May 9 marks the 125th anniversary of the opening of Australia's first federal parliament. NICHOLE OVERALL reveals some details of the the little known, so-called 'Father of Canberra'…
Nichole Overall
Nichole Overall is a Queanbeyan-based journalist, author and social historian.
A bounder or a visionary? NICHOLE OVERALL talks to author Brian O'Malley about the unbelievable backstory of maverick King O'Malley, the 'Yankee dandy' at the heart of Canberra's foundation.
St Andrew’s Presbyterian church, at 1 State Circle, Forrest, one of Canberra's oldest buildings, is celebrating its 90th anniversary. NICHOLE OVERALL looks at the proud history of the cathedral that wasn't.
"Routinely stated that the US is 'no stranger to political violence', the bleak truth is, neither is Australia. From the mid-1800s we’ve had six politically-connected murders or attempts," writes Yesterday columnist NICHOLE OVERALL.
Frank and Sylvia Manley were out for a spin in their new silvery-green HQ Monaro coupe. Driving across the 1025-metre, four-lane Tasman Bridge was to be a moment forever frozen in time, writes Yesterdays columnist NICHOLE OVERALL.
The Mint is turning 60 in February. Yesterdays columnist NICHOLE OVERALL looks back to the day it was opened by Prince Phillip and the controversy of its being built in Deakin.
Aerial culling of brumbies in the Koscziuscko National Park, authorised by the NSW Labor government, has sparked a protest seeing horses and riders descend on the front lawns of Parliament House on Tuesday morning.
"For almost 60 years, the neat, red brick church has remained something of a divine secret in Queanbeyan. Most passers-by barely register its presence, tucked back from the street as it is," writes Yesterdays columnist NICHOLE OVERALL.
"Heading east from Queanbeyan on the Kings Highway there’s remnants and new additions to the curious practice of teddies attached to trees, a feature for potentially as long as four decades," writes Yesterdays columnist NICHOLE OVERALL.
It was a “kilt-wearing occasion” 150-years ago today when the unadorned timber doors of the coppery-coloured stone church opened to all comers as a rather rare Presbyterian “kirk” in the Canberra region, writes NICHOLE OVERALL.
Yesterdays columnist NICHOLE OVERALL looks at how the fear from the bombing of Darwin in February 1942 made it to the backyards of Canberra.
In this short history of lawn bowls, Yesterdays columnist NICHOLE OVERALL pays tribute to the survival of the Queanbeyan Bowling Club, which turns 90 this month.
