From barrister to chief justice of the High Court, Sir Anthony Mason was at the centre of some of Australia’s most ...

The Great Depression brought with it many dishes born of necessity. One of the most unusual involved peanut butter and this unexpected vegetable.

Two famed 1930 pennies are to be auctioned in Brisbane along with other ultra collectible currency, with bidding already climbing into five figures ...

The coins are worth a lot more than their face value. Picture: 9News The coins were minted at the Melbourne Mint during the Great Depression, but with no formal Treasury request to strike pennies, ...

Not one but two of Australia's most legendary rare coins - the 1930 penny - are up for grabs to the highest bidder this week.

When the bank ran out of money and failed a banking panic spread throughout the state. Soon the crisis went national and 5.6% of all banks in the US folded in November and December 1930. A bank run is ...

Water pie came about during the Great Depression in the 1930s. During this time period, ingredients like milk and eggs were scarce, so cooks had to get creative in the kitchen. This pie can be made ...

In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, US presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, addressed the problems of the Great Depression in a speech saying: "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for ...

To lift the United States out of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put Americans to work building roads and bridges, conserving forests and rivers, laying sewer pipes, and ...