25 April 1915: On the first anniversary of Australian troops landing at Gallipoli in Turkey, Anzac Day was observed around Australia and wherever Australian soldiers were posted.
Fifty years after the conflict in Vietnam, the Australian soldiers who fought still bear the scars – as do their children and grandchildren.
Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War officially ended 50 years ago, but the consequences have cut through our population for three generations.
April 1789: A major smallpox epidemic breaks out.
In the heritage-listed cemetery at Cooktown, on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, one monument stands apart from the European graves.
In April 1954, Soviet spies Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov, masquerading as Canberra diplomats, defected to Australia.
Red dust, remote bush and thousand-kilometre journeys now form a quintessential travel experience for millions of international visitors to Australia. For that we can thank Bill King.
Budding conservationists can have a meaningful impact on local biodiversity by recording their wildlife observations on iNaturalist.
An annual festival now celebrates the story of Frederick Fisher’s ghost.
1895–1903: Australia’s worst drought since European settlement.