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Newtown Jets

The 1982 ‘horror story’ that became one of rugby league’s greatest days

The Newtown Jets and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs made history 43 years ago today, when the teams played out the only scoreless match in professional rugby league.

  • Billie Eder

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Gold coins, diamonds, old champagne: Who gets to keep shipwreck treasure?

There are 8000 shipwrecks off Australia alone, many more still to be found. Yet stunning discoveries still happen. What does it take to find these ghostly vessels?

  • Angus Holland
The statue of Burke and Wills is removed from city square in 2017.

After eight years in storage, Burke and Wills are journeying to La Trobe Street

A statue of the explorers will not return to its prime location in Melbourne’s city square.

  • Cara Waters

Disturbing rituals, ‘sex pots’, jewellery: The surprise relics being unearthed in Peru

When it comes to fascinating ancient artefacts, this Andean nation has so much beyond Machu Picchu.

  • Tim Elliott
Community assets manager Andrew Killingsworth deep inside St James station’s abandoned southern tunnels.

Sydney’s ghost tunnels are finally ready to reveal their secrets

The abandoned tunnels at St James station will be opened to daily ticketed tours – almost 100 years after they were completed.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The AfD, now the second-largest party in the German government, is on a similar electoral trajectory to Hitler’s Nazi Party.

Echoes of 1930s Europe grow ever louder. We ignore them at our peril

The far right is on the march again in Germany. The parallels with the rise of Hitler almost a century ago are everywhere.

  • Dennis Glover
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A girl holding an exceptionally large apple, c. 1930. Courtesy National Library of Australia

National Library delves into the archives for a snapshot of Australia’s history

Former Herald photo editor and renowned photojournalist Mike Bowers picks some of has favourite images from the Fairfax photo archives.

  • Mike Bowers
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Thousands died in this city 80 years ago – now the far right wants to own the story

Three nights of unrelenting bombing destroyed Dresden in 1945. As snow fell at the weekend, neo-Nazi supporters took to its streets to “mourn” – and win political support.

  • Rob Harris
A representation of how the Roman London Basilica, recently unearthed by a redevelopment of a City of London office building, would have looked 2000 years ago.

2000-year-old basilica found in London office basement

Archaeologists at the site of a planned 32-storey office tower have unearthed the remains of a thriving Roman town centre at the heart of old Londinium.

  • Jill Lawless
The Prince Charles cinema in London is closing.

Britain’s cinemas face their curtain call

In age of rising costs, streaming services and limited content, movie theatres across the UK are closing down left, right and centre.

  • Rob Harris

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