The ABC gets a rare look at the Aboriginal History Archive, a little-known collection of thousands of items collected by the ...

Introduction: Aboriginal History in a Colonial Context / Kristin Burnett and Geoff Read -- 1. World Views: -- Indigeneity in Canada: Spirituality, the Sacred, and Survival / Dennis H. McPherson and J.

As we approach the dreaded date of January 26, a pervasive question is floating around among the people in my social circle. Though phrased in different ways, most people seem to be wondering, “What ...

TNC’s March 2003 issue featured Keith Windschuttle’s Rabbit-Proof Fence: a true story, which took on the premise of Phillip Noyce’s film–that administrative policy in Western Australia from the 1930s ...

Rottnest Island, or Wadjemup, is famous for its beautiful beaches and cuddly quokkas. However, the isle has a dark history, and for 93 years was a prison for Aboriginal men and boys.

Professor of Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney Historian Stephen Gapps’ latest book, Uprising ...

Heidi Norman receives funding from the Australian Research Council and Reconciliation Australia. Anne Maree Payne receives funding from Reconciliation Australia. Big things are being asked of history ...

At the outbreak of war in August 1914, thousands of men from across the nation flocked to recruiting centres to sign up to serve in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). This figure includes ...

What killed the Tasmanian Aborigines? When British colonists arrived in 1803, the island’s indigenous people numbered a few thousand. Thirty years later, about 100 remained. Most historians blame ...

Annette Hlawa photographed these four Aboriginal men and two boys at Mount Molloy, Australia, before 1907. (Ethnological Museum of the State Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage via ...

Historian Stephen Gapps’ latest book, Uprising: War in the Colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844, describes a coordinated Aboriginal military front across more than 20 different Aboriginal nations and ...