From the times of the last Ice Age, when sea levels rose and virtually plunged Aboriginal peoples into a state of complete ...

John Stuart Davidson - 'Davo' to his colleagues - was a genuine hardman of the NSW Police Force known for his unorthodox ...

Trump's remarks come amid a crackdown on illegal immigration and executive orders that have paved the way for mass ...

Botany Bay was in fact too shallow to allow the fleet to anchor by ... Prisons began filling up with people and the old prison ships, known as hulks, were unable to accommodate the overflow.

Roman Emperor Constans is assassinated and the general Magnentius proclaims himself the new Emperor 1126: Emperor Huizong abdicates the ...

Gallows Hill: 39 ejected (May 1848). No townland in the parish escaped the terror of Lucan’s ‘crowbar brigade’ in April and May in 1848. Famine, death and evictions continued into 1849. The ‘crowbar ...

The First Fleet of 11 ships arrived at Botany Bay after a 252 day voyage carrying over 1,000 passengers ... Sydney decreed the new colony was not to be a military prison, but a civil administration, ...

A popular swimming and recreational spot has been tested for contamination after residents raise alarm about a potential deadly hazard. “No swimming, fishing” signs erected at Botany Bay’s ...

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