Politics & democracy
Celestial City: Sydney’s Chinese Story
As Sydney celebrated its centenary in 1888, several boats carrying Chinese immigrants sailed through Sydney Heads into a crisis that would shape the nation. ‘Celestials’, as Chinese people were known at the time, had been arriving in Sydney under organised immigration schemes since the 1840s
Unfurling Sydney’s radical past
An intriguing acquisition sheds light on the political turmoil of the 1930s and the bungled opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Skint! Making do in the great depression
On Tuesday 29 October 1929 the New York stock market collapsed. The great depression began, and the impacts were quickly felt in Australia