistdocumentary #art
Your Shape Is Distinct: My bodybuilding competition year [A Setken genesis story]
VHS Cassettes unearthed at my family homeIn 2021, being forced to remain in South Australia whilst Victoria (where I live) was undergoing brutal COVID lockdowns, I excavated a box left at my parents h...
setken.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Earlier this year I promised a new #documentary and by the gods I might just get it done! It's a genesis story,about my background in #bodybuilding competitions and fitness. Not everyone's cup-o-tea but it is looking good
setken.com/post/your-sh...
#artist #artdocumentary #artistdocumentary #art
setken.com/post/your-sh...
#artist #artdocumentary #artistdocumentary #art
www.issegyptomania.com/john-j-johns... A memorial page for @johnjjohnston.bsky.social created by @issegyptomania.bsky.social He is missed.
John J Johnston — ISSE
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October 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
www.issegyptomania.com/john-j-johns... A memorial page for @johnjjohnston.bsky.social created by @issegyptomania.bsky.social He is missed.
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The Xbench opposes the Government’s attempt to weaken Freedom of Information laws.
Good to see the Opposition recognise these deep flaws - the bill should not pass.
We need more transparency, not less & I'll keep fighting for your right to know.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908628...
Good to see the Opposition recognise these deep flaws - the bill should not pass.
We need more transparency, not less & I'll keep fighting for your right to know.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908628...
October 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The Xbench opposes the Government’s attempt to weaken Freedom of Information laws.
Good to see the Opposition recognise these deep flaws - the bill should not pass.
We need more transparency, not less & I'll keep fighting for your right to know.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908628...
Good to see the Opposition recognise these deep flaws - the bill should not pass.
We need more transparency, not less & I'll keep fighting for your right to know.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908628...
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We created a "Reception of Antiquity" starter pack. Please share to made it known, and comment if you think you should be added in it! 🏺🏛️🔥 #AncientBlueSky #Antiquity #ClassicalReception #ReceptionOfAntiquity
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October 19, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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