History

Crime The vindicative killer who sent ripples through a small town and made his way into true crime history.

News As the opium boom transformed Victoria’s colonial goldfields into a ramshackle maze of smoke-filled dens, hatred began to grow for the foreign drug

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Offbeat A 2.5m tall kangaroo weighing almost 300kg and a 7m crocodile have been discovered along with 16 other massive Australian animals.

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TV Lisa Wilkinson says an eye-opening journey into her family history has strengthened her admiration for the women before her.

News Prince William and Kate Middleton married at Westminster Abbey on this day in 2011, becoming the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Health ‘Follow guidelines’: Warwick residents reflect on parallels from past outbreaks in the region.

Lifestyle Stargazers will be greeted by a bigger, brighter moon tonight but contrary to the name, it won't be pink. Here's why.

Crime Descendants of officers shot by Ned Kelly and his gang at Stringybark Creek Reserve near Mansfield are reeling after the site was disturbed.

News The significance of 400 items from historical homestead being assessed for preservation

Motoring Ted Bullpitt must be spinning in his grave – but it is too late for him to tell the boss of General Motors: “You’re not taking the Kingswood!”

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Your Story Did you know there were two Holocausts: one perpetrated against the Jews by Hitler and his Nazi henchmen and one perpetrated against ethnic Poles by Stalin.

News After moving into their new place, they got sorting through the mess left behind by the old owners. What they found a year-to-the-date was uncanny.

Offbeat FLASHBACK: The women screamed as the huge waves crashed loudly on the wooden deck. Horrified, they watched the foaming torrent wash away their blankets.

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News She was petite, beautiful and always smiling – but behind her ‘innocent’ face was a steely determination to carry out her brutal mission.

Business He’s behind one of the best-loved products on the planet. But $31.5 billion rich-lister Giovanni Ferrero could end up gambling it all.

News This bushfire season has far exceeded the worst expectations of firefighters, and the blazes have literally rewritten the definition of ‘worst case ­scenario’.

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News Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Australia’s destiny. But was he a reformer or a tyrant? Grantlee Kieza looks at the man behind the myth.

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News Indigenous Australians will welcome the return of sacred artefacts from a British museum after they were stolen more than a century ago.

News Never getting married could be the answer to living to a long age for Colin Fulford.

News An unearthed letter written by a child survivor has given a rare insight into the chilling final moments aboard the sinking Titanic ship.