Padded-up Fingleton took on Bodyline — and Bradman
STRIDING out to bat Jack Fingleton looked bulkier than usual, because he had padded himself under his shirt to take on Bodyline tactics
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Allies sent a dead man to fool the Germans
A HOMELESS man who took his life became part of a bizarre plot to fool the Germans using a dead body, false identity and faked war plans
He volunteered to enter then escaped Auschwitz
MOST people had no choice about being sent to Auschwitz but Witold Pilecki volunteered, stayed for two years then he escaped.
Artist’s bushland rape case enthralled Sydney
THE public gallery at Central Criminal Court was packed in 1954 to hear evidence against comic book artist Leonard Lawson.
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Boxer brought glamour and style to brutal, bloody sport
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Military hero who set Germany on course to disaster
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Humble postcard was email of its day and almost as fast
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How the world’s shortest war helped end African slavery
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Wealthy mans’ sport was first played in Persia centuries ago
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