Bondi has had a colourful history,but this is why it’s never lost its appeal

Bondi has had a colourful history,but this is why it’s never lost its appeal

It’s an unruly coastal circus and that’s why we love it.

  • byChris Baker

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Blank sails in the sunset
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Blank sails in the sunset

It’s enough to make you chuck it in.

Thorpe’s cry of outrage at King echoes a long history of frustration
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Thorpe’s cry of outrage at King echoes a long history of frustration

Aboriginal Australia has struggled for a very long time to have its voice heard by British monarchs. Now it is King Charles’ turn.

  • byTony Wright
Bomb Squad take a bow
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Bomb Squad take a bow

While Republicans bristle at getting the brush.

The most moving story about the Queen you’ve never heard but must see

The most moving story about the Queen you’ve never heard but must see

Not only did Marion Crawford devote 17 years to the two princesses,but she sacrificed the possibility of having children of her own.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Odds were on Charles appearing at The Everest,but it wasn’t a sure thing

Odds were on Charles appearing at The Everest,but it wasn’t a sure thing

On the whole,the tone was one of indifference. A modern,trackside republican debate argued through juiced-up nonchalance rather than strong feelings about the monarchy.

  • byEmma Kemp
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Bigger than the Fab Four and Swift:The Queen who rocked Sydney

Bigger than the Fab Four and Swift:The Queen who rocked Sydney

When the young Queen Elizabeth visited Australia in 1954,75 per cent of Australians saw her. Can a visit by her 75-year-old son revive some excitement in royalty?

  • byJulie Power
Monarchists warn our G-G not to mention the R word to the King. What royal fools

Monarchists warn our G-G not to mention the R word to the King. What royal fools

They’ve got a “watching brief” on Samantha Mostyn,but I have news for the Australian Monarchist League:no one cares too much about you or the monarchy.

  • byJenna Price
A warning set in stone
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A warning set in stone

And the search for a souvenir covfefe mug.

Royal tours:The worst,the wildest,the weirdest

Royal tours:The worst,the wildest,the weirdest

Calamity and spectacle generally accompany royal tours to Australia,beginning with the very first one in 1867.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Triumph and tragedy:A front-page view of history
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Triumph and tragedy:A front-page view of history

As The Age celebrates 170 years,we look back on some of the most notable major events featuring on our front pages over the decades.