History & Culture
The story behind Perth’s ‘Arc de Triomphe’
One of Perth’s oldest buildings, the iconic Barracks Arch is affectionately known to some locals as the city’s very own Arc de Triomphe.
Tag: colonial history
History & Culture
A pioneering pair
Louisa Atkinson and her mother, Charlotte, were among Australia’s earliest authors, and pioneers in women’s rights.
History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: Wave Hill walk-off
23 August 1966: 200 Gurindji stockmen, domestic workers and their families initiated strike action at Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory.
History & Culture
The story of Australia’s last convicts
The Hougoumont, the last ship to take convicts from the UK to Australia, docked in Fremantle, Western Australia, on January 9, 1868 – 150 years ago. It brought an end to a process which deposited about 168,000 convicted prisoners in Australia after it began in 1788.
History & Culture
The New Zealand convicts sent to Australia
Soon after it became a British colony, New Zealand began shipping the worst of its offenders across the Tasman Sea.
News
Ned Kelly responsible for innocent man’s death, according to new study
In his last days, cooped up in a jail cell, Ned Kelly wrote that he had never killed an innocent man. But a new study refutes this, arguing that Kelly was directly responsible for the death of an innocent quarryman.