From the Torres Strait to Tasmania, and from the east coast to the west, beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian coastal history. Beach shacks have a distinctive identity as emblems of summer ...
It does go to show, however, that if you make enough noise in Australia, you’ll end up on a list somewhere and achieve a moment of fame. Back when I wrote the Short History of Australia ...
It’s not surprising in a country the size of Australia that a lot of puzzling occurrences are reported. Here we delve into some of the nation’s most enduring ‘inexplicable’ events.
An oil painting of Captain Arthur Phillip by Francis Wheatley, 1786. Image credit: courtesy National Library of Australia Phillip tried to both reform and discipline convicts, and is generally ...