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Australia’s most notorious shipwreck tells a story of murder, slavery, mutiny—and, now, ‘surprisingly sophisticated’ trade in the 17th century
In 1629, the Batavia wrecked in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands off western Australia, setting off a horrifying chain of events that included mutiny, murder and slavery. But along with its 341 passengers ...
There have been calls to change the date of Australia Day/Invasion Day since as far back as 1938. January 26 marks the day in 1788 when the First Fleet landed in Australia to establish the colony of ...
Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in half, according to our new study published in Science of fossil pollen trapped ...
Neo-Nazis marching through Australian streets, black-clad and masked, have become a common sight in recent years. Over a century since the rise of fascism – Nazism is the German school of fascist ...
How two dozen rabbits released in 1859 triggered one of history's fastest mammal invasions — and the biology behind Australia's unstoppable rabbit boom.
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