From 1966 to 1994, Australia’s $20 bill featured a little-known inventor who made a major contribution to the invention of the aeroplane.
Indigenous Australians were forbidden from voting in 1914, but that didn’t stop them from enlisting when war broke out.
A surprising number of animals pop up in the Australian War Memorial’s image library. Some of them were useful members of a unit, others were just a comfort to the men or a reminder of home. For animals this was sometimes for better or for worse, but they are nonetheless part of the story of the Australians at war. Here are some of the animal companions of our troops from WWI to WWII.
Brisbane’s Buckland Auto is one of the last legitimate ‘servos’ – where petrol is pumped for you and a grease monkey tinkers out back
Roos traveled all over the world with young soldiers as they were sent to fight in far flung wars.
The ability to imagine the contours of the ocean floor led cartographer Marie Tharp to forever change our understanding of the forces shaping the planet.
Aboriginal people formed one of the most technologically advanced societies in the world when they first arrived in Australia. The way they adapted to our country’s challenging conditions is a testament to Aussie inventiveness. Here are 10 of the most influential innovations.
These inventions and innovations are among the earliest known in the world and helped Aboriginal people survive Australia’s harsh conditions.
Albert Borella travelled more than 1000km to enlist for WWI. For his bravery, he received the Victoria Cross
Travelling from remote Tennant Creek to Darwin, and then to Townsville to enlist, Albert Borella was determined to volunteer for WWI. His gallantry in 1917 on the Western Front in France earned him a Victoria Cross, one of 64 handed out to Australians in the Great War.