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NAA A1200 L85978

The Santas of Sydney’s Christmas Past

Little boy sitting on Santa's lap at Roselands December 1969 , National Archives of Australia (A1200, L85978) Some of us still have the photos taken of us crying, having a tantrum or terrified while perched on the knee of the strange…

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Kate Leigh: the Sly-Grog Queen

Entry for Kate Leigh in State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay Photographic Description Book, 1915, State Records New South Wales (NRS 2496, No 188, 3/6007) The Dictionary of Sydney has some fascinating new articles including one on the famous ‘Sly-Grog Queen’…

Iris Webber: 'the most violent woman in Sydney'

size-full wp-image-10596 'Sensational Incidents At Holmes Shooting Inquest', Truth in Sydney, 13 May 1945.National Library of Australia [news-article169358891 via Trove] (Truth, 13 May 1945, p16) http://trust.dictionaryofsydney.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Iris.jpg300183/> 'Sensational Incidents At Holmes Shooting Inquest', Truth in Sydney, 13 May 1945. National Library…