History
Explore and learn about the ancient, medieval and immediate past from saints to dictators, palaces to prisons, wars to worship and myths to facts. Come and explore the history of the peoples of planet earth with WEA Sydney's professional and friendly tutors.
The Art and Identity of Palestinian Clothing - From the Bronze Age Until Now
<p>Explore the traditional clothing of Palestine and how the cut of its robes and the ornament of its embroidery express the history of a region from at least the Late Bronze Age until now. The
...The Spies Who Stole the Secrets of Oppenheimer's Bomb
<p>By the end of World War II, Stalin's spies had delivered the secrets of the atomic bomb to the Kremlin. This accelerated Moscow's bomb project. When the Soviets detonated their first atomic weapon
...Circling the Square: A Story Saunter around Hyde Park
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From Fishing Nets to Olympic Rings - Olympic Park Historical Walk
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How Writings of the Ancient World survived to the Present Day
<p>In this course we examine the efforts of 15th century renaissance scholars to find and return to prominence key texts of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. These texts, which had been preserved
...Art Deco and More - Sydney CBD Walking Tour
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Victorian and Federation Sydney - Sydney CBD Walking Tour
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The Improving Macquaries: Lachlan
<p>This walk will help you re-imagine early nineteenth-century Sydney Town and the task of governing the colony of convicts. Colonel Macquarie had to bring order to a society riven by conflicts. How
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