How Hyde Park replaced Aboriginal ceremonial ground
When Sydney’s Hyde Park began life as a racecourse, its role in a significant Aboriginal tradition was lost.
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How First Fleet’s forgotten men helped shape a nation
From the carnage of Gallipoli to the Test cricket arena, the descendants of 10 African First Fleeters have played pivotal, but often overlooked, roles in our history.
When ice used to be a rare, expensive commodity
Once a luxury only the rich could afford, blocks of ice used to be shipped to Australia from America — until we discovered a way to manufacture it on our own. Plus more NSW history.
Sordid truth behind Blue Mountains’ teen ghost
Said to appear to travellers on the road to Lithgow, Caroline Collits knew little but neglect and abuse in her tragically short life. Here’s the story behind her haunting.
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Iconic rugby league field was ‘pool of death’
Home to some of the most colourful stories in the rugby league game, few people know Henson Park in Marrickville is also the site of eight child drownings. The site used to be a brick pit and once it filled with rainwater, became a magnet for young boys. MORE: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Century of intrigue for Met’s woman of mystery
The portrait of a beautiful young French woman, visiting Australia as part of a major exhibition next year, has thrown out many tempting clues for art historians.
Murder ended NFL pioneer’s American dream
Australia’s first NFL recruit Colin Ridgway had a fair share of good luck during his life, but it ran out in tragic circumstances when he was shot dead in his Texas home in a murder that remains unsolved almost three decades later.
Australia’s fight to the death against ravages of disease
As the world lives in dire fear of a global pandemic starting from cases of coronavirus in China, we can still take some lessons from past outbreaks of disease.
Devoted model inspired Matisse’s final artwork
Lydia Delectorskaya fled revolution and became an indispensable assistant to one of the world’s most famous artists.
History’s most unusual Christmas presents
From a barbed wire harp to an elephant, these are some of the gifts you won’t find under the tree this week.
Ancient history behind Sydney’s ‘epic’ Coliseum theatre
Sydney has a brand new entertainment venue at Rooty Hill. But as new as it is, the Sydney Coliseum owes some of the inspiration for its name to Rome’s legendary Colosseum.
Rebel cricketer told officer to ‘Get stuffed’
As dashing in uniform as he was on the cricket pitch Keith Miller was never one to bow to authority
Original Charlie’s Angels trio dismissed as ‘jiggle TV’
They were smart, professional and stylish and part of an action series with a comic edge that helped pave the way for women crime busters on television
On this day: Winston Churchill’s great prison escape
The future British PM was an ambitious young journalist caught up in a war zone when he pulled off a breakout worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster
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