The discovery of gold at Ballarat in 1851 sparked Victoria’s famous gold rush of the 1850s. This led to the...
Australia
Norfolk Island is tiny, both in size and population. It is an Australian territory hundreds of miles from the mainland,...
Located within a sheltered bay on the coast of Western Australia, theb Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve appears at first...
In the sleepy suburb of Glenside, Adelaide, South Australia, rests a building long abandoned and protected from trespassers by a...
The frigate Madagascar left Melbourne for London on this day, August 12, 1853 with more than 150 passengers and its...
While many Australians and New Zealanders love this vintage candy for nostalgic reasons, others detest its shocking perfume flavor. In...
The little Australian village of Mullumbimby is one of the last places on Earth you would expect to find a...
Back in the the 1770s and 1780s, living conditions in the United Kingdom were literally catastrophic. The Industrial Revolution meant...
In Queensland, Australia, lies an old castle built by a Spanish immigrant that, for a while, had one problem after...
Arthur Orton, who became known as the Tichborne Claimant, was found guilty of perjury on this day, February 28, 1874,...
A dessert called White Christmas is an Australian holiday classic. It’s easy to make and a delicious kid’s treat (but...
Outside Sydney’s Mitchell Library stands a statue of Matthew Flinders, the celebrated English navigator and cartographer who helped map Australia,...
Port Arthur is a small town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, Australia. Port Arthur is one of...
Once cargo freighter and now a floating forest, the SS Ayrfield is a beautifully broken-down wreck, locked in Australia’s Homebush...
Mount Barker council in Adelaide, Australia, says it will curb “delinquent” behaviour by the region’s cats and they need to...
Nestled in a valley on top of a hill there are the suggestive ruins of a 19th-century plant nursery. Founded...
Lost in the vast land of outback South Australia, 650 kilometres (400 miles) to the north of Adelaide on the...
Here we are: Australia is home to more than 200 magnificent species of frogs, including one really delicious, comprised almost...
On 1 December 1948 at 6:30 am, the body of an unidentified man was man was discovered on Somerton beach...
People passing through Adelaide’s Rundle Mall, Australia, may be perplexed to see four pigs hogging the pedestrian walkway. From the...
Graveyard mystery haunts a town after teddy bears keep being left next to the tombstone of a two-year-old boy who...
After a hard shift on June 13, 1895 coal miner Robert Hales was walking home through the relatively short 80m...
