2000s
Hundreds of families in St George and Sutherland Shire were rocked by the sudden collapse of Australia's second biggest airline, Ansett, in September, 2001.
The area's proximity to the airport has long been a drawcard for airline and airport workers.
Ansett, which was founded by Reginald "Reg" Ansett in 1935, operated for 66 years before being placed into administration on September 12, 2001, and liquidated the following year.
The collapse was overshadowed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath.
1960s
Prime Minister John Gorton caused a security scare when he slipped away and went for a swim while attending the Australan Surf Life Saving Championships at North Cronulla in 1968.
Mr Gorton was wearing a suit when he arrived at the beach and security men relaxed when he went into the North Cronulla clubhouse for a meal, the Leader reported.
However, he slipped away through a side entrance and, wearing a pair of trunks he had brought with him, went for a swim with MP Don Dobie.
Mr Gorton with his boyish grin and background as a war-time fighter pilot, had the reputation of a larrikin and certainly enjoyed the surf.
While there is no pictorial record of his North Cronulla swim, there are photos of him later that year at North Bondi, emerging from the surf, running on the beach and rowing a surf boat while visiting a mini surf carnival.
His swimming costume was more modest than the "budgie smugglers" for which a later Prime Minister became known.,
Mr Gorton was Prime Minister from 1968 to 1971, when he was replaced as party leader by William McMahon.
Sir John Gorton (he was knighted in 1977) died in 2002 at 90.
1970s
Does this intersection look familiar?
The photo was taken 49 years ago at the corner of Princes Highway and Oak Road, Kirrawee, where the brick pit development South Village stands today.
There was a pedestrian crossing but no traffic lights when safety concerns were raised in 1970.
1980s
Sydney's newest police recruit in April 1984 was a "little boy lost".
Motorist Heike Cullman found the child wandering along King Georges Road, Blakehurst at 5.30 am, dressed in his pyjamas.
The distressed little boy found safety in the long arms of the law, namely Constable Glenn Mills, at Hurstville Police Station until his parents could be located.
1990s
Top surfers Richard "Dog" Marsh and Troy "Nugget" Dennehy were captured in a great photo at The Wall by Fairfax Media photographer Robert Pearce in 1990.
Both were Cronulla surfers who made a big impact.
Marsh was "another of the Kurnell kids who made good" and "a regular Top 16 performer on the World Tour", says the Cronulla Surf Museum.
Dennehy, who died in 2007, was "the undisputed King of The Alley however Nugget would hit Cronulla's big reef spots when North Cronulla was maxed out," the Museum says.
"Someone smart once said, 'Nugget would be world champ if only they held all the comps out at The Alley'."
Leader chief photographer and surfing writer John Veage described Dennehy in 2017 as "a red-haired and red hot, colourful, explosive goofy-footer, whose father Fred was a Cronulla Sharks halfback, and a surfer who should have had a much greater impact on the wider surfing world".
"'Nugget' was a Cronulla regional title winner and Cronulla club champion on three occasions, the last in 2000.
"He was a contest winner on the Australian WQS circuit but his temperament did not lend itself to the big time and he was easily distracted."
The Prince Street seawall - better known as The Wall - was rebuilt in 1985 with 3500 hexagonal shaped concrete blocks, each weighing one tonne.
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