Australia has not escaped the threat of increased tariffs on its exports to the U.S. but its gold mining industry is revelling in commodity market uncertainty.

The gold rush of 1848 brought still more devastation ... But she also took us out and showed us all the different food sources that were available to us: the grasses, the mushrooms, the berries ...

From the middle of the 19th Century, Highlanders suffering from the impact of the potato famine were channelled towards Australia by the government. At the same time, a gold rush was drawing ...

Others became early bushrangers, robbing travellers and farmers for food ... Maione. Australia’s only known Chinese bushranger, Sam Poo, arrived in New South Wales before the gold rush as ...