Connection to mains power was a turning point for this languishing goldrush-era town – now popular among day-trippers and weekenders visiting Victoria’s Great Dividing Range.
Bathurst is one of several regional inland cities holding historic-trades fairs, tapping into growing enthusiasm for a slower, more sustainable way of living and of making things.
Now a museum, the former home of Ben Chifley offers a window into the life of Australia’s working-class prime minster.
1906: The Story of the Kelly Gang premieres in Melbourne before screening worldwide.
The oldest European settlement west of New South Wales’ Blue Mountains, Bathurst is pure gold.
When Victoria’s national parks run short of koalas, this is the place to go.
Before Palmerston (modern-day Darwin) was founded in 1869, the British made four failed attempts to create a settlement on New Holland’s “unclaimed” northern coastline. The largest of these was Victoria Settlement, located about 200km north-east of Darwin, at Port Essington on the Cobourg Peninsula.
New experiences with First Nations people on Country are transforming “flop-and-drop” tourism in this tropical getaway.
1967: Ronald Ryan is the last person legally executed in Australia.
Australia’s Big Things aren’t only quirky froth and bubble. They’ve been a fixture of family road trips for generations of Aussies.