I first read John Hirst (1942-2016) as an undergraduate in the late 1990s as part of a subject on 19th-century Australian history. We discussed convict history and explored contrasting views about its ...

Tasmania's convict heritage was officially recognized by UNESCO last month, when 11 Australian convict sites, five of which are located in the southernmost state of Tasmania, were added to the UNESCO ...

Eleven months after the First Fleet landed, Christmas was “observed with proper ceremony” according to a report from the time. But not all the convicts were prepared to make do with their extra ration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Australia, when they say "you’ve got Buckley’s chance," it means you have little to no chance. This is ironic, considering that ...