Rise and rise of a monster
Few realised it at the time but the 1930 German election put the world on course for another devastating conflict
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Gangs ruled streets with just their ‘shaving gear’
A crime wave in Sydney in the 1920s led to an outbreak of violence using cut throat razors
Race to conquer skies took decades to win
When Harry Houdini escaped the bonds of gravity at Diggers Rest in Victoria in 1910 he claimed to have been the first to fly an aeroplane in Australia, but in fact somebody had beaten him to it
Bush poet’s execution a sacrifice for peace
Lt Harry Morant and Lt Handcock went to their death as a peace gesture between the British and the Boers
‘Nasty’ Muriel’s Wedding almost didn’t make it
A quarter of a century ago Muriel’s Wedding premiered at Cannes to great acclaim. But the now beloved musical almost never made it to the big screen
Cold killer cried on day of his execution
Serial killer Frederick Deeming, once linked to Jack The Ripper, had been arrogant and defiant at his trial but broke down and wept on his day of execution
Mystery man behind The Daily Telegraph
Amid the clatter of printing presses and the smell of tobacco, John Lynch and Watkin Wynne created The Daily Telegraph, but one name is lost to obscurity, writes Troy Lennon.
Killer cult unleashed poison on Aussie sheep
In 1993 a group of cult members came to Australia to test out a deadly poison. The world became aware of their experiments after two fatal attacks in Japan, the first of which was 25 years ago today
Coal miners’ strike left public out in the cold
Seventy years ago Australia was shivering through a harsh winter because of a coal strike, but while houses were cold the political climate was heating up
Aussie inventor freed women from corsets
It took an Australian inventor to give women a comfortable alternative to the form of fashion torture known as the corset
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