It was surprising to see my Australian friend Kylie Duggan send a message wishing “Happy Australia Day” on her Facebook page ...

In 1804 Australia had its first uprising – the Castle Hill Rebellion. It was a convict uprising put down by New South Wales Corps.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia was, for many decades, the open-air prison of Britain's criminals. Most were convicted of petty offenses. A quick ...

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 ...