Colonial piano scaled Blue Mountains to new home
A piano brought to Sydney in 1843 is a star attraction of a new exhibition opening in Sydney this week
Today In History
Real-life Croc Dundee died in police gunfight
When a drug-addled bushman shot dead a police officer in 1999 it brought to an end the colourful life of the man who inspired Crocodile Dundee
‘Solitary child’ became the Prince of Broadway
When no Broadway producer wanted to touch a musical about gang wars in New York, Harold Prince stepped up to make West Side Story a classic
Cannibalism horror inspired whale epic
A real-life fatal encounter between a whale and a ship inspired one of literature’s greatest adventures
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Louvre housed spoils of king and his cronies
WHEN the Louvre opened 225 years ago today it was meant to be a place where French citizens could see the treasures taken from the nobility and the Church.
Aussie’s cossie nearly cost swim champ gold
WHEN people protested that Clare Dennis was showing too much shoulder blade at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics it didn’t faze her. She went on to win gold in the 200m breaststroke.
How a flake changed way we eat breakfast
DIETICAN Lena Cooper was the first person to say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Ex-magician‘s top trick was unmasking fakes
WHEN James Randi was told off by Don Lane it helped publicise his cause for more critical thinking.
Warhol worth so much more than 15 minutes
HE is most famous for saying that everybody would be world-famous for fifteen minutes
The perils of Pearl’s movies demanded real cliffhangers
A CENTURY ago film star Pearl White, who died 80 years ago, jumped off boats and dangled from skyscrapers.
CIA’s ‘black sorcerer’ a master of mind control
THE balding, silver-haired man in a white lab coat, with a Germanic name, club foot and speech impediment could have been a Bond villain invented by Ian Fleming. But American chemist Sidney Gottlieb was actually one of the good guys.
British bulldog yachtie brought reggae to UK
OBITUARY: When most people first heard the name Tony Bullimore it was because he was feared dead. But his survival in the Southern Ocean made him world famous.
Battle of the Nile ship wound up Down Under
AN ageing ship on the Derwent in Tasmania became the focal point of local celebrations of the centenary of the Battle of the Nile because of its secret past.
Tragic end to inventor of steam-powered car
WHEN Francis Stanley crashed his steam-powered car near the town of Topsfield in Massachusetts it brought to an end a great and inventive career
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