Inside History Magazine

On 21 July 1898 Sydney celebrated as Mayor Alderman Mathew Harris officially opened the Queen Victoria Markets Building. The Lady Mayoress, with a commemorative solid gold key, opened the druitt Street entrance. That evening the Town Hall was transformed for the 1400 guests at a ball celebratig the opening of these markets. Designed by George…

Hen and Chicken Bay is a bay on the Parramatta River, in the inner-west of Sydney.  It lies approximately 8 kilometres due west of Sydney’s central business district.  It is surrounded by the suburbs of Abbotsford, Drummoyne, Wareenba, Five Dock, Canada Bay, Concord and Cabarita. It is one of the three big estuarine inlets on…

Two view points. A businessmen, who was also a sailor and being quite aware that ships are addressed as “she”, wondered whether computers should be referred to as “he” or “she”. To answer the question, he decided to form two tasks groups to study the issue and report back to him. The first task group…

We recently received a copy of a home movie of the Official Opening of the New Council Chambers & Offices in Wellbank Street, Concord in 1962.  It was made by local resident Alexander John Fuller and donated by his son Andrew, who told us a little about his father, who everyone knew as John. He…

Set on a picturesque headland overlooking the harbour, Sydney’s quarantine station housed close to 16,000 people from 1835 to 1984. it served as a holding station for passengers on inbound ships to New South Wales arriving from well-known hotspots for contagious diseases.  Interned for diseases that terrified the community, people held in quarantine left their…

The Interesting Story of High Heels and How They Were Originally Meant for Men Just like the weird story of how pink was once considered a masculine color while blue was more of a feminine color, it’s surprising to know that high heels were originally designed for men long before they were worn by women….