This Day In History: 19th May
From 1535 when French explorer Jacques Cartier set sail on his second voyage to North America…
History
This Day in History
On the 12th May Napoleon conquered Venice, Emperor Diocletian ordered the beheading of the 14 year-old…
This Day in History: 5th of May
From 1215 when rebel barons renounced their allegiance to King John of England — to the…
This Day in History – 7th April
American jazz singer-songwriter Billie Holiday, 1915, started singing at age 14 after being released from prison,…
Dictionary of Sydney: The History Of Gas
You've probably heard of AGL before, but did you know it all started as the Australian…
Religion and Art
What does religious art cultivate in a modern society? Does secularism take a back seat when…
Australian LGBTI Military History Project
Dr, Shirleene Robinson joined Nic this morning to talk about the often overlooked contribution of LGBTI…
Dictionary of Sydney – Robert Wardell
We are back with Dr. Lisa Murray and Dictionary of Sydney and this week we have…
Trump that! Early American connections to Sydney
It seems these days that almost every news bulletin is headlined with another Trump edict. The…
Dictionary of Sydney: Sydenham Drainage Pit
The area we know as Marrickville today was once the site of a large natural wetland…
Dictionary of Sydney: Sydney’s Inner-city Cemeteries
Two of Sydney's earliest cemeteries have now disappeared. The CBD we know today would have looked…
Dictionary of Sydney: The stories of Quarantine Station
Historian Dr Peter Hobbins is one of the authors of Stories From The Sandstone: Quarantine Inscriptions from Australia's…