1891 Shearers’ Strike and the rise of Australian Labor

22 Apr 2011 | The 22 April 1891 is the 120th anniversary of the ‘Clermont rioters’ trial during the ...  

Andrew Dawson, the "bushie" defence minister, and the British Major-General

14 Apr 2011 |   The current clash between the federal Minister for Defence and the Australian Defence Force ...  

Ned Kelly and reimagined Australian history

11 Apr 2011 | In March 2010, one of Sidney Nolan’s famous paintings from his early Ned Kelly series, First- ...  

Geoffrey Dutton, Donald Horne and the revitalisation of Australian republican ideals

6 Apr 2011 |   On this day in 1963, the Australian intellectual Geoffrey Dutton’s article ‘British ...  

Calls to restore knighthoods should be ignored

4 Apr 2011 |   Calls to restore imperial knighthoods and peerages in Australia should be adamantly ignored ...  

Remembering the 42nd Battalion

4 Apr 2011 | The month of April leading up to Anzac Day has become the time of year when we reflect as a nation ...  

Princes come and princes go

24 Mar 2011 | As we view the back of Prince William’s balding head jetting off home to Britain it is time to ...  

The 1887 Republican vs Royalist Golden Jubilee riots

16 Mar 2011 | Next year Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. In 1887, Queen Victoria celebrated ...  

The new "republican" Queensland constitutional preamble

28 Feb 2011 | The new preamble to the Queensland’s Constitution reflects Queenslanders' republican aspirati ...  

The Queen, David Hicks and the Australian Government

23 Feb 2011 | With reports that the Director of Public Prosecutions is examining David Hick’s legal position ...  

Paul Keating's Redfern Speech: Indigenous recognition begins

23 Feb 2011 | As Australia plans for a referendum on Indigenous recognition in the Australian Constitution in ...  

The Shearers Strike and the 1891 ‘Bread or Blood?’ editorial

21 Feb 2011 | Today is the 120th anniversary of F.C.B. Vosper’s ‘Bread or Blood?’ editorial in the Char ...  

The path to war: Australia, Britain and Japan

18 Feb 2011 | Did action and inaction by Britain and Australia lead the Japanese to become the mortal enemies of ...  

The North-Eastern Victoria Republic Movement – myth or reality?

14 Feb 2011 | Ned Kelly is said by some to have been gathering supporters to create a Republic of North-East ...  

Daniel Deniehy: Australian republicanism's shooting star

9 Feb 2011 | Perhaps Australia's greatest ever republican was Daniel Deniehy. What follows is a short history ...  

Daniel Deniehy: The Bunyip Aristocracy

7 Feb 2011 | This famous 1853 speech by early Australian republican Daniel Deniehy was in ...  

Australian Loyalty: Sentimental and Political

5 Feb 2011 | This 1887 piece by Henry Lawson, written in the Golden Jubilee year of Queen Victoria, has s ...  

The Trajectory of the Australian Republican Debate

4 Feb 2011 | This lecture, given to the Australian Senate by Australian Republican Movement Deputy Chair ...