How a cast of business moguls shaped Sydney

How a cast of business moguls shaped Sydney

Stories of businesspeople bold,colourful,generous and ruthless have appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald for 190 years. They’re moguls who would shape the city’s history and,indeed,the history of the Herald itself.

  • byAnne Hyland

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Happy birthday Herald and thank you for bringing the stories we remember

Happy birthday Herald and thank you for bringing the stories we remember

Even before I was born,the Herald was part of my family.

  • byMargaret Beazley
The 10 people who have shaped Sydney
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The 10 people who have shaped Sydney

Modern Sydney,as reflected through 190 years of publishing the Herald,has been shaped by many. Here are 10 people who have had an enormous influence on our city.

  • bySamantha Hutchinson andStephen Brook
I spied a Herald birth notice with two mummies and the rest is a little bundle of history
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I spied a Herald birth notice with two mummies and the rest is a little bundle of history

In the early 90s,I read the birth notices obsessively,looking for patterns,looking for people.

  • byJenna Price
Sworn to no master,of no sect am I (v2.0)
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Sworn to no master,of no sect am I (v2.0)

190 years after it was first published,we revisit the principles that have made the Sydney Morning Herald Australia’s longest-running newspaper.

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‘A window onto a world I once knew’:the Herald subscriber who is farthest from Sydney

‘A window onto a world I once knew’:the Herald subscriber who is farthest from Sydney

Professor James Kennedy used to read the Herald on the train to Newcastle. He now uses it to keep up with a Sydney that can seem “unrecognisable” from the one he left a decade ago.

  • byKathryn Wicks
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There are some things our readers deserve to know

There are some things our readers deserve to know

Holding the powerful to account often comes at a cost.

  • byKate McClymont
A legacy of credibility and rigour sacred to our democracy

A legacy of credibility and rigour sacred to our democracy

‘Legacy media’ isn’t the paper the Herald is printed on,nor the device on which you might read it,but a commitment to principles which have guided it for 190 years.

  • byPeter Hartcher
The fierce spirit of independence that has shaped the Herald’s evolution

The fierce spirit of independence that has shaped the Herald’s evolution

At a time when being a centrist can seem unfashionable,this masthead firmly believes its readers are capable of making up their own minds.

  • byJames Chessell
Memories from a lifetime of the Herald

Memories from a lifetime of the Herald

Gavin Souter has read the Herald since he was a child,worked for it,and written books about it. At 91,he still reads it.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
‘Candour,honesty and honour’:The Herald’s founding pledge is still true today

‘Candour,honesty and honour’:The Herald’s founding pledge is still true today

On this,the Herald’s 190th birthday,we reaffirm the newspaper’s founding pledge wholeheartedly. After all,this pact with our readers has stood the test of time.

  • byLisa Davies