Innisfail didn’t see killer cyclone coming
THE sugar town of Innisfail was hit by a major cyclone a century ago that killed dozens in the town and dozens more in surrounding area
Today In History
Adams sent listeners hitchhiking to the stars
LISTENERS tuning in to a radio series about the story of a book 40 years ago were treated to something that was so much more.
US mission rode into legend against Taliban
WHEN images of US ground forces in Afghanistan first surfaced, just a month after the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, they showed a remarkable sight — Green Berets on horseback.
Norfolk Island first settledas a farm not a prison
THE ship circled Norfolk Island for days before Philip Gidley King could find a place to land his small band of colonists to establish what was more of a farming settlement than a penal colony.
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Greens stalwart had great depth of learning and passion
THE Greens member of the NSW Legislative Council Dr John Kaye (left) has died after a battle with cancer.
1916 Budget proved taxing for war-time treasurer
A CENTURY ago people waited anxiously wondering how the Federal Treasurer William Higgs (left) would balance the budget in desperate times.
Epic tale has fascinated movie critics for 75 years
FOR three months newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst (left) flexed muscle to prevent the release of Hollywood prodigy Orson Welles’ cinematic character assassination.
The Aussie singer who had a support act called The Beatles
IT was the hit that launched his career, and 50 years later whoo…ooo doesn’t re…mem….burrrrrr yodelling Dural milk-boy Frank Ifield (left)?
‘We felt like sitting ducks’
SOPRANO Amelia Farrugia was one of several Opera Australia cast members who were in the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur minutes before Martin Bryant started shooting 20 years ago.
Sex, drugs and probate
PRINCE (left) may not have left a last will and testament but he’s not the only rock star to have left family, friends and lawyers a legal mess over their estates.
The day their world exploded
THIRTY years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, a team of workers prepares to cover the ill-fated Chernobyl nuclear power station with a gigantic “silver arch”.
Rediscovering the romance of a black and white Sydney
A DIRECT family link to Sydney’s days of gaslight and steam will be made when vintage prints are offered for sale by descendants of photographer Harold Cazneaux
The Anzacs who helped put down bloody Irish uprising
WHEN the Irish rebelled against the British on Easter Monday in 1916 there were Australians helping restore British rule. But not every Aussie was against the rebels.
Yoga helped virtuoso turn world of music on its head
ALL around the world today millions of people in Lycra will roll out their yoga mats, oblivious of the role that violinist Yehudi Menuhin (left) played in bringing the ancient practice of yoga to the West.
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