Catchy ’60s pop songs were licensed to Brill
Carole King was one of dozens of composers who created the Brill Building sound.
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Milton Hershey and his chocolate factory
Milton Hershey founded a chocolate empire after having success with caramels.
Biko’s death was a cry for freedom
WHEN Steve Biko died of a brain haemorrhage in prison cell it sparked outrage around the world
Victoria’s beloved clerk evicted after her death
Favours bestowed by Queen Victoria on her Indian servant Hafiz Abdul Karim enlivened gossip columns on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks to the syndicated pen of Marquise de Fontenoy.
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Boxer turned warrior for peace and social justice
AFTER witnessing the worst aspects of war Tom Uren returned to Australia a changed man, determined to fight, but this time in the political arena and for social justice.
Manly mother inspired first Australia Day celebrations
Sydney’s first Australia Day was celebrated on July 30, 1915
Leonardo da Vinci’s royal patron a man of arts and war
Welcomed with the words, “You will be free to think, dream and work,” Florentine artist Leonardo da Vinci delivered Italian Renassiance elegance to France.
Olympic Games spirit inspired Australian journalism legend Harry Gordon
THE late Harry Gordon had a varied career in journalism before turning to writing histories, and a role as official historian to the Australian Olympic Committee.
Lake was once western Sydney’s Bondi Beach
WHEN summer heat hit the city from the 1920s to the ’60s residents of Western Sydney headed straight for Lake Parramatta.
Kings counted birthdays in the thousands Sumerian kings counted birthdays in the thousands
TREASURER Joe Hockey believes that somewhere out there may be child who will reach the age of 150, but history shows that is small potatoes.
England’s first parliament was born out of rebellion
Three quarters of a millennium ago England’s political system took a small, but significant, step toward.
Naked frolic on the stage of decency
This week, New York comedy act the Wau Wau Sisters strip down to bare their own grudges against moral absurdity for the Festival of Sydney in Naked as the Day They Were Born Again.
Garden pyramid dedicated to cabbages and kings
Perhaps the apex isn’t precisely orientated to Earth’s north-south axis, or the base not proportional to its height, but somehow pyramid power eluded the intricate steel and glass greenhouse at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden
The very model of a Gilbert & Sullivan star
Sir Henry Lytton dominated comic opera stage but couldn’t read music
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