A Lucky History
Tony Abbott argues that Australia’s history provides a lot to be proud of.
Sean Welsh
· 12 min read
Australian History
A collection of 9 posts
Australia and the Clash of Worlds
The convicts and soldiers who arrived in January 1788 had not just traversed a vast distance across the oceans; they had effectively journeyed back in time.
Iona Italia
· 7 min read
A Self-Conscious Nation
The Australian identity 125 years after Federation.
Adam Wakeling
· 15 min read
An Enlightened Beginning
An Australia Day reflection on the founding of a ‘free land.’
Tony Abbott
· 5 min read
The Gentle Wildness of Tasmania
Tasmania has all the majesty of other windswept high-latitude places, but it has always been less barren, more hospitable, more generous in its beauty.
Iona Italia
· 13 min read
Stealing Australia and Buying New Zealand
Why the New Zealand Māori got a treaty from the British in 1840 but, in 1788, the Australian Aborigines did not.
Sean Welsh
· 16 min read
Truth Telling and Colonial History
The colonisation of Australia was neither a peaceful settlement nor a bloody conquest. It was a Malthusian swamping: the inevitable and tragic result of contact between hunter gatherers and agriculturalists.
Sean Welsh
· 16 min read
Political Polarisation in Australia
We are at a crossroads—either we prepare for a world of identity politics and populism, or we restore settlement politics in Australia.
Damien Freeman
· 19 min read
Australia Day: A Contentious Celebration
The founding of Australia is still worthy of commemoration.
Adrian Nguyen
· 11 min read