The “forgotten children” of Fairbridge Farm may have won a civil victory, but author David Hill is angry perpetrators of the years of sexual and physical abuse will never face justice.
John Kelly was sent to the gallows in 1939 for murder, a decision his father labelled as “class justice”, claiming his son would have lived if the murder victim wasn’t from a prominent family.
The son of Holocaust survivor Henry Bernard has revealed what motivated his dad to share his story after six decades, including a role he regretted until his death.
It had sex and crime … little wonder 1950s Sydney was fascinated by the trial of model Shirley Beiger, accused of shooting dead her lover outside a popular Sydney nightclub.
It lost its future to the railway and its young men to war. But Margaret Nowlan-Jones and a few like-minded locals could not let this tiny ghost town’s stories be forgotten.
This city was a long way behind Melbourne when it came to embracing the joys of retail therapy where shoppers could find everything they wanted under one roof.
Once out of favour and regarded as lacking in class, humble semi-detached homes are making a comeback and addressing housing affordability.
They are now some of our most sought-after addresses across Sydney thanks to planners’ forward thinking in designing these garden suburbs.
A woman who created Australia Day as a fundraiser in midst of World War I started a popular tradition which benefited our soldiers on the battlefront.
They are the stories Australians hold dear. But many are simply not true. We take a look at some moments in history including whether Ned Kelly was a freedom fighter or if Captain Cook ‘discovered’ Australia.
Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/mercedes-maguire/page/6