Helen McAnulty’s lifelong work adding ‘colour and vibrancy’ to the dry facts of history

Helen’s thirst for living memories…

COMMUNITYOrange City Life25 October 2023Local HistoryComment

Orange’s case to become the federal capital of Australia

A local campaign to build a federal capital at Orange had begun in February 1899.

COMMUNITYOrange City Life13 July 2023orange, Local HistoryComment

“The glorious unity of the Empire”: the Orange men who answered the call to fight Australia’s first foreign war

An interesting article about the local men who answered the call to fight Australia’s first foreign war.

COMMUNITYOrange City Life22 June 2023Local History, WarComment

The Boer War (1899–1902) — a conflict we chose to forget

At 11am this Sunday, May 28, at our city’s largely unknown Boer War Memorial in Robertson Park we commemorate a conflict that we have mostly chosen to forget, writes former Orange Mayor Reg Kidd.

COMMUNITYOrange City Life25 May 2023History, Local History, Reg KiddComment

Banjo’s memorial service commemorating 80 years

Local historian Elizabeth Griffin, talks about Banjo Paterson…

HISTORYDavid Dixon2 February 2022Local History, Banjo PatersonComment

Dive into a treasure trove of history, there’s no telling what you’ll discover

The National Library of Australia’s online archive Trove has unveiled a new-look interface and there is no better time to get acquainted with this truly amazing portal to the past.

HISTORYJonathan Roe2 July 2020Orange City LifeTrove, History, Local HistoryComment

Orange and the fight for Irish independence explored in new book

The 19th Century was a period of great unrest in Ireland as the people bristled under English rule. But half a world away, in the colony of New South Wales, those fighting for an Irish Republic found a staunch ally and wealthy supporter.

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe30 October 2019Orange City LifeDalton, History, Local HistoryComment

Exciting part of Orange’s history for sale

One of Orange’s grand historic homes is on the market and Orange City Life took the opportunity to have a peek inside this beautifully maintained heritage property.

COMMUNITYGuest User23 October 2019Orange City LifeReal Estate, Local History, AntiquesComment

New book by Orange author documents bitter wide comb shearing dispute

It was one of the most violent chapters in Australian rural history: The fight to overturn the longstanding ban on wide-toothed shearing combs in the early 1980s saw shearing sheds and pubs become battlegrounds and for four years the wool industry was thrown into chaos.