Sunday, March 24, 2024

Easter Island Under Chilean Governance: Mixed Results for Rapa Nui after 120 Years of...

Over the years, Easter Island has experienced neglect, exploitation, and growth under the governance of Chile. The article “Easter Island After its Discovery by Europeans”...

Brian Dixon – Hero of the Melbourne FC and Pioneering Politician

Brian James Dixon AM is a former AFL footballer and Victorian State Member of Parliament. Following the completion of his secondary school studies at...

Tasmania’s Indigenous People and the Impact of Colonisation

Suggestions of genocide put the colonisation of Australia in a harsh light. The issue arises most frequently in reference to the natives of Tasmania. When...

The Rangitoto Eruption: Birth of an Iconic Island

Rangitoto Island dominates the skyline north and east of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. A mere seven hundred years ago, Rangitoto did not exist. Scientists...

Kuranda Railway: From Pioneer Lifeline to Travel Experience

In April 1880, prospectors uncovered a rich vein of tin ore in a gully along the Wild River, inland from the coastal town of...

Early Australian Explorers – Hume and Hovell

Hamilton Hume and William Hovell earned their place in the history of Australia as the explorers who first made the journey southwards from Sydney...

Captain James Cook’s Pacific Exploration

Until the successes of Captain James Cook, the Pacific was very imperfectly known despite earlier voyages by men like Abel Tasman, employed by the...

Brian Dixon: Politics and Leadership

Having completed a Bachelor of Commerce and a Diploma of Education at Melbourne University, and all while still playing at the Melbourne Football Club,...

Easter Island Before the Europeans Arrived: The History of Rapa Nui Is Cloaked in...

The history of Easter Island before the Europeans first visited there is much like the land itself: remote, difficult, and mysterious. The article “Easter Island...

John McDouall Stuart’s Exploration into the Heart of Australia

Australia's inland exploration really began in 1813 when three pioneers, Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth, managed to find a path through the Blue Mountains west...