Snowy’s heroic turn in the heat of Bullecourt
A CENTURY ago the second battle of Bullecourt began. It made a hero of a Sydney man named Snowy Howell
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Day mob boss dodged a bullet
AS far as assassinations go it wasn’t one of the mob’s greatest hits. On May 2, 1957, 60 years ago today, gangster and crime boss Frank “The Prime Minister” Costello literally dodged a bullet.
French general gave up coup d’etat to escape with lover
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From battling Aborigines to Abba’s arrival
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Assassin’s creed part of Russian political makeup
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Germans first to thrill to sound of the Von Trapps
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Day we tuned into colour
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