In 1943, Neutral Bay actor George Blackshaw shocked a nation in the most brutal act of his career.
Before the arrival of television, Australian radio ruled the airwaves with programs like Dad and Dave, Blue Hills and ‘Calling the Stars’.
In 1988, a floating Chinese Restaurant with room for 500 diners outraged lower north shore locals.
Today we’re taking you back to those golden years of the 1980s – when hair was big, clothes were loud, and power ballads were super-charged with emotion.
True Crime: In 1901, a desperate young mother committed an unthinkable crime on Balmoral Beach.
Sydney was no place for an unwed, pregnant young woman in the early 1900s, but 18-year-old Mary Hutchison had nowhere else to go.
Greenway Flats: “If I won the Lottery seven times over, I wouldn’t leave here. This will do me!”
When it officially opened on Sunday, 28 March 1954, "Greenway" was Australia's largest communal social housing complex.
One of the world’s great icons turns 90 this week. Share your Sydney Harbour Bridge story!
Sydney’s great iron maiden turns 90 this week – and we want to celebrate her milestone birthday with your stories, photos and memories.
After slaughtering his wife and child, a Mosman maniac turned the gun on himself.
Mosman teenager Alma Plaister was never absent from school. But on Monday 18 July 1932, the brilliant and popular 13-year-old was missing from morning roll call at North Sydney Girls High.
Flashback 1968: Bula! A three-storey Fijian mecca opens in Mosman.
On the busy corner of Ourimbah and Spit Rd, a commercial building known as Island Centre opened to fascinated locals in July 1968.
80 years ago, local woman Nancy Harris was marched into the ocean and murdered.
“When we were waist-deep in the surf, they opened up a murderous fire,” Sister Vivien Bullwinkle recalled after the Bangka Island Massacre of WWII, "mowing us down like a scene I saw in a film as a child.”
TRUE CRIME: In December 1907, five Mosman teenagers committed an unthinkable crime.
In our new series, Mosman Collective unlocks historic local crime case files, revealing new images and details of the lower north shore’s most shocking stories.
Flashback 1954: Mosman gripped by Royal fever, thousands line local streets, when Queen Elizabeth comes to town.
When Queen Elizabeth stepped onto Australian soil for the frist time on 3rd February 1954, the nation was gripped by Royal fever. Over the next 58 days, she would visit 57 cities and towns, with more than 75% of the population catching a glimpse of the young monarch, and on February 18th, it was Mosman’s turn.
History: We uncover incredible time warp photos of a Coles store in Mosman!
On 21 November 1934, Coles came to Mosman, opening the doors of 22 Spit Rd at 9:30am. Goods on sale included seven-piece fruit sets, toys, cotton reels, ladies’ aprons, hats dresses and nickel torches.
Real Estate Rewind 1986: Historic cottage with sweeping harbour views for $700,000.
Described as “an old colonial home”, Victoria Cottage on Clanalpine St was marketed with stunning views, a formal garden, extensive library, and a swimming pool by local agent James S. Lindsay in August 1986.
Real Estate Rewind: Mosman home prices crash during crippling 1980s recession.
Not even Mosman was spared during Australia’s deepest post-war recession in the early 1980s.
Flashback 1936: The battle of Balmoral’s ‘Freak Floaters’.
Australian competitions aren’t limited to just sport and spelling bees. From yabby races to bed making, prawn peeling to whip cracking, we love nothing more than a good-humoured match-up.
Local Flashback: Remembering the halcyon days of Sizzler in Mosman.
Kids of the 80s and ’90s will remember family dinners at Sizzler, the iconic chain famous for its all-you-can-eat salad bar, unlimited ice cream and complimentary cheese toast.
