User:Willthorpe

"Love is all you need."

Overview
My participation in the Wikipedia project is based on my desire to contribute to the wealth of publicly, freely accessible information and hence contribute to an even more informed and, therefore, better society. My aspiration is to be a professional journalist, which would also allow me to fulfil this. For now, any writing I do – including contributions to the student newspaper – is unpaid, and that's okay.

Australian history

 * 1788 by Lieutenant General Watkin Tench
 * William Charles Wentworth: Australia's greatest native son by Andrew Tink
 * The Seahorse and the Wanderer: Ben Boyd in Australia by Marion Diamond
 * The Journals of Captain Cook by Captain James Cook

Fiction

 * The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner
 * Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

South Africa

 * Jan Christian Smuts by Jannie Smuts (Jan Smuts' son)

Economics

 * The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
 * How Marxism Works by Chris Harman

Articles written
Sarah Wentworth, Wentworth–Bland flag, Rozelle–Darling Harbour Goods Line, Hunter River Railway Company, Darling Harbour Yard, Rozelle Yard, Romandisea Titanic, Byron Bay Train, Rose Bay Water Airport, Bourke railway station, Camden railway station, Potts Hill railway line, Big House, Irene, Australia Day debate, Statue of James Cook, Hyde Park, South African Naval Ensign

DYK

 * Sarah Wentworth
 * Statue of James Cook, Hyde Park

Stubs
Sandown Platform railway station, Hardies Platform railway station, Goodyear Platform railway station, Cream Of Tartar Works Platform railway station, Nanardine railway station, Fish Hoek railway station, Pippita railway station, Enfield Loco Platform railway station, Somersby Airfield, Wilcannia Airport, Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, Airly

Map of subjects of articles I've written

Lists
List of Commonwealth organisations (largely re-wrote to reflect correct terminology)

Significant contributions
I have made significant contributions to various articles, including that for the University of Sydney student newspaper Honi Soit, and:


 * Railway-related articles, including:
 * High-speed rail in Australia
 * Railways in Sydney
 * Commonwealth-related articles, including:
 * English in the Commonwealth of Nations
 * Liberalism in South Africa
 * British influence in Pakistan
 * Australian history articles, including:
 * William Wentworth and articles related to him and his family

When interests intersect
The authoring of the article for the Hunter River Railway Company was an interesting task, combining my love of history – in this case, Australian colonial history – with my love of railways. More specifically, it combined my fascination with railways with my fascination with the colonial-era statesman William Charles Wentworth, who I have discovered was among many other things something of a railway pioneer like his great-grandson. Articles I've written about railways in Sydney and most particularly in the Inner West where I reside also reflect a convergence of interests!