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While rejecting “black armband history”, he told parliament in October 1996: “I regret as an Australian the appalling way in which members of the Indigenous community have been treated in ...

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It dates back to 1934 when tiny biplanes began hopping 12 days between Australia and the UK ... and is still the longest commercial flight in history by time. The route used Consolidated PBY ...

The oldest document in which we find the length and exercises of Advent mentioned with anything like clearness, is a passage in the second book of the History of the Franks by St. Gregory of Tours ...

The biggest week of reporting so far this year is upon us, with heavyweight BHP Billiton’s mid-week announcement expected to be dominated by discussion of its PotashCorp bid.

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era ...

In April 1954, Soviet spies Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov, masquerading as Canberra diplomats, defected to Australia. This Cold War saga and the information the couple passed to local authorities had ...

Canberra tour guide, feminist, and history nerd Sita Sargeant’s new book She Shapes History is an inspiring tribute to the often-overlooked women who helped build Australia’s cities, towns, and ...

[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...