Sydney’s biggest stories of the past 50 years

Updated January 18 2017 - 6:23pm, first published 4:00am
Geoffrey Atkinson, wearing a green shirt and camouflage cap, joins the mob of men attacking Safi Merhi during the Cronulla riots. Photo: Andrew Meares
Geoffrey Atkinson, wearing a green shirt and camouflage cap, joins the mob of men attacking Safi Merhi during the Cronulla riots. Photo: Andrew Meares

With today marking the 40th anniversary of one of Australia’s darkest days – the Granville train disaster – we reflect on some of the biggest news stories that rocked the city of Sydney in its recent history. As the saying goes, if we do not learn from the past then we are doomed to repeat it.

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