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In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the allied nations and Germany in World War I, then known as “the Great War.”

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The Sydney-based artist has been named winner of the 2023 Mosman Art Prize.

Mosman Art Gallery has successfully launched a new Acquisition Fund to support the continued expansion of its acclaimed Mosman Art […]

When “Muriel” walked into a hotel in Cobar, it was like a scene from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

We recently took a trip back to one of the coldest winters ever - the winter of 1963.

The Post Office van was lost in the snow for three whole weeks! On Saturday, January 2 1963, a postman took a telegram to Rodden. Going up the hill he lost traction and thought he had a broken half-shaft so he locked the van up and got a lift back to the Post Office. John Cheeseman of Weymouth remembers the saga of recovering the snow-bound post van well! He remembers: "I got a message late in the afternoon about the van but because the snow was falling heavily, I decided to wait until ...