1. The Dictionary of Sydney
  2. Blog
  3. Blog

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Search the blogs

SLNSW a3859002h

A Scuffle on the Scaffold: the execution of Thomas Kelly

'The Gallows' from the Keep Yard / the Scaffold at Darlinghurst, drawn by a Confinee c1890. Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (SSV1/Gao/Darh/2) Any event that involves a large number of people, no matter how carefully planned, carries a risk of…

Law and order in Sydney

The Labor Crisis - the riot in George Street 19 September 1890. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, IAN01/10/90/1 Monday marked the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, or the Great Charter, which has been widely recognised as the most…