On this day: Kingsford Smith disappears
Record-breaking aviator Charles Kingsford Smith vanished mid-flight in 1935.
Record-breaking aviator Charles Kingsford Smith vanished mid-flight in 1935.
Patrick White was a quiet achiever – even when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
17 December 1967: Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt goes missing whilst swimming at Portsea, Victoria.
Prior to Kingsford Smith’s successful flight over the Tasman, Moncrief and Hood’s attempt ended in disaster.
Our national day is seen in many different ways, depending on the viewpoint of Australia.
The largest raid ever mounted on the nation, on 19 February 1942, forced Australia to reconsider its place in the world.
Canberra was officially named on 12 March 1913, but few realise how close the city came to being called ‘Myola’.
The loss of the SS Yongala – now a Great Barrier Reef dive site – was a puzzling mystery for almost 50 years.
John Duigan, the first to design, build and fly an Australian- made plane, was born on May 31, 1882.
Our nation was legally born on 9 July 1900 – but it’s not a date many Australians would recognise.