History

News This bushfire season has far exceeded the worst expectations of firefighters, and the blazes have literally rewritten the definition of ‘worst case ­scenario’.

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News Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Australia’s destiny. But was he a reformer or a tyrant? Grantlee Kieza looks at the man behind the myth.

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News Indigenous Australians will welcome the return of sacred artefacts from a British museum after they were stolen more than a century ago.

News Never getting married could be the answer to living to a long age for Colin Fulford.

News An unearthed letter written by a child survivor has given a rare insight into the chilling final moments aboard the sinking Titanic ship.

Offbeat Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery while investigating a burial mount on a popular island in Norway.

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People and Places His grieving family bore the consequences of his actions - a sentence of pain, suffering, guilt and shame - after one decision lead to the death of 20 people.

Lifestyle There’s a celebrated urban myth Jimi Hendrix hid an acid tab in his red headband for that iconic Woodstock performance in front of thousands of stoned hippies.

Offbeat Ethan Rose’s father used to pack him in the car and take him out bush to find hidden treasure. Now his kids are learning about life “on the range”.

News The nostalgic toys of our childhood are making a comeback at McDonalds for an anniversary special of the popular, bright red kids meal.

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News The Gold Coast Meter Maids are on show in the Big Apple with a timeless photo of the icons in an exhibition - and we’ve tracked down the subject 14 years on.

Crime Notorious gangster Squizzy Taylor was one of the many dedicated fans of racing, but after trying a career as a jockey his trackside dealings all turned crooked.

Crime A pedophile magician wrapped himself in chains and jumped into Trinity Inlet almost 20 years ago to the day — but unfortunately he did not drown.

News Police are investigating the mysterious theft from a Tasmanian cemetery of a tombstone belonging to a man who died more than 160 years ago.

Crime As gangland figure Squizzy Taylor made (crime)waves in Melbourne, a host of Aussie conmen preferred to swindle and rob gullible Englishmen at the races.

Community THE original building was finished in 1883 and had two doctors and four beds, but no bathroom.

News The Mutijuli Aboriginal Community was granted freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park in the Northern Territory, on this day in 1985.

News Two men and two women died after a float on a ride at Dreamworld flipped on this day in 2016, forcing the theme park’s closure.

Offbeat 80 years on from her mysterious disappearance, recent finding could finally reveal the fate of famed aviator and pioneer Amelia Earhart.

Offbeat FOR the first time, an experimental vaccine prevents infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic on this day in 2009.