8 Jun 2016 | Dictionary of Sydney
Wild weather just hit Sydney and images captured by awestruck residents have dominated the news. I spoke with Jamie on 2SER about Sydney’s stormy past.
11 May 2016 | Dictionary of Sydney
In 1929, 85-year-old Sydney nurse and public servant Ruth Emilie Kaye confessed to murdering her three-year-old brother. Her real name was Constance Kent.
20 Apr 2016 | Dictionary of Sydney
For decades a World War I honour board lay in the attic of an Ultimo church. It features 36 names. These are their stories.
14 Apr 2016 | Dictionary of Sydney
This Sunday 17 April 2016 marks 200 years since the Appin massacre, when at least 14 Aboriginal men, women and children were killed by soldiers under the command of Captain James Wallis, as part of a military reprisal raid ordered by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. I...
16 Mar 2016 | Dictionary of Sydney
There’s been a lot of talk about Sydney’s night life lately so I thought I’d look at one of the city’s most popular venues between 1936 and the late 1960s. The Trocadero on George Street was Sydney’s most glamorous dance hall and played host to a range of VIPs,...