| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Monday, November 24, 2008 12:02 AEDT |
| Expires: | Sunday, February 22, 2009 12:02 AEDT |
The Queanbeyan RSL has erected a headstone honouring Walter Albert Thatcher, an elite soldier with an astounding service record who had been buried in an unmarked grave. (Stateline)
ABC News Online takes a look at the big stories from 2008.
Want to know more about the Sydney Festival? Ask our blogger Antonette Collins.
Hundreds of Elvis impersonators have boarded a train from Sydney to Parkes for an annual festival.
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