It is the unsolved mystery that has haunted Sydney for 40 years — a father and his two sons, together with four school mates, perished after a fire broke out inside the popular Ghost Train ride at Sydney’s Luna Park on the night of June 9, 1979.
She had packed three dresses and a few pairs of nylon stockings. But it wasn’t until she arrived in Vietnam in August 1966 that Patricia “Little Pattie” Thompson realised it was going to be too hot to wear nylons
Oscar Garden was a complex man but he created aviation history with a great solo flight from England to Australia. His daughter Mary Garden reveals the story of his great adventure and the difficulties of family life with him
Geoffrey Blainey grew up in country Australia and his love for this land and its people is stronger than ever as he approaches his 90th birthday. His memoir Before I Forget is a window into the early years of a remarkable life
THE last surviving French ex-prisoners left Devil’s Island penal colony 65 years ago.
OBITUARY: Learning to read the news upside down and back to front was a fitting first job for an artist who would be renowned for his absurdist and dreamlike creations.
LIKE the heroines who populated her racy novels, Jacqueline Susann wanted nothing more than fame and fortune.
OBITUARY: She was known as the Queen of Soul but her ascent to the throne wasn’t an easy one. However, she earnt her crown with her prodigious musical talent, her powerful voice and an amazing generosity toward her audiences, friends and family.
Thomas Hodgkin has a disease named after him but in his day he found it hard to get recognition from the medical establishment
ALTHOUGH John Pemberton originally invented Coca-Cola as a by product of his quest to find a gentler painkiller than morphine, it brought him little comfort as he died of stomach cancer 130 years ago today.
WHEN the influential left wing Fabian Society was formed in 1884 there were some interesting founders including a woman who would become best known for her children’s books, Edith Nesbit
WHEN African American police officer Ron Stallworth found an ad for information on the KKK he sent them a note, but he never expected to get a response
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