History of Sydney History of Sydney The 1938 British Empire Games was the third Commonwealth Games, this being the modern-day equivalent. It was held in Sydney, Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "1938 British Empire Games"
The Anita Cobby murder was the name given to the murder of 26-year-old Australian nursing sister and beauty pageant winner, Anita Lorraine Cobby, on February 2, 1986. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anita Cobby murder"
In late May and early June, 1942, a group of five Imperial Japanese Navy submarines made a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia and the nearby port of Newcastle. These attacks are one of the best known examples of Axis naval activity in Australian waters during World War II. On the night of May 31-1 June, the submarines launched three Ko-hyoteki class midget submarines against Allied shipping in Sydney Harbour. A torpedo exploded under a small Royal Australian Navy (RAN) depot ship HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21 people. On June 8, two of the submarines shelled Sydney and Newcastle, with little effect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Attack on Sydney Harbour"
A fire which started on the 11 March, 2005, in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It took over 900 firefighters, from over 23 different stations, to control the fire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brescia Furniture Fire"
The Cammeraygal tribe was an Indigenous Australian tribe that inhabited the Lower North Shore area of the present-day North Sydney Council in Sydney, Australia. The name 'Cammeraygal' is ensigned on the North Sydney Municipal Emblem and also gave name to the suburb of Cammeray. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cammeraygal"
David Kang was the 23-year old Cambodian university student who fired a starting pistol at the Prince of Wales during an Australia Day speech at Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 26 January 1994. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Kang"
Inspired by the Freedom Riders of the American Civil Rights Movement, students from Sydney University traveled into New South Wales on what some of them considered a fact-finding mission. What they encountered was de facto segregation; the students protested, picketed, and faced violence, raising the issue of Indigenous Affairs. Australia overwhelmingly passed a 1967 referendum removing discriminatory sections from the Australian Constitution and compelling the Federal government to take further action. ...more on Wikipedia about "Freedom Ride (Australia)"
This is a history of the city of Sydney. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of Sydney"
The Milperra Massacre was the name of an incident which occurred on Father's Day September 1984, in Milperra, New South Wales where 7 people were killed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Milperra Bikie massacre"
The Rocks Push was a notorious gang, which dominated the Sydney Rocks area ("The Rocks") of Sydney, Australia from 1870s to the end of the 1890s. In its day it was referred to as "The Push", a title which has since come to be more widely used for the Sydney Push. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rocks Push"
The Sydney Hilton bombing occurred on 13 February, 1978, when a bomb exploded outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia. At the time the hotel was the site of the first Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting (CHOGRM), see Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a regional off-shoot of the biennial meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Hilton bombing"
The Sydney Push was a predominantly left-wing intellectual sub-culture in Sydney from the late 1940s to the early '70s. Famous members of "The Push" include Wendy Bacon, Eva Cox, Liz Fell, Germaine Greer, John Flaus, Harry Hooton, Robert Hughes, Frank Moorhouse, Lillian Roxon, Sasha Soldatow, Jim Staples. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Push"
The Sydney Riot of 1879 was one of the earliest riots at an international cricket match. It occurred at the Association Ground, Moore Park now known as the Sydney Cricket Ground. The game was between a touring English team captained by Lord Harris and the New South Wales Cricket Association led by Dave Gregory. The riot was sparked off by a controversial umpiring decision, when Australian star batsman Billy Murdoch was controversially given out by umpire George Coulthard. It was alleged that betting men in the New South Wales pavilion encouraged Gregory to make a stand and disrupt the game. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Riot of 1879"
The Sydney Technical College was a name used by Australia's oldest technical education institution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Technical College"
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