by Minna Muhlen-Schulte | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog
The extraordinary occurrence of Japanese Antarctic explorers camped at Parsley Bay may not be well known but it is a touching story of cross cultural and scientific exchange of ideas on Sydney’s foreshore. Listen to Minna and Wilamina on 2SER here In 1910 the...
by Darrienne Wyndham | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog
The role of the coroner in New South Wales has existed for 234 years – longer, in fact, than the state itself. On 2 April 1787, Governor Arthur Phillip was granted the powers ‘to constitute and appoint justices of the peace, coroners, constables and other necessary...
by Lisa Murray | Jun 9, 2021 | Blog
The Dictionary of Sydney is all about making Sydney’s history accessible, interesting and popular. If Charles H Bertie was alive today, he’d be right into the Dictionary of Sydney. Listen to Lisa and Wilamina on 2SER here Charles Henry Bertie was the first...
by Marika Duczynski | Jun 8, 2021 | Blog
Most people feel familiar with the Hawkesbury, one of Sydney’s most recognisable rivers, but how much do they really know? Listen to Marika and Wilamina on 2SER here The Hawkesbury River, known as Dyarubbin to local Aboriginal people, was one of the earliest places...
by Rachel Franks | May 28, 2021 | Blog
One of my very favourite letters in the collections of the State Library of NSW was written by a wool merchant by the name of Joseph Whitehead. In an 1838 letter to his uncle in England, Whitehead describes Sydney as ‘without exception one of the most wicked places...
