History
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Heritage
Mystery surrounding treasures from Sydney shipwreck may finally be solved
Items recovered from the wreck including figurines of baby birds have survived the plundering of treasure hunters.
- by Tim Barlass
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I thought my husband was dead. Then 30 years later, a letter arrived in the mail
Amid the chaos of the Red Army advance in Latvia in 1944, Milda and Rudis Masens were separated. After five years in displaced persons camps hoping for news of Rudis, the young mother settled in Newcastle, NSW, and eventually remarried.
- by As told to Andra Putnis
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Healthcare
When rats ruled The Rocks and fear stalked the streets of Sydney
The year was 1900 and public enemy number one in Sydney was the plague-infected rat.
- by Tim Barlass
Stonehenge spray-painted orange in latest action by climate protesters
The incident came just a day before thousands are expected to gather at the roughly 4500-year-old stone circle to celebrate the summer solstice.
- by Brian Melley
Opinion
Opinion
Queen Victoria had a dog called Looty. What does that tell you?
Marc Fennell has attracted a global audience with his podcast and series Stuff the British Stole. Luckily for Fennell, there’s no shortage of contraband.
- by Peter FitzSimons
‘We will not walk away’: Biden doubles down on support for Ukraine at D-Day anniversary
In Normandy, the world’s leaders gathered to pay homage to the men who stormed the beaches to end Adolf Hitler’s conquest of Europe. Hear audio from the day in 1944.
- by Rob Harris
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Evolution
No more ‘Homo stupidus’: Why Neanderthals are getting a makeover
They were shrewd, complex and creative, and we shared the planet with them (and other types of humans) for thousands of years. So why did the Neanderthals die out and not us?
- by Angus Holland
‘She looked as though she was dying’: The Australian show that saw the unravelling of a diva
When Judy Garland arrived at Mascot Airport, customs officials made a decision that would likely prove fateful.
- by Patrick Gallagher
The 19th-century scientists complicit in body mutilation and theft
Cassandra Pybus uncovers the details of the harvesting of Indigenous Tasmanians’ skeletons.
- by Philip Deery
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City life
Inside Melbourne’s restored Gothic Bank, where ‘every teller had a loaded revolver’
The historic ANZ building on 388 Collins Street has reopened to the public to showcase its banking origins and refurbishments.
- by Najma Sambul
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