From 1788 to 1868 more than 162,000 convicts were sent from the UK to Australia. And now we no longer do that, we may pack ...

Australia’s third governor had children by his wife and mistress. Now their descendants meet for the first time to heal old wounds.

After making a silly mistake, David Moore found himself sentenced and marked for exportation as a convict. This traumatic ...

Convicts, barbecues and Captain Cook all got a namecheck in Ley's January 26 address. Omitting Blackfellas continues a ...

CHIBA--A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced an Australian woman to six years in prison for smuggling amphetamines into the country, despite accepting her testimony that she was tricked as part ...

The page previously referenced ‘emancipated convicts’. Picture: Supplied The page as it appears today. Picture: Supplied “The marking of January 26 is an important date in Australia’s ...

The Aboriginal population was small and persecuted, and the Commonwealth government’s exclusivist White Australia policy helped to maintain the continent’s striking cultural homogeneity. However, in ...

For years, the question of whether to move Australia Day to a less contentious date has loomed over the festivities. Thousands of Australians now join annual protests against what they call “Invasion ...