On this day: Ash Wednesday bushfires
It’s the anniversary of the huge 1983 Victorian bushfires, and the psychological impact is still being felt.
It’s the anniversary of the huge 1983 Victorian bushfires, and the psychological impact is still being felt.
Defiant bushranger, or just hopping mad? Either way, Mad Dan’s killing spree ended gruesomely.
Seven years ago today, miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell escaped to the surface after 14 days trapped underground.
In 1936 Australia claimed territory in Antarctica in the name of science and exploration.
On 7 September 1936, the last known thylacine died in Hobart Zoo.
In 1923 a dark brown paste chock full of B vitamins hit shelves around Australia…
A giant Galapagos tortosie that was once the pet of Charles Darwin died on this day, aged 176, in 2006.
On 8 July 1904 Sydney’s power supply was switched on for the first time.
On 30 July 1997, one life was saved and 18 were lost when part of Thredbo, NSW, was buried by a landslide.
The bark paintings marked the first traditional campaign in the fight for Aboriginal land rights.