Australian History
Ned Kelly and the North-Eastern Victorian Republican Movement

  TOP 10 IA STORIES OF 2011 This February republishing of a 2003 speech by distingui ...  
IA EXCLUSIVE: Barrie Cassidy with ''My Dad's War''

Prominent journalist and broadcaster Barrie Cassidy tells the gripping story of his father's World ...  
Consulting not leading an enemy of the Australian Republic

Dr John Hirst, in the final part of his 2011 National Republic Lecture, says the third main enemy ...  
Remembering the Eureka Stockade

December 1s t this year is 157th the anniversary of the Eureka Stockade — which was a truly ...  
Billy Snedden and the advantage of being Speaker

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Anzac betrayed

What happens when the platoon you served in during Vietnam disappears off your military record and ...  
Britain: please return Australia's birth certificate

Matthew Flinders’ original 1804 map contains what is thought to be the first reference to the ...  
Rediscovery of Ned Kelly's bones only part of the story

In a stunning Independent Australia exclusive, Brad Webb from Iron Outlaw looks at the history and ...  
General Flint's assault on history

Professor Flint — the War Historian. Senior correspondent Barry Everingham discovers yet another ...  
The census: an historical goldmine for future generations

It might seem amusing to state one’s religion as ‘Jedi Knight’, ‘Lesbian Church’, ...  
1981: the republic and the wedding

Friday was the 30th anniversary of the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St ...  
A brief history of the Australian Republican Movement

The chair of the Australian Republican Movement, Major General Michael Keating AO, provides a very ...  
The Pulp: the birth, life and death of an industry

The establishment of the pulp and fine paper mill (The Pulp) at Burnie in Tasmania was a decades ...  
A short history of Australian republicanism

Australian republicanism goes back to the earliest days of the colony, says history editor Dr ...  
The Republicans are gathering

July 7, 2011 will see the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Australian Republican Movement. ...  
Independent Australia turns one today

Independent Australia began in turbulent times, being launched on the fateful day Julia Gillard ...  
Manning Clark, the ‘History Wars’ and Australian Republicanism

The ‘History Wars’ of the 1990 and 200s was fought over the re-writing of history to suit ...  

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