This Week in History: April 23 – April 29.
Our new weekly column from local journalist Kathryn Barton turns back the clock to meet the people and witness the events that shaped life on the lower north shore in years gone by.
Mega Photo Gallery: See how Mosman residents commemorated Anzac Day 2023.
Lower north shore residents turned out in their thousands to commemorate Anzac Day in Mosman and North Sydney on Tuesday.
Pub Rock is back! Revellers enter “The Twilight Zone” in sell out Mosman concert.
Sore heads, ringing ears, and the odd rock-and-roll earworm greeted revellers the morning after The Big Gig at Mosman RSL.
Head ‘Em Up: Where to play Two-Up on the Lower North Shore this Anzac Day.
Two-up is a traditional Australian game played legally only on ANZAC Day in pubs and clubs.
Council Roundup: Are you ready, kids? Mosman Youth Art Prize submissions due Friday 28 April.
Budding artists have until Friday, 28 April, to register and submit their drawings, paintings, photographs, videos, prints, sculptures or ceramics to try their hand at winning the prestigious Mosman Youth Art Prize.
Myra Taylor-Farrell: The “odd duck” Mosman mum who became Australia’s most prolific female inventor.
It was Australia's entry into WWI that saw a young widow, Myra Taylor, brace herself as she stood at North Head on a windy night in 1915. There she tested her rayless, light-throwing device to see if it might benefit the Allies.
North Sydney Pool re-opening delayed until 2024, costs explode to $89 million.
The cost of North Sydney’s Olympic Pool rebuild has exploded to at least $89 million - $31 million more than the original estimate, according to an independent review commissioned by Council.
Mosman mourns the loss of local boxing legend Keith Dudley, dead at 89.
Keith died in the early hours of the 6th of April after a quiet fight with cancer.
Sydney Harbour Bridge and Cahill Expressway lane closures over Easter long weekend.
Local motorists can expect heavy traffic in and out of the city on Thursday, with Good Friday traffic expected to cause delays on major arterial roads from 10am on April 7.
Taronga Zoo saves green turtle found with SEVEN hooks inside and issues stern warning to local anglers.
Local anglers are being reminded to responsibly discard their fishing lines and hooks this Easter long weekend.
Mosman resident Betty Gemmell turns 106: “I feel lucky to have lived this long.”
Elizabeth “Betty” Gemmell has lived through two world wars, the Great Depression, a moon landing and Covid.
