On this day: Ash Wednesday bushfires
It’s the anniversary of the huge 1983 Victorian bushfires, and the psychological impact is still being felt.
It’s the anniversary of the huge 1983 Victorian bushfires, and the psychological impact is still being felt.
The 1974 discovery of Mungo Man doubled the known length of Aboriginal history in Australia.
Defiant bushranger, or just hopping mad? Either way, Mad Dan’s killing spree ended gruesomely.
On this day in history, one of Australia’s most talked about missing person cases began – with a cry of “the dingo’s got my baby”.
Seven years ago today, miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell escaped to the surface after 14 days trapped underground.
In 1936 Australia claimed territory in Antarctica in the name of science and exploration.
In 1883 this famous volcano exploded in one of the most violent eruptions the world has seen.
There were cheers from the Southern Hemisphere when Kiwi Ed Hillary summited Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
The first day of spring is the little-known but uniquely Australian celebration – National Wattle Day.
On 7 September 1936, the last known thylacine died in Hobart Zoo.