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Manning Clark had a long association with the Library and much of his research for A History of Australia was carried out in the Library. In the final volume he wrote, ‘The Petherick Room, the Manuscripts Room, and the Newspaper Room are present in every page of this volume, just as they are always present in my heart’. In 1989 he donated the first instalment of his papers under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. Further papers were transferred in 1990–91. He bequeathed his remaining papers to the Library and they were received in 1994–95. The photographs of Manning Clark a...

How a cast of business moguls shaped Sydney We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss How a cast of business moguls shaped Sydney Stories of businesspeople bold, colourful, generous and ruthless have appeared in the Herald for 190 years. They’re moguls who would shape the city’s history and, indeed, the history of the paper itself. Normal text size Very large text size W​hen businessman Samuel Terry died in 1838, a military regiment marched through the streets of central Sydney, playing Handel’s Dead March in Saul. The proces...

The Sydney Morning Herald is a home. It opens its front door and we know we will be nourished with knowledge and involvement. The loneliness disappears and we find friends on each page as the stories fill our hearts. We are left overjoyed with news of someone once lost but now found. We are educated in complicated finance, made aware of real estate, technology and environmental issues; everything is there. Thank you Herald for the education, the political and sport coverage and other stories, the complicated puzzles, editorials, for it all. And for being a clever, kind friend. Happy birthda...

From Hornsby to Hurstville, Asquith to the Appin Way, there is no-one for whom The Sydney Morning Herald has provided the personal and professional drum-beat of life as much as for the venerable journalist and author Gavin Souter AC. And no man more qualified to pass astute judgment on us, from the overview of history. Retired veteran Herald reporter Gavin Souter. Credit:Edwina Pickles Among his first memories of growing up in Hunters Hill was the hefty thump of the Herald landing on the front step and, no fewer than nine decades on, he still waits to hear it land every morning at 7 o’clo...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. #Ninefairfax Deal End of an Era for Australia’s Media Titans In 1990, young warwick fairfax’s disastrous bid to privatise john fairfax & sons resulted in the herald and associated interests being lost to the family. Competition and co-operation. The former may seem an obvious aspect of the Australian media landscape, but it has always gone hand-in-hand with pragmatic co-operation. S...