On this day: Captain James Cook sets sail
Almost 250 years ago, Captain James Cook sailed on the voyage where he discovered Australia.
Almost 250 years ago, Captain James Cook sailed on the voyage where he discovered Australia.
The GPO’s opening on 1 September 1874 signalled the growth of communication and wealth in NSW.
On 3 September 1939, two days after Hitler invaded Poland, Australia entered World War II.
On 3 October 1952, Britain tested its first atomic weapon off the coast of Western Australia.
In 1828 Charles Sturt began an exploration of the puzzling westward-flowing rivers and Australia’s inland sea.
On this day in 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman first sighted Van Deimen’s Land, which is now Tasmania.
Nearly a century ago, the first stamp in Australia was released.
On this day, in 1903, Australian women were given the right to vote in federal elections.
Banjo Paterson, the Australian bush poet who penned Waltzing Matilda, was born on 17 February 1864.
Bradman still holds the batting record he broke 82 years ago today in the Ashes known as Bradman vs. England.