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Advertisement In the midst of World War II, Sydney architect John Crust climbed Mount Ainslie to paint a watercolour of the newly built Australian War Memorial in Canberra. It was not long before the official handover of the building he had dedicated years of his life to and which would become one of the most iconic in the country. Lost and found: Drawings of the Australian War Memorial by one of its architects, John Crust. Credit:Australian War Memorial “That was him saying goodbye to the...

RAAF Re-Establishes No. 100 Squadron as Air Force Heritage Squadron RAAF Re-Establishes No. 100 Squadron as Air Force Heritage Squadron In a landmark deal, the Royal Australian Air Force received the ownership of eleven airworthy warbirds from the Temora Aviation Museum in a formal handover ceremony that took place on July 1st. This gift includes these two Spitfires as seen in the air at Temora last year. (photo by Phil Buckley) PRESS RELEASE – The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 100 ...

One eye on the future: The NRL clubs already looking towards 2022 A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size In Part 2 of my season preview series, we’ll look at the NRL clubs that have already written off the upcoming season and are instead focusing their attention on 2022. St George Illawarra Dragons Key additions: Poasa Faamausili (Roosters), Jack Bird (Broncos), Daniel Alvaro (Eels), Andrew McCullough (Broncos...

ABC Heywire celebrates 35 young regional Australians in its 2021 storytelling competition. Since 1998, Heywire has become a powerful platform for rural youth to share their stories and make a difference in their communities. This year, hundreds of people entered from across Australia. The winners were chosen for “telling it like it is” about life in their part of the country. From growing up in a refugee camp, to busting myths around Autism and celebrating LGBTQI pride. Lawn bowlers, bull r...

A “treasure trove” of personal papers, plans and drawings from one of the architects of the Australian War Memorial has been unearthed.

Weather outlooks show the wet weather cycles are here to stay for the next three months.

1970 and the living was easy… a family barbecues at the top of Black Mountain. Photo: ACT Archives “Whatever the future holds, our wondrous capital city, rich with character, learning and politesse, is undoubtedly the place to be,” writes “The Gadfly” columnist  ROBERT MACKLIN. ​ON New Year’s Day, after a splendid dinner with the extended family, we headed home along Adelaide Avenue. Suddenly, we were propelled back 50 years in time – there were so few cars on that beautiful sm...

Brian James 1943-January 10, 2020 A high-quality winger for South Sydney who represented Australia at the 1968 World Cup before retiring at the age of 26. The son of former Cootamundra Maher Cup prop Jack "Swifty" James, he came to rugby league via rugby union after attending Newington College and playing a season of first grade with the St George rugby club. He switched to rugby league with St George in 1961 where he played centre and wing but top-grade opportunities were scarce in the Dragons...

Ariah Park, birthplace of Australian bulk grain, back in business as GrainCorp reopens Riverina site WedWednesday 16 DecDecember 2020 at 9:09pm Ian Sherwood was first in line to deliver his wheat to Ariah Park when it reopened this year. ( Share Print text only Cancel The birthplace of Australian bulk grain is back in business after GrainCorp reopened its receival site at Ariah Park in the New South Wales Riverina. Key points: GrainCorp closed its Ariah Park site in 2017, saying it was too slow...

Pub forced into holiday shutdown after underage teens death A pub in southern New South Wales will be forced into a two-week shutdown over the Christmas-New Year period after a 17-year-olds death. The teenager had been drinking at the Temora Hotel, in the town of the same name, in March. He had been served 20 schooners of beer and four rum and cokes before he left the bar and drove with a friend to a house party. A pub has been ordered to shut down over the holidays after an underage teenager w...