Heritage
From fruit stickers to human hair: The State Library’s strangest collections
The State Library of NSW is celebrating its 200th birthday with a selection of items that show collectors are a weird mob.
- Julie Power
Latest
The Paragon has sat empty for eight years. Locals fear it might soon be gone for good
The owner of the heritage-listed cafe has been ordered to maintain the premises to a minimum standard.
- Julie Power
The potato fields and huts that point to Victoria’s enduring love affair with the spud
They were crucial to the household staple that we still eat by the tonne today. Now heritage protection means their architectural legacy cannot be demolished.
- Benjamin Preiss
The Sydney time capsule from when women were butterflies and men ruled the world
The decor of the State Theatre reveals plainly what it was acceptable for men and women to do at the time it was constructed.
- Julie Power
The plan to revive Sydney’s most divisive office block
The complex has been tipped for a gleaming office tower, university campus or build-to-rent units. In a twist, its new owners plan to go back to the future.
- Megan Gorrey
- Exclusive
- City life
Inside the Sydney clocktower where time will turn backwards
At 3am on Sunday, when the rest of Sydney is asleep, one man will manually shift the hands of the Town Hall clocktower back by an hour.
- Cindy Yin
At a beautiful spot with a rich heritage, graffiti-covered buildings are crumbling amid inaction
It’s a prime coastal site with spectacular views and a maritime and military history. But plans to develop the area keep grinding to a halt.
- Benjamin Preiss
‘I’m crying’: How social media helps Tim and Felicity renovate their 105-room chateau
A cottage in Melbourne or a unit in Sydney goes for the $1.2 million it cost for a 250-year-old French chateau that was crumbling like a Breton biscuit.
- Julie Power
A knock on the door alerted Carlos his home of 18 years is in heritage limbo
Home owners in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs have been surprised to learn their houses are flagged for potential heritage listing without their knowledge.
- Rachael Ward
Former PM’s seaside residence passed in at auction after promised federal funding falls over
Tom Harley, one of Alfred Deakin’s great-grandsons, said the Commonwealth had indicated it would help put Ballara in public hands, but pulled out this week.
- Benjamin Preiss and Lachlan Abbott