Toganmain Station, located between Darlington Point and Carrathool on the southern side of the Murrumbidgee River, was one of the principal grazing properties in the Riverina. With about 13 miles of river frontage the station was first established by NSW’s Colonial Secretary Sir Alexander Macleay whose initials gave Toganmain its distinctive AML brand. Toganmain’s 167,000Continue reading “Click Goes the Shears”
Category Archives: History of Australia
History of Australia Series (2)
The extinction of the Australian pygmies Published in Quadrant June 2002; a footnoted edition of this essay is available at The Sydney Line here Keith Windschuttle and Tim Gillin From the 1940s until the 1960s, it was fairly widely known there were pygmies in Australia. They lived in North Queensland and had come in fromContinue reading “History of Australia Series (2)”
Stand together in unity, divisions out the door,
One Mob, One Flag, A canvas full of colour with desert skies so blue, a vivid transformation, an awesome outback view. Brushstrokes of an artist depicted by so few, a land of isolation, Aussie through and through. A golden wattle landscape with dingoes on the plain, kangaroo and emu, so much more to name. EucalyptusContinue reading “Stand together in unity, divisions out the door,”
Australia
Among Covid’s casualties, Australia’s Larrikin Spirit David Daintree Every nation cherishes an image of itself. We are often told that ours was formed on the beaches of Gallipoli, but long before the Australian union the people of the Australian colonies came to self-awareness. Few were proud of the ‘convict stain’, but almost all stressed our independent spirit, ourContinue reading “Australia”
Aussie Life
Aussie life Tony Letford [Getty Images] Tony Letford 2 September 2023 9:00 AM Six years ago the ABC posted an article online about William Crowther, a prominent 19th-century Tasmanian politician, a statue of whom had stood in a Hobart park for 133 years. From that time, the statue’s fate was probably sealed, (‘Tasmania’s difficult history:Continue reading “Aussie Life”
The Life and Times of Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728[NB 1] – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific,Continue reading “The Life and Times of Captain James Cook”
Documenting a Democracy
Commonwealth > Document > Commonwealth SignificanceWhy is it important? >> HistoryHow did it happen? >> DescriptionWhat does it look like? >> View transcript(PDF) – 29KB(RTF) – 49KB View scanscover | provisions | p1 | p2 | p3 | p4 | p5 | p6 | p7 Australia Act 1986 (Cth) Significance This document made Australian law independent of British parliaments and courts. The Commonwealth’sContinue reading “Documenting a Democracy”
A Voice, A Voice, our Kingdom for a Voice….Why?
John Singer 24/3/23 · I love this sunburnt country, this land of sweeping plains, with its ragged mountain ranges and its droughts and flooding rains. This personalisation of Dorothea MacKellar’s very descriptive poem belongs to every Australian who has travelled within our great Country. This unique land, which is the only Continent occupied byContinue reading “A Voice, A Voice, our Kingdom for a Voice….Why?”
History of Australia Series (8)
Nationhood and war: 1901–45 Growth of the Commonwealth The world’s passions and conflict of the early 20th century were to shape the new nation’s history, despite its physical distance from their epicentres. In some respects this was the least positive of the major periods of Australian history. Nationalism grew in strength, but it killed andContinue reading “History of Australia Series (8)”
History of Australia Series (7)
This article discusses the history of Australia from the arrival of European explorers in the 16th century to the present. For a more detailed discussion of Aboriginal culture, see Australian Aboriginal peoples. Australia to 1900 Early exploration and colonization Early contacts and approaches Prior to documented history, travelers from Asia may have reached Australia. China’sContinue reading “History of Australia Series (7)”
History of Australia Series (6)
History of Australia (1788–1850) The history of Australia from 1788–1850 covers the early colonial period of Australia’s history, from the arrival in 1788 of the First Fleet of British ships at Sydney, New South Wales, who established the penal colony, the scientific exploration of the continent and later, establishment of other Australian colonies. European colonisationContinue reading “History of Australia Series (6)”
History of Australia -Series (5)
To Arthur Phillip, the brave sailors and first settlers who, through unyielding courage and determination, overcame adversity and founded our great nation -Rob Nundle The First Fleet was the 11 ships that departed from Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787 to found New South Wales, the penal colony that became the first European settlement inContinue reading “History of Australia -Series (5)”
History of Australia Series (4)
Captain James Cook Captain James is one of the Greatest maritime explorers of all time. Over three remarkable voyages of discovery into the Pacific in the latter part of the eighteenth century, Cook unravelled the oldest mystery surrounding the existence of Terra Australis Incognita- the Great South Land. He became the first explorer to circumnavigateContinue reading “History of Australia Series (4)”
History of Australia Series (3)
My Australian History Series is based on history but on this part I was hard put to find the basic history as they were, up until 1788- one wonders why there are those who want to change parts and others who want to rewrite it Aboriginals Australian Aboriginal peoples Written By: Australian Aboriginal peoples, oneContinue reading “History of Australia Series (3)”
History of Australia Series (1)
The prehistory of Australia is the period between the first human habitation of the Australian continent and the colonisation of Australia in 1788, which marks the start of consistent written documentation of Australia. This period has been variously estimated, with most evidence suggesting that it goes back between 50,000 and 65,000 years. This era isContinue reading “History of Australia Series (1)”
Nelle's journey 