Colonial

Most bushrangers are best known from semi-fictional accounts written decades after their deaths, but a new book uncovers a few that told their own stories

Australian symbols have meaning for us collectively – highlighting the past and present impacts of settler colonialism, racism and the possibility for a different future

Acknowledging Australia’s colonial history is essential to build a stronger relationship with Solomon Islands

There’s a disparity between words and action when it comes to the Commonwealth’s record in implementing human rights

Australia’s Southern Cross has been used on flags and coats of arms since the early colonial period but, despite its endurance, it’s a very difficult emblem for many Australians

A new book explores how the kangaroo became a quarry, a resource and a point of violent conflict between settlers and Australia’s Aboriginal people

Australia’s under appreciated colonial art is a window to the past that can help us understand the fraught and violent history of settlement

A colonist’s letter of 1839 is crammed with adventure, but holds a deeper and unsettling insight into the history of Australia’s frontier conflict