Colonial piano scaled Blue Mountains to new home
A piano brought to Sydney in 1843 is a star attraction of a new exhibition opening in Sydney this week
Today In History
Real-life Croc Dundee died in police gunfight
When a drug-addled bushman shot dead a police officer in 1999 it brought to an end the colourful life of the man who inspired Crocodile Dundee
‘Solitary child’ became the Prince of Broadway
When no Broadway producer wanted to touch a musical about gang wars in New York, Harold Prince stepped up to make West Side Story a classic
Cannibalism horror inspired whale epic
A real-life fatal encounter between a whale and a ship inspired one of literature’s greatest adventures
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Anzacs beat Lawrence of Arabia into Damascus
THERE was a great deal of fanfare as the dusty Rolls Royce rumbled toward Damascus. In the car was British officer Lt-Col Colonel Walter Stirling and another British officer, dressed in bedouin robes — Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence.
Work reformist went on to become president of Poland
WHEN a stocky electrician took charge of a strike at his former workplace in August 1980, it became the national Solidarity union movement and would eventually force the puppet Soviet-run Polish government to hold free elections.
Day the Allies finally broke Hindenburg line
THE Hindenburg line seemed for so long to be an unbreakable barrier, but a century ago that barrier was finally breached.
Luxury liner served as a troopship during war
WHEN King George VI’s wife Queen Elizabeth launched her namesake ocean liner, there were mishaps and it took eight years before she could do the job for which it had been made
Steve Zammit: ‘It’s been a great ride’
Steve Zammit, one of the great characters of The Daily Telegraph newsroom, remembers the day he walked into his dream job
Fame eluded child star after success of Oliver!
It has become one of the great moments in musical cinema when a small boy asks “Please sir, I want some more”
Midair collision sent planes hurtling into San Diego suburb
IT was a bright, hot, clear day over San Diego and there was no reason a Boeing 727 shouldn’t have seen a Cessna flying nearby. But a series of errors brought the two aircraft tragically into a collision.
School teachers broke Canberra glass ceiling
When two women walked through the doors of parliament seventy five years ago this weekend it marked a historic moment for women in politics
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