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For this week's #ThrowbackThursday, we take a look at Balmain through the years. As always, let us know in the comments what suburb you'd like to see next!
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There will be a chill in the air and a slight chance of rain today but the forecast looks good for clear skies and mild temperatures for the rest of the week and into the weekend. Perfect weather for a spot of jogging around Sydney Harbour! 🏃Photo by @michelemossop.
Could a painting found in a suburban Sydney flat be a lost Baroque masterpiece? 🎨 Charles Bennett Taylor is on a quest to uncover the mystery behind the Mother and Child. Who are they? Who painted it? Read the full investigation at bit.ly/paintingmystery 📸: @siewertsteven
Happy Friday! Another stunning day in Sydney today ☀️ What's everyone up to this (also sunny) weekend? 📸: @janiebarrettphotos
For this week's #ThrowbackThursday, we take a look at Surry Hills through the years. Follow @fairfaxarchives for more historical photos.
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Jeremy 'Mudjai' Devitt and Darryll Lockwood perform in a gunya they have built as part of the @cityofsydney's NAIDOC week. This year's theme, "our languages matter", celebrates the unique and essential role languages play in linking people to their land and water, and in sharing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, spirituality and rites through story and song. 📸: @shooterwol
It could be a scene straight out of The Notebook: an intimate winter wedding ceremony, in a gazebo next to a glassy grey lake, as two elderly lovers exchange vows. And just like the classic 2004 movie, the lead-up to the union of Sylvia Martin, 93, and Frank Raymond, 88, which will take place in July is nothing short of a miracle. Just eight weeks ago, Sylvia had no idea if she would ever see her "darling Frank" ever again. ❤️ Photo by Fairfax photographer Karleen Minney.
For this week's #ThrowbackThursday, we take a look at Punchbowl through the years. Let us know in the comments what suburbs you'd like to see next!
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The first Harry Potter book was released 20 years ago today 📖 Happy birthday to The Boy Who Lived ⚡️🔮 Photo by @shooterwol
Sydney's street libraries are bringing neighbourhoods together 📖 The books are free to borrow and can either be returned or exchanged for another book. The tiny libraries might appear on front lawns, on beaches, in parks, outside offices or on the side of the road 📚 Have you seen any in your local area? What's the best book you've found and read? Let us know in the comments! 📸: @siewertsteven
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For this week's #ThrowbackThursday, we take a look at Blacktown through the years. Follow @fairfaxarchives for more historical photos.
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Waves on fire at Manly 🔥 Today the Southern Hemisphere will have its shortest day of the year, also known as the Winter Solstice. 📸: @nampix
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