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Mount Kosciuszko: how Australia’s highest peak came to be named for a freedom fighter against Russian aggression

Eugene von Guérard, Mount Kosciusko, seen from the Victorian border (Mount Hope Ranges) 1866. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1870 Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Most Australians could name...

THE AUNTY JACK SHOW

The Aunty Jack Show was one of Australia's earliest and best loved TV Logie Award winning comedy series....

CHARLES M. SCHULZ

  American Cartoonist and Creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip, Charles M. Schulz gained many accolades throughout his career,...

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

  Christopher Columbus was one of the greatest seamen and navigators of all time. He is called the discoverer...

ANTON GREGOR RUBINSTEIN

      His tours throughout Europe and America made him the most famous pianist of his time. Few of his...
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

  Mozart was one of the world’s great composers. He is what historian’s of music call, the classical period. Mozart sadly died before his 36th birthday,...

KURSK (K-141) RUSSIAN SUBMARINE

  Construction on the Kursk began in 1990 at Severodvinsk, near Arkhangelsk. The Kursk, one of eight active Oscar II class submarines, was the pride...

HODDLE STREET MASSACRE [Julian Knight shooter]

The Hoddle Street Massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on the evening of Sunday, 9 August 1987, in Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill, a...

THE HINDENBURG (Zeppelin Airship)

The Hindenburg (also known as a Zeppelin) was a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin. He pioneered...

WEST GATE BRIDGE COLLAPSE

On October 15, 1970, when I was only 6 years old, 35 men left home for work on the West Gate Bridge, but never...
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