Camden Park’s rotating dairy was just second in the world
THE Macarthur family’s Camden Park rotolactor that opened in 1952 was a massive technological leap, one that wasn’t more broadly adopted in Australia until the late 1980s.
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Little Rock Nine student worth $10,000 dead
AT least 2500 people stood by as nine black teenagers climbed stairs at the grand entrance to Arkansas’ Little Rock Central High School on a mild, sunny Wednesday morning 60 years ago.
Jake LaMotta first boxer to beat Sugar Ray
CHAMPION boxer Sugar Ray Robinson had never lost a professional fight until he met Jake LaMotta in February 5, 1943 in Detroit. It was the second time they had met, but it was Sugar Ray’s first loss.
Tolkien’s first hobbit would rule them all
Eighty years ago today a work of fantasy unlike any before it hit the bookstores
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Lonely end to Brando romance
SHE found love with superstar Marlon Brando but their marriage almost ended the career of Mexican-born actress Movita.
Freedom Riders defied hate to end bathing ban
FIFTY years ago today a bunch of students from University of Sydney decided to tackle racial discrimination head-on. What happened next made headlines across the country.
Passion for social justice bloomed on factory floor
FAITH Bandler was the face of the 1967 referendum, but never stopped working for civil rights.
Journalists jailed for doing their jobs
As Derryn Hinch learned last year, jailing journalists is not confined to oppressive Middle Eastern, Asian, African or Russian regimes
Forget Valentine, lovers need Raphael and Monica
ALTHOUGH St Valentine may be up there with Eros, Aphrodite and Venus in the romance stakes, Christian scholars suggest singles are praying to the wrong saint.
‘White plague’ patients headed for the hills
Tuberculosis was once thought to be a romantic disease because it was contracted by many poets and artists.
Aussies hit the high notes at Eurovision
Australia’s wild-card entry into Eurovision 2015 comes after years of Australians sneaking in as writers and performers representing other countries.
World cheered as Mandela walked to freedom
The world was changing drastically 25 years ago, with the crumbling of the Berlin Wall, the dismantling of apartheid and the release of Mandela
Tom and Jerry turned an old idea into a smash hit
Seventy five years ago a cat and mouse began a rivalry that is still going today.
‘A good man, not such a good father’
Rat Pack dad was a homebody but children had to compete for his time
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