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  • 1978
    Glen Humphries
    The 1978 finals series was one we’d never seen before - and will likely never seen again. Seven-tackle sets. Not one but two matches needing to be replayed. One of which was the grand final. And the other one saw a team wanting the league to erase the result and stage a replay. Yes, a replay of a replay. As for that grand final replay, well that was played on a Tuesday afternoo...
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    15,88 €

  • Keira Street
    Glen Humphries
    Keira Street has seen plenty of action, including murder, arson and a gun-happy nightwatchman. Businesses have come and gone from the strip - including a funeral parlour, a car yard or two and even a petrol station. It is a key marker for an iconic family-owned bus company and a former football player who opened up multiple venues in the street’s restaurant precinct. Bigger bui...
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    21,82 €

  • Alive in the Five
    Glen Humphries
    In 1982 the Illawarra Steelers played their first season in the NSW Rugby League competition. It wasn’t a great start for the club - they finished second-last on the ladder. The rest of the 1980s didn’t bring much joy - the club picked up the wooden spoon three times, including a double in 1985 and ’86.But then the new decade brought with it the bright, shining season of 1992, ...
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    16,63 €

  • Lull City
    Glen Humphries
    The Wollongong music scene is now well and truly on the map, thanks to Hockey Dad, the Yours and Owls Festival and the Farmer and the Owl label. They spearheaded a golden age for the local scene, where people outside Wollongong finally realised what was going on in the coastal town an hour south of Sydney. But this wasn’t the first high point for the local scene, which stretche...
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    31,40 €

  • Alright!
    Glen Humphries
    On July 13, 1985, the world tuned in to watch Live Aid beamed in from Wembley in London and John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. The massive event was spawned from Bob Geldof’s idea six months earlier to raise money for Ethiopian famine victims through the release of the charity single, Do They Know It’s Christmas?.The iconic performance on that day came from Queen, a band t...
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    21,66 €

  • Night Terrors
    Glen Humphries
    "Could you estimate the number of houses and backyards you have unlawfully entered?”“No, it would be terribly hard to say.”“Would it be hundreds or would it be thousands?”“Many, many hundreds. Perhaps thousands.”- The Kingsgrove Slasher's police questioning Between 1956 and 1959, suburban Sydney was terrorised by a phantom known as the Kingsgrove Slasher. A peeping Tom, he ...
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    18,98 €

  • Sounds Like An Ending
    Glen Humphries
    In 1982, Midnight Oil was a band in trouble. Their last album, Place Without a Postcard, was supposed to be their big breakthrough but it hadn’t worked out that way. So they found themselves in London, feeling the pressure of recording what was a “make or break” album. Members threatened to leave, others had nervous breakdowns and the ANZ bank manager back home was sweating as ...
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    23,21 €

  • James Squire
    Glen Humphries
    After getting caught swiping a few chickens from a neighbour, James Squire was sentenced to seven years in Sydney Cove. You could say it was the best thing he ever did - it led to him become a brewer, policeman, property tycoon, respected citizen and a bloody rich guy. All because of the theft of a few chooks.But if all you know about James Squire is what you've read on lab...
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    29,46 €