Need To Know with Dr Karl
A Stonehenge puzzle solved
One of the many mysteries of Stonehenge – where its Altar Stone came from – has recently been solved by Australian scientists.
Tag: history
Tim the Yowie Man
‘Bombala’s World War II tank traps are no myth’
When I first heard about the relic World War II tank traps hidden away in the forests of south-east New South Wales, I thought someone was pulling my leg. It was only after I discovered my informant was a rural firefighter who’d seen the timber obstacles marked on an old map, that I took the claims seriously.
Events
The battle of Goimbla Homestead: Bushrangers vs landholders
On the night of 19 November 1863, three bushrangers – Ben Hall, John Gilbert and John O’Meally – approached Goimbla Homestead, near Eugowra in central western New South Wales.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
Indigenous Ice Age exodus
Today, all traces of where inhabitants once lived now lie beneath the waves.
History & Culture
The Adamsfield mining rush
About 130km west of Hobart are the remote remnants of the osmiridium mining settlement of Adamsfield, established in 1925.
History & Culture
Centenary of compulsory voting
It’s been 100 years since compulsory voting was introduced for Australian federal elections.
History & Culture
A pioneering pair
Louisa Atkinson and her mother, Charlotte, were among Australia’s earliest authors, and pioneers in women’s rights.
Tim the Yowie Man
The curse of the Alkimos shipwreck
Australia’s thousands of kilometres of rocky coastline and shallow reefs harbour the rusting relics of more than 8000 ships.
History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: Fluoride added to town water
In 1953 Beaconsfield, Tasmania, becomes the first Australian town to have its water supply treated with fluoride to combat tooth decay.
History & Culture
The hardest night
The first Australian ascent of Mt Everest in 1984 is one of the great feats of mountaineering. Climbed by a small team semi-alpine style, with no bottled oxygen, via the Great (Norton) Couloir, it remains unrepeated 40 years later.