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The Century of Society exhibition at the State Library of NSW, features this group portrait of members of the Australian Society of Black and White Artists, with then PM Billy Hughes in1924 by Cecil Hartt.

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A new show at the State Library of NSW celebrates a century of Australian cartooning.

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The turning of the first sod marking the beginning of construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge happened on the corner of Blue and Miller streets, North Sydney on July 28 1923. The bridge opened in March 1932.

Marvel of engineering, Sydney Harbour Bridge cut through neighbourhoods, razed homes

When the first sod was turned at North Sydney 100 years ago today to mark the beginning of construction, it was a day of hope-filled ceremonies and speeches.

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Crowds line George Street, Sydney, following the state funeral of Henry Lawson.

From the Archives, 1922: Henry Lawson, Australia’s poet of the bush, dies

One hundred years ago, Henry Lawson, one of Australia’s greatest bush poets and writers, died in Sydney, aged 55. He was the first Australian writer to be granted a state funeral.

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Mourners by the graveside of Henry Lawson at Waverley Cemetery in 1922.

The women who shaped Henry Lawson’s illustrious but tragic career

Little attention has been paid to the women in the Australian bard’s short life.

  • Steve Meacham
Writer, director and actor Leah Purcell who has interpreted a classic Henry Lawson short story for the film The Drover’s Wife The Legend Of Molly Johnson.

‘My grandmother was considered sub-human’: the drive behind Leah Purcell’s new film

The Indigenous star says her multiple retakes of Henry Lawson’s The Drover’s Wife show violence because “I experienced it when I was quite young”.

  • Garry Maddox
Fireworks erupt along the Harbour Bridge to mark the closing of the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Politics turned nasty after Sydney Olympics but social cohesion is once more our virtue

The last 20 years has not been built on the structure of efficiency and conviviality we projected in September 2000. Howard released the dogs of ethnic hysteria soon after, and they are running still, and mauling our repute

  • Thomas Keneally
In search of brumbies: a survey estimates the Victorian and NSW wild horse population to be more than 25,000.

'They'll have an uprising on their hands': the fight to save wild horses

The ongoing debate about what to do with our feral brumby population has been a wild ride. A bloody solution looms.

  • Konrad Marshall

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