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What can a century-old Kuomintang building tell us about Australia?

On Ultimo Road in Haymarket, just a few minutes’ walk from Paddy’s Markets, stands an unassuming building with an unusual history. Built in 1921 for the Sydney branch of the Kuomintang (KMT), or Chinese Nationalist Party, it later became the headquarters of the party’s Australasian organisation.

The Conversation · Oct 15

Edinburgh locals raise concerns over 'disgusting' impacts of new development

Work on a development in Haymarket is causing loud and sometimes disgusting side effects for residents of a city neighbourhood, according to…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 3

Goodbye Chinese Noodle House, hello ... Chinese Noodle Houses? Sydney favourite to become two identically named – and competing – diners

The Haymarket stalwart has attracted huge queues after announcing its impending closure – but it’s just one of a dozen Chinese Noodle Restaurant spinoffs across the city

The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2025

Two charged after 300 weapons seized in knife crackdown

A marketplace in central Sydney has been selling hundreds of weapons including sheath knives, push daggers and blades for a decade, police say.

AAP · Jul 19, 2024

Measles exposure sites listed in Sydney after infected traveller flies from Gold Coast

NSW Health says adult flew from Gold Coast to Sydney before visiting CBD, Lane Cove and Haymarket between 7 and 10 February

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024

Fall classical music preview: An early-music collaboration and 10 more highlights of the season

Riccardo Muti returns, Lyric Opera goes to sea and Newberry Consort joins forces for the first time with Haymarket Opera Company.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 6, 2023

Labor Day a time to kick back, relax — and remember the heroes of the past and the tumultous road behind

History has not forgotten Chicago’s Haymarket Square Riot, a peaceful labor protest that morphed into mayhem and death. However, history’s fading ink can lose heroes along the way, specifically Illinois Gov. John P. Altgeld and the famous Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2023

Transport for London BANS poster for play because it features 'unhealthy' wedding cake

Material to advertise Tony n' Tina's Wedding, a dinner show at Wonderville, Haymarket, used an image of a three-tier sponge cake but Transport for London says it doesn't follow policy

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2023

Dame Sheila Hancock issues £500 reward for lost necklace containing parents' wedding rings

The 90-year-old actress recently lost the necklace, containing her parents' wedding rings, while she was at a performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London

Wales Online · Jul 3, 2023

Dame Sheila Hancock offers £500 for return of ‘treasured’ necklace containing wedding rings

The actress lost her ‘most treasured possession’ after going to see Accidental Death Of An Anarchist at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2023