Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called for a re-examination of Australia’s history in a new book that insists the nation has broken with its convict past to become one of the “freest, fairest ...

A who’s who of politics and media have marked the launch of former prime minister Tony Abbott’s highly anticipated new book ...

Both strategic and commercial motives guided the British government’s choice of New South Wales as a convict colony.

In 1856, when the Victorian government imposed a large tax on each Chinese newcomer, the Chinese ingeniously thwarted it by landing at Robe in South Australia and walking, in large parties, roughly ...

During the 18th century, England sought out remote locations to house prisoners as a solution to its overcrowded jails. In 1788, England's First Fleet arrived in the Eora nation—now known as Sydney, ...

Over 15,500 kilometers separate Ireland from Australia; despite this considerable distance, Australia hosts one of the largest Irish diasporas. In the Australian Census 2021, 9.5% of individuals ...

Karen Fox does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Nicholas Jose has previously received funding from the Australian Research Council. “How is The Great Australian Novel going?” asks a character in Thea Astley’s The Well Dressed Explorer, a Miles ...