World War II
Many renovations resemble a bomb site. This Sydney home really was one
In the Grand Designs pantheon of things that can go wrong in a reno, nothing compares with finding a live bomb in the backyard.
- by Julie Power
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He was Australia’s deadliest Battle of Britain pilot. Now, his plane will fly again
Pat Hughes shot down more German aircraft than any other Australian pilot when the Luftwaffe attacked during the Battle of Britain.
- by Tim Barlass
One of the last women who joined the French Resistance during WWII
“When you resisted, you were already a victor. You had already won.”
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The battle over two of the most compelling images of war
A new book tells the remarkable story behind two photographers who fought censors to record the truth of war.
- by Tony Wright
A Nazi cartoon featured in this year’s HSC exam. Some private school students had seen it before
A cartoon that was used in trial exams purchased by numerous private schools reappeared in the HSC.
- by Christopher Harris
I thought I’d pried every last secret from my father’s past. A locked red box proved me wrong
An old legal document led me to discover an unlikely connection with the world’s greatest book.
- by Michael Visontay
Triumph and tragedy: A front-page view of history
As The Age celebrates 170 years, we look back on some of the most notable major events featuring on our front pages over the decades.
A lifetime dedicated to Sydney’s maritime heritage
Graeme Andrews was a Sydney-based maritime historian, his work was praised as invaluable, without which many memories and visual histories would be lost. He died on September 25, 2024, at the age of 86.
- by Gillian Andrews
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World elections
Austrian far-right party wins first national election since World War II
The Freedom Party was founded in the 1950s by Nazi veterans and is one of Europe’s longest-standing parties of the populist right.
- by Rob Harris
‘We’ve stuffed it’: Kokoda Track shut indefinitely, leaving tourists high and dry
Local authorities are scrambling to find a solution to reopen the popular trail, which would usually be in the midst of one of its busiest periods of the year.
- by Matthew Knott
Fix housing crisis by reducing capital gains
The product of the decision was the creation of a Ponzi scheme where the fastest way to a quick buck was through capital gains on housing. House prices are now more than 10 times the average annual earnings. This investment in housing was not for income from rent but capital gain, and the tax advantages it provides.
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