These are the cartoons that kept Australians laughing for a century

These are the cartoons that kept Australians laughing for a century

A new show at the State Library of NSW celebrates a century of Australian cartooning.

  • byHelen Pitt

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Marvel of engineering,Sydney Harbour Bridge cut through neighbourhoods,razed homes

Marvel of engineering,Sydney Harbour Bridge cut through neighbourhoods,razed homes

When the first sod was turned at North Sydney 100 years ago today to mark the beginning of construction,it was a day of hope-filled ceremonies and speeches.

  • byJulie Power
Could this outback mystery be our next Australian classic?

Could this outback mystery be our next Australian classic?

Fiona McFarlane’s mesmerising second novel offers a fresh take on the search for a lost child.

  • byMelanie Kembrey
From the Archives,1922:Henry Lawson,Australia’s poet of the bush,dies

From the Archives,1922:Henry Lawson,Australia’s poet of the bush,dies

One hundred years ago,Henry Lawson,one of Australia’s greatest bush poets and writers,died in Sydney,aged 55. He was the first Australian writer to be granted a state funeral.

  • byStaff Writers
The women who shaped Henry Lawson’s illustrious but tragic career

The women who shaped Henry Lawson’s illustrious but tragic career

Little attention has been paid to the women in the Australian bard’s short life.

  • bySteve Meacham
‘My grandmother was considered sub-human’:the drive behind Leah Purcell’s new film

‘My grandmother was considered sub-human’:the drive behind Leah Purcell’s new film

The Indigenous star says her multiple retakes of Henry Lawson’s The Drover’s Wife show violence because “I experienced it when I was quite young”.

  • byGarry Maddox
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Politics turned nasty after Sydney Olympics but social cohesion is once more our virtue

Politics turned nasty after Sydney Olympics but social cohesion is once more our virtue

The last 20 years has not been built on the structure of efficiency and conviviality we projected in September 2000. Howard released the dogs of ethnic hysteria soon after,and they are running still,and mauling our repute

  • byThomas Keneally
'They'll have an uprising on their hands':the fight to save wild horses

'They'll have an uprising on their hands':the fight to save wild horses

The ongoing debate about what to do with our feral brumby population has been a wild ride. A bloody solution looms.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Leah Purcell:'Whether I am trying to or not,my stories become political'

Leah Purcell:'Whether I am trying to or not,my stories become political'

The award-winning playwright and filmmaker discusses growing up with a single mother and six siblings,why she would never run for government and whether the sexual politics of her industry has changed.

  • byBenjamin Law
Reasons to be cheerful in the Blue Mountains

Reasons to be cheerful in the Blue Mountains

In the aftermath of the fires,an adventure guide returned with a tour party to the Blue Mountains wilderness on Wednesday. He sees abundant reasons for hope.

  • byDaniel Lewis