The Conversation

Distance, dispassion and the remaking of Australian History

Anna Clark could have titled her book “Remaking Australian History”, for that is its narrative arc. She celebrates a change in the stories Australians can tell of their nation: from a heroic tale of ...
The Conversation

The more you know: people with better understanding of Australia’s colonial history more likely to support moving Australia Day

There have been calls to change the date of Australia Day/Invasion Day since as far back as 1938. January 26 marks the day in 1788 when the First Fleet landed in Australia to establish the colony of ...
Sky News Australia

'Australia: A History’: How the gold rush brought together convicts, colonists and migrants as a brilliant nation was formed

A "boisterous egalitarianism" was tearing down social barriers as the diggers "enjoy[ed] a new liberty, of which they never dreamed before". One visiting British aristocrat, Lord Robert Cecil – the ...
Sky News Australia

Former prime minister Tony Abbott's 'Australia: A History' book and documentary launch attended by political and media VIPs

The book and documentary were officially launched by Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of Australia with remarks by the Honourable Chris Minns, Premier of New South ...
Nature

A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. To date, only three Aboriginal Australian whole genome sequences have been described—one deriving from a historical tuft of hair ...