Catalogue

Before his 18th birthday, Ern was told the mine he worked for was closing down. So he bought it, and nothing was ever the same again.

Jim Rees tells the story of a revolution in bush life, and of surviving struggles both private and public.

Some people make a lot of noise and shout about themselves from the rooftops, and some people, like Jim and Judith Dowrie, quietly go about their lives and achieve the most extraordinary things.

She turned 19. Next day the Germans invaded. She saw the Warsaw Uprising and the fall of Berlin, survived a Nazi camp and escaped the communist secret police.

Lola's story is Mosman's story. One of the early students of Queenwood, and inspired by her educations, she's stayed in Mosman for a lifetime of discovery.

They started small, but they were determined. From a very small business, with Dorothy's support, Harold and his partner Norman built a national supermarket chain.

Meet Bill Minchin at a barbecue. He'll seem just a nice, ordinary bloke. But his life has been full of surprises, impulsive love, great compassion and humour.

Nurse, Communist Party activist, single mother, Marjorie McNaughton became a legend of warmth and humanity in the Rocks area of Sydney's waterfront.

Carole decided to uncover the family's story, but it was a mysterious black and white bird that helped her through the twists and turns and to learn the truth about herself.

Racing, fatherhood, travel, business. Divorces, accidents, estrangements, separations, and depression. But through it all, Rod Barrett kept his Will to Win.

A warm, funny and eccentric doctor, loved by patients and family, John Slade changed medical practice and pioneered radical improvements in public health.

From a childhood working in a fish and chip shop, his family and an inspirational teacher helped Lucas overcome poverty and ridicule to become a respected surgeon.

For every bumbling, would-be handyman, and every weekend widow who laughed till she cried at the do-it-yourself disasters happening before her eyes.