Dictionary of Sydney: Pearl Gibbs
This week, Dictionary of Sydney takes a closer look at Aboriginal activist Pearl Gibbs, one of the extraordinary…
History
This Day In History: July 13th 2018
From The Siege of Haarlem 1573 a city in the Netherlands, ended after seven months as part of…
This Day In History: 6th July 2018
From The Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC to the first Australian battle casualty in the Vietnam War…
Ep2: Damages for a broken heart
Quietly buried away in Western Sydney’s state archives is a secret history of love. Lists of…
The Burrangong Affray
The Burrangong Affray traces the events and repercussions of civil unrest during the goldfield riots in…
Digitizing Parramatta’s Local History
Parramatta is one of the oldest local governments in Australia, and for the longest time its…
Tales from the East
While history tends to paint early European colonisation in Australia as very British, architecture, design and even food…
This Day In History: 18 May 2018
From 1096 when the Worms massacre, one of a series of attacks on Jewish Communities perpetrated by…
This Day In History: 11th May 2018
From 1502 when Christopher Columbus departs Cádiz on his fourth and final voyage to the Americas to 1989…
This Day In History: 4th May 2018
From Rhode Island announcing allegiance to King George III in 1776 to the creation on The…
This Day In History: 27th April 2018
From the First War of Scottish Independence in 1296 to the start of construction on the…
Episode 3 – Gangstas and molls
If your grandfather had been shot dead, would your family tell you about it? Frances Morgan…