by Emma Hastie | Apr 15, 2025 | News
Crime data from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has revealed a widening gap in violent crime trends between Wollongong and Sydney, particularly in offences against people. The data shows that while overall crime rates in NSW have remained...
by Elizabeth Falconer | Jun 8, 2024 | News
Data from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows blackmail and extortion rates increased over 2023 with at least 1,690 men falling victim to the crime across the state compared to 167 women over the 12-month period. The total of 1,864 cases represents a...
by Ethan Jegers | May 19, 2021 | News
Source: Wikimedia You may have have seen in the news this morning that South Australian detectives have begun exhuming the remains of a man found dead on an Adelaide beach more then 70 years ago. Found on Somerton beach on December 1, 1948 the ‘Somerton...
by River Mccrossen | Jul 5, 2018 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, News
Mary Maloney was a 53-year-old American-born widow who lived in Paddington from the 1890s, and spent about 25 years in and out of ‘Inebriate Institutions’ for alcohol addiction. Maloney’s is one of many stories told in the NSW State Archives’...
