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Mariam Raad was greeted by a bunch of flowers from her children at a compound in Young, rural NSW, when she was released from custody after spending a night behind bars.

The Demon, the first play from award-winning author Michael Mohammed Ahmad, premieres at the Sydney Opera House this week.

The Demon, the first play from award-winning author Michael Mohammed Ahmad, premieres at the Sydney Opera House this week.

The Demon, the first play from award-winning author Michael Mohammed Ahmad, premieres at the Sydney Opera House this week.

My historical novel “A Most Immoral Woman” tells the story of Morrison’s passionate and unconventional affair with Mae Perkins, an independent and wealthy young American libertine, in 1904. It’s a tale that roams the landscape of a dynasty in decline, looks out over the battlefields of the Russo-Japanese War, and imagines a time when a woman’s forthright sexuality could be

Prominent Black Lives Matter campaigner Paddy Gibson says the group of three attacked his home, demanding he come outside and shouted terrifying threats.

Prominent Black Lives Matter campaigner Paddy Gibson says the group of three attacked his home, demanding he come outside and shouted terrifying threats.

© In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians National Project Archives

In this series, our writers explore how food shaped Australian history – and who we are today. The first whiffs of Chinese cooking in mid-19th century Australia would have emanated from tiny huts owned by Chinese workers in the goldfields. There, they faced racial hostility from the European miners, culminating in the Lambing Flat riots in New South Wales in 1860-61, where Chinese residents of the fields were physically assaulted and had their camps set on fire. Chinese cooks were also employ...

From the Archives, 1941: Banjo Paterson dead From the Archives, 1941: Banjo Paterson dead Beloved bush poet Andrew “Banjo” Paterson, creator of The Man from Snowy River and Clancy of the Overflow, died 80 years ago. By Staff reporter Save Normal text size Prolific Bush Poet. Credit:SMH Archives Mr. Andrew Barton Paterson, better known throughout Australia as “Banjo” Paterson, died at a private hospital, in Sydney, yesterday afternoon, after about a fortnight’s illness. ...