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Today In History
‘Aggravated’ Scot wrote our national anthem on bus
On St Andrews Day in front of an audience of Scottish expats, the song that would become Australia’s national anthem was first performed
Author stuck with bad opening to good fantasy
It had an uncompromisingly terrible opening line but the novel A Wrinkle in time by Madeleine L’Engle, born a century ago today, became a bestseller and had a huge impact on its fans
One-eyed pilot soared into the record books
One-eyed pilot Wiley Post not only broke the record for flying around the world, he was the first to do it solo
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Former NSW premier walked miles to find his place in Sydney
THE young boy walking from Parramatta to Sydney would have gone largely unnoticed by most traffic on Parramatta Rd in 1833, but James Martin would later become an influential politician and justice.
Bright colours masked Gauguin’s dark reality
WHEN French artist Paul Gauguin stepped ashore in Tahiti the islanders may have had trouble working him out, but he came with preconceived ideas of them
Lola Montez danced from legend into a musical
SHE was an Irish courtesan who became a Spanish dancer on the Australian goldfields, the perfect fodder for a great Australian musical.
Feminist Amelia’s bloomers reformed women’s fashion
GIVEN her passion for sobriety, Amelia Bloomer would be disappointed she is remembered for an unflattering women’s fashion.
Bojangles danced his way into film history
WHEN Bill “Bojangles” Robinson danced his way up and down the stairs hand-in-hand with Shirley Temple, he tapped his way into the hearts of millions.
How colonial Sydney switched on the lights
Sydney’s Vivid festival lights up the city at night like no other time of the year, but there was a time when Sydney was a much darker place
When Bohemia threw peace out the window
Today we might vote annoying leaders out of office but in 1618 the Bohemians tossed their leaders’ representatives out of an office window
Reno Gang’s ‘Great Train Robbery’ was a last hurrah
WHEN a train was robbed 150 years ago today by the notorious Reno Gang it hastened the end of the gang
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