Opening of Sydney Arcade changes retail history
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.
Today In History
Model of a modern garden suburb
They are now some of our most sought-after addresses across Sydney thanks to planners’ forward thinking in designing these garden suburbs.
How Australia Day started as a fundraiser in July
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.
Myth buster: Australian history debunked
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.
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Prince’s Sydney stay ends in shock death at hotel
A CBD address was both the city’s first beer garden and the place where our first royal visitor lost his life after taking ill while on tour in 1866.
Mystery of Australia’s most haunted road
There have been many reports of people seeing a woman in a white dress appearing along a stretch of the Wakehurst Parkway. So who haunts this lonely road and why?
Mystery of Marrickville mansion’s burial vaults
A reclusive order of nuns were part of decades-old rumours about a body buried in the grounds of the grand Inner West mansion called The Warren.
Nun and surgeon’s love story leads to wine dynasty
The love story of a surgeon from Florence and an Irish nun/nurse can be traced from Macquarie St in Sydney to the vineyards of Windsor in the late 1800s.
Man dies of broken heart after losing brothel madam fiancee
The legend behind the grief-stricken ghost of Harrington St, who had a hotel bar named after him, is a bittersweet romance involving a merchant seafarer and a brothel madam.
Perfect shot ended ‘Boy’ bushranger’s bold career
He was the scourge of the roads west of Sydney, until one day felon Jack Donohoe’s luck ran out in bushland near what is today the suburb of Raby.
Rum rise and rapid fall of a Darlinghurst empire
Richard ‘China’ Jones went from one of colonial Sydney’s wealthiest men to bankrupt but still made his mark on one of Sydney’s most colourful ‘hoods.
‘Animal heroes’ who served alongside Aussie soldiers in wartime
On Remembrance Day we honour the people who served by wearing a red poppy, but many also commemorate the animals who were wounded or died in action by wearing a purple poppy.
Paddington’s first picture show no picnic for patrons
In 1910 watching a movie under the stars was a considerably less comfortable prospect than it can be today. But that didn’t stop it from being a popular pastime. OUR HISTORY: FIND OUT MORE
Frugal life and lonely death of Australia’s first millionaire
Australia’s first millionaire was born at Cowpastures, now Narellan and Camden, in 1819, the son of a farmer and a convict. James Tyson saw the benefit in working over playing and living a frugal lifestyle despite his growing wealth. MORE: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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