From the Archives,1953:Queen Elizabeth is crowned
Queen Elizabeth

From the Archives,1953:Queen Elizabeth is crowned

On June 2,1953,large crowds flocked to London to see Queen Elizabeth crowned in Westminster Abbey. At the moment of the crowning,the crowd outside the Abbey rose in a great body. Hats came off,heads were bowed. Then down came the rain.

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From the Archives,1980:‘Crushed’ Raelene Boyle pulls out of Olympics
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From the Archives,1980:‘Crushed’ Raelene Boyle pulls out of Olympics

In 1980,Raelene Boyle withdrew from the Australian Olympic team for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Many countries and some individual athletes around the world decided to join the US led boycott of the Games,as a protest against the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.

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From the Archives,1983:Unionists stop to celebrate centenary
NSW

From the Archives,1983:Unionists stop to celebrate centenary

The Painters and Dockers celebrated their centenary during an adjournment to the Royal Commission into the union’s activities.

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From the Archives,1993:Campion’s Piano a Cannes success
Jane Campion

From the Archives,1993:Campion’s Piano a Cannes success

In 1993,‘The Piano’ became the first Australian film to win the Palme d’Or while New Zealand-born Jane Campion became the first woman director to win the prize.

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From the Archives,1963:Buildings burn in night of cracker vandalism
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From the Archives,1963:Buildings burn in night of cracker vandalism

After a chaotic evening that saw cars and buildings burnt out and airports closed due to dense smoke,the future of Cracker Night was in doubt.

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From the Archives,1988:Breaker Morant rides free from Burra ‘retrial’
National

From the Archives,1988:Breaker Morant rides free from Burra ‘retrial’

In 1988,Harry “the Breaker” Morant was found innocent,according to an unofficial ‘retrial’ held in Burra in South Australia. The verdict rejected the official guilty verdict of one of British military history’s most controversial trials.

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From the Archives,1963:Chandler ‘was ill over death of wife’
NSW

From the Archives,1963:Chandler ‘was ill over death of wife’

As the end of the inquest into one of Sydney’s most notorious murder cases loomed,Margaret Chandler’s husband Geoffrey took the stand.

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From the Archives,1993:Cancer,heart disease ‘wiped out in 37 years’
Medicine

From the Archives,1993:Cancer,heart disease ‘wiped out in 37 years’

Thirty years ago,the Herald’s New York correspondent discussed the future of medicine with American pathologist Dr Jeffrey Fisher.

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From the Archives,1973:Warana sails from Melbourne to fight the bomb
Nuclear disarmament

From the Archives,1973:Warana sails from Melbourne to fight the bomb

The Australian protest ketch Warana,flying the flags of four nations,sailed from Williamstown on an 11,000-mile mission to try to halt the French nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll.

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From the Archives,1973:Police seeking Aust pop group,payola scandal
Performing arts

From the Archives,1973:Police seeking Aust pop group,payola scandal

Fifty years ago,Interpol were seeking touring Brisbane pop group New World,who had been named in a BBC payola scandal.

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From the Archives,1958:Australia’s snail mail ‘rockets’ into the future
Australia Post

From the Archives,1958:Australia’s snail mail ‘rockets’ into the future

In 1958,a senior Australian public servant made some surprisingly accurate (and not so accurate) predictions into the future of telecommunications in Australia.

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