History

Lifestyle PLAY-DOH was first manufactured in the 1930s as a wallpaper cleaner before being rebranded into a children’s toy.

Offbeat The group took 1.5 hours to reach Rockhampton from Mt Morgan .... It was a long trip from there to Mackay.

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Offbeat VIRAL search for a mysterious couple captured in a portrait reached all the way up to north Queensland to come to an incredible conclusion.

Lifestyle FORGET using a calculator or jumping on the internet. This exam from 106 years ago may have you baffled — so how many questions can you get right?

Religion & Spirituality THE “greatest story ever told” had a few pivotal figures whose significance have been all but wiped from the record, for one reason.

Business IF you don’t remember him you’ll remember his ads. “Big John” Zupp, the man who would trade in “any old iron”, was once a household name. So where is he now?

News HUMAN remains found on a Brookstead property have been dated back to before the region's European settlement.

Offbeat A POOL of murky, red liquid found around three mummies in an Egyptian sarcophagus has been analysed by scientists.

Offbeat A DIVIDING line at the heart of Australia has its roots in an old world order, and was signed off by the pope in 1494.

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News A HISTORIAN has painted a completely different version of Australia’s history - and it is causing huge shockwaves.

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News THE community wants to be able to identify and document to physical location of burials.

News Ashton's Circus founder, James Ashton is buried in Gladstone Cemetery

News THE anniversary of an historically significant event involving Ballina passed by quietly last week.

News HE HAS has helicoptered into remote destinations, lived for months with traditional native societies and held rock art dating back up to 28,000 years.

Crime Quiet suburban neighbour was once the stomping ground of killers

News JENNIFER was found semi-naked in the toilet of a seedy motel with strangulation marks on her neck, but a conviction was far from a given.

Offbeat Woodburn SES cut out bullock ring believed to be from cream run days

Weather IN the past 20 years 12 cyclones have crossed the Australian coastline during the month of March.

News JOHN has a passion for history and, fortunately, loves sharing that passion.

News AUSTRALIANS cried and cheered at this seminal moment in the country’s history. But many are questioning if the unprecedented move had any lasting effects.