History
Victoria’s last fatal shark attack that maybe never was
Victoria’s last fatal shark attack has been misreported for years. Four decades after a windsurfer’s disappearance, a librarian, a scientist and a former police sergeant reveal the truth.
- Cassandra Morgan
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Museum showcases fossils found out our feet.
A diver finds a tooth in the Beaumaris area from a prehistoric giant white shark, Cosmopolitodus plicatilis.
‘Shop came first, everything else second’: The man behind Sydney’s viral $15 sandwich store dies
Before TikTok and Instagram, customers lined the counter of his Five Dock continental deli, shoulder to shoulder, arguing over who was next in line.
- Kayla Olaya
- Opinion
- Antisemitism
History teachers are terrified by new hate speech laws, with good reason
Could explaining historical antisemitism be perceived as vilifying Jewish people? Newly enacted NSW laws could lead to silence.
- Claire Golledge
Art and ghosts meet as women reclaim the shadows of Abbotsford Convent
The faint echoes of the Magdalene laundries still linger in the convent’s walls. Some former residents have been brave enough to return; others will never cross the threshold again.
- Cassandra Morgan
Ten newly discovered ruins and treasures to add to your bucket list
From entire lost cities to a collection of mysterious Victorian-era shoes, here are some of the most important historic discoveries of the past year.
- Chris Leadbeater
Inside the abandoned 100-year-old Homebush Theatre
Photos reveal the extent of dilapidation – but what is next for the cinema shuttered in 1996?
- Ellie Busby
- Opinion
- Opinion
On our 125th birthday, let’s rise to the test of our national character
Modern Australia has been built by countless individual acts of service, bravery, ambition and kindness – resources that we must call upon following the Bondi atrocity.
- Anthony Albanese
Review of exam mix-up finds fault in authority’s website, memos to teachers
Every student affected passed the subject, a government spokesperson said, with more than 40 per cent receiving an A grade.
- Julius Dennis
‘A story that unites generations’: Why do Titanic artefacts draw crowds halfway across the world?
From the Hollywood blockbuster to documentaries exploring what occurred in the aftermath, and some weird yet entertaining spinoffs, the Titanic’s tale remains relevant more than a century on.
- Holly Thompson