The Botanic Gardens Massacre
While the random mass shooting that inspires a further murder spree seems a very modern and very American phenomenon, the first such outrage happened nearly a century ago in Australia. Melbourne’s 192...
5 Dec 201835min
When Melbourne Went Mad
Most cops are on strike. The few loyalist police left on duty risk life and limb because tens of thousands of citizens are crowding the streets and the mood is turning darker as fists and bottles fly....
28 Nov 201846min
Sister Annie, Sydney and The Spanish Flu
A century ago, a world already at war faced its worst-ever natural disaster: Spanish Flu. But in late 1918, this plague, which would claim as many as 100 million lives, was yet to infect Australia, wi...
11 Nov 201842min
