The Beatles began their first and only tour of Australia 60 years ago this week. It remains a landmark event in our social and cultural history.
A potent symbol of Aboriginal Australia recognised the world-over, this flag first ruffled in the wind in Adelaide in 1971.
On 3 September 1939, two days after Hitler invaded Poland, Australia entered World War II.
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”.