The true story of Australia's most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous escape into the beautiful yet brutal ...

The former home of Tasmania’s most infamous bushranger, Martin Cash, could be converted into a museum dedicated to his life and exploits as its current owner undertakes a careful restoration of the ...

The Black War is the bloodiest chapter in the history of Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania. The war lasted from 1824 (1826, ...

Awe-inspiring wilderness, rugged coastline, award-winning produce and a mellow culture – Joanna Whitehead discovers why ...

Tourists are curious creatures, ever ready to make an entertainment out of the most terrible tales of the past.

On this day the ship Phoenix, records show, reached Kedgeree (Khejuri in East Midnapore) on an East India Company chartered voyage ...

We are just days away from Australia Day. I had in mind to update an essay I wrote for The Australian in 2014, The Shorter ...

Surrounded by untamed ocean and abundant natural resources, Port Arthur was soon established as a timber-collecting station by the lieutenant governor of Van Diemen’s Land (what Tasmania used to ...

It has a star-shaped fort and was a former penal colony where convicts waiting to be transported to Barbados or Van Diemen’s Land were held. Cobh was listed as one of Ireland’s top ten tourism ...

He publishes his research and maps and sends a report to the governor. Almost immediately after he’s finished, he leaves for Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen’s Land), to continue his research. He ...