Crux Australis — title card, the Eureka Stockade at night under the Southern Cross

Ballarat, Victoria · 1854

Crux Australis

You look trustworthy. I saw you at the sly-grog shop on Wednesday, and you didn't breathe a word to the Camp — figured you were good for this too. It's an early build of the thing I've been digging away at. Not finished. Not licensed, strictly speaking. But it's good stuff, and you're one of the few I'd hand it to.

No stamp on it yet · macOS (Apple Silicon)
Take the parcel
.zip, ~65 MB

Getting past your own trooper

  1. 1Unzip the parcel, then drag CruxAustralis-Mac-Shipping.app wherever you keep things.
  2. 2Your Mac will eye it the way a trooper eyes a digger with no licence to show — it doesn't recognise who vouched for it. Right-click (or Control-click) the app and choose "Open", then confirm when it asks. A plain double-click gets you turned away at the door.
  3. 3If it still won't budge, go over its head: System Settings → Privacy & Security, find the mention of the app near the bottom of the page, and click "Open Anyway".
  4. 4After that, it knows your face. Opens clean every time from then on.
Early days yet, so mind the rough ground — you'll find seams showing here and there, and the story stops mid-telling for now. If something breaks or feels wrong underfoot, I'd genuinely like to hear about it.