The Mercury has been published since 1855. So that means there's a lot of stories about our city that have featured in the pages of the paper. This news blog - which runs every day the Mercury publishes - looks to go back into the archives and find the interesting, shocking, surprising and unusual stories that made news.
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And after reading about what happened on this day, you can go back through the blog and read other snippets of Wollongong history.
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Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
