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The Castle Hill convict rebellion

Convict uprising at Castle Hill 5 March 1804. Contributed by National Library of Australia [nla.pic-an5577479 Yesterday our best known Irish pubs were sprinkled with green decorations in celebration of the Feast day for the Patron Saint of Ireland - St Patrick.…

Drag and cross dressing in Sydney

Sydney University Commemoration Day procession 1938. By Hood, Sam. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales, hood_18217 / Home and Away - 18217 The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardis Gras parade happened on Saturday and it was…

Wining and Dining in Sydney

Soren's Wine Bar, Cathedral Street, Woolloomooloo 1970s. Contributed by City of Sydney Archives SRC4326 This year’s NSW Food and Wine Festival have just finished and they featured an array of culinary delights, celebrating the many cultures present in Sydney. But our…

Centennial Park

Centennial Park c1895. 1893-1897 Contributed by National Library of Australia nla.pic-vn4469751-s32 This morning Dictionary Chair Paul Aston joined Mitch Byatt on 2SER Breakfast to talk about the history of Centennial Park. Once a sandy, swampy wasteland, Centennial Park is the largest urban…

Chinese life in Sydney

Chinese fruit and vegetable hawker c1895, National Library of Australia nla.pic-an24615958 As we welcome the year of the sheep and the Lunar New Year celebrations kick off this Friday, let’s take a step back in time to the 1800s and look…

Bungaree

Bungaree: The First Australian is an exhibition at Mosman Art Gallery until 22 February. Artwork by Warwick Keen 'The Many Faces of Bungaree' (detail) 2012 The exhibition Bungaree: The First Australian which is showing at Mosman Art Gallery at the moment,…