It towers over the Sydney’s northern beaches hinterland, its grand white dome aglow in all kinds of weather. But how many people realise the struggle behind the faith that turned a bush site into the landmark building
She spent only two years on the throne but Hawaii’s last monarch spent the rest of her life fighting against her country’s loss of independence
Taken to Pentridge Prison 75 years ago today, the Blackout Killer would not leave alive for his month-long killing spree.
When archaeologist Manolis Andronikos discovered a tomb in the northern Greek town of Vergina in 1977 it was one of the finds of the century
When Richard Stephens visited Cork workhouse in February 1847, the schoolroom had been closed for weeks to sleep 102 boys. Each boy, aged five to 13, shared one of 24 beds with at least four others
With only 80,000 giraffes left in the wild, the Giraffe Conservation Foundation has designated June 21, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, as World Giraffe Day.
WWII bomber pilot, Flight Lieutenant Peter Townsend claimed 11 Luftwaffe aircraft in two years service but he best-remembered as the man denied marriage to a lovelorn princess.
The late Ron Clarke was an athlete, accountant, businessman, writer, ecowarrior, politician and gentleman.
Some people treat their sport like a religion and some sportspeople are intensely religious in the traditional sense.
Lauded during 800th anniversary celebrations as England’s “greatest export”, the Magna Carta that inspired liberal democracy around the world was immediately annulled by a medieval pope as the work of Satan.
Tall, aristocratic and debonair, with a rich baritone that seemed to come from deep caverns below the earth, the late Christopher Lee was never going to be romantic leading man material.
Look through the records for sale at any Salvos store and you are guaranteed to find at least one James Last album. In the 1970s it was a rare home in the Western world that didn’t have at least one of the late musical superstar’s records.
When a player gets a bad knock on the sporting field sometimes it can take them on to greater sporting glory.
Not many people who can say their career was launched by a garment. But Liz Hurley, who turns 50 today, can credit much of her success to a slinky gown held together with safety pins.
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