Why L’Estrange didn’t walk the walk
When the French tightrope walker Jean Francois Gravelet, who called himself Blondin, walked a tightrope across Niagara Falls on June 30, 1859, he stunned the world.
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Sharing memories through food
Mixing four different cultures into one, Saada Abdikarim shares why her fried rice bridges the distance between her Australian born children and Somali born mother, bringing back old memories and creating new ones.
Oscars turn into a pink horror show
The Oscars red carpet was full of frilly pink gowns that were over the top as stars like Lady Gaga has stole the show. SEE THE RED CARPET PHOTOS
Surviving 68 days alone at sea
Alone at sea for 68 days, 12 hours and 49 minutes, Michelle Lee experienced every emotion there is, but regret wasn’t one of them after her gruelling history making journey.
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Housing, school bonanza in Bella Vista and Kellyville
WHILE the future of the Castle Hill Showground station precinct remains in limbo, Bella Vista and Kellyville can forge ahead. The suburbs will house two new schools, 8400 more dwellings and more than 10,000 new jobs writes Jake McCallum.
‘I’ve spent four years of my life travelling to work’
MATTHEW Gregory has spent five hours travelling to and from work every day for the past three decades. He is part of a growing number of commuters who are fed up with Sydney’s congestion, which is turning us all into zombies. See how your route to work compares with some of the worst in the city.
The making of Charles Manson
CULT leader Charles Manson, who has died aged 83, rose from humble beginnings to become the most infamous convicted killer of all time. Here’s how he brought others under his evil spell.
‘Race, politics and changing Australia’
ABORIGINAL leader Warren Mundine started life in poverty in a family of 13 living in a tent in northern NSW and ended up walking the corridors of power in Canberra as ALP national president and adviser to five prime ministers.
Australia’s year of utter devastation
IT was the most disastrous time in our history, at home and away. This man’s extraordinary feat was a little-known bright spot in 12 shocking months.
Kerri-Anne’s bold life a story of love and passion
THE beautiful, bright and bubbly Aussie TV Queen Kerri-Anne Kennerley welcomes the Wentworth Courier into her home to celebrate the launch of her new book, A Bold Life.
Dyna-Soar shuttle was extinct before take off
Sixty years ago the US launched a project to build a space ship that never actually made it into space
How the 312B put Ferrari back on top
In 1970 there was a tangible air of excitement as Ferrari wheeled out the car that would return them to the top of Formula 1.
Cheviot tragedy gave name to cursed beach
In 1887 a routine shipping voyage from Melbourne to Sydney turned into Victoria’s worst maritime disaster
I loved the theatre, I was desperate to be around it’
FROM roaming the open spaces of St Ives where she grew up, to treading the boards in school plays and enjoying a successful TV career, Georgie Parker is one of Australia’s best-known and loved acting stars. She talks to the North Shore Times.
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