Australian history 'almost disappeared completely' from schools

Former Victorian Liberal Colleen Harkin says Australian history has declined dramatically as a standalone subject in schools.
Phys.org

Ancient mud reveals Australia's burning history over the past 130,000 years—and a way forward in current fire crisis

Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in half, according to our new study published in Science of fossil pollen trapped ...
The Conversation

The more you know: people with better understanding of Australia’s colonial history more likely to support moving Australia Day

There have been calls to change the date of Australia Day/Invasion Day since as far back as 1938. January 26 marks the day in 1788 when the First Fleet landed in Australia to establish the colony of ...
The Courier-Mail

Blackbirding: Dark map flips Australia’s history on its head

A dark 46-year chapter of Australia’s history in which 15,000 people died in conditions so horrific they were forced to eat putrid dugong meat and children were hanged on ships has been omitted from ...