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BBC News Published image captionMr Morrison said it would be "interesting" to go back to Cornwall Australias prime minister has spoken about one of the darker moments of his ancestry, as he prepares to attend the G7 summit in the UK. Scott Morrison said his great grandfather was on one of the first transport ships to arrive in Australia, after being convicted of stealing yarn. William Roberts was from Cornwall, the English county where the summit is taking place this weekend. Australia has been...

Scott Morrison says his ancestor from the UK county hosting the G7 was sent to Australia for stealing.

Picture this. An invasion of billions of mice terrorising households, climbing up curtains, swarming onto beds and biting people as they sleep, running amok in supermarkets and hospitals and contaminating drinking water. It’s the stuff of nightmares. But far from being a ghoulish product of the imagination, this is the reality in 21st-century Australia, where a rodent plague of Biblical proportions is devastating food supplies and inflicting misery and hardship. In one case, a woman’s house...

Driving the Nashville Freedom Riders to Mississippi While driving for Trailways, his family said one of his greatest accomplishments was driving in 1961 a group of Freedom Riders from A & I (Fisk) University in Nashville to Jackson, Mississippi.  All drivers turned down the job except Ruth who was 23 at the time. "Ruth was willing to aid in the cause for freedom and justice at all cost," his family said. In speaking later about his decision to transport the student activists, he said he mad...

Desmond Bellamy, PETA Australia, Byron Bay There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth from politicians about PETA’s very reasonable observation that the ‘mouse plague’ is a complex and long-term problem that should be addressed through systematic strategies to introduce methods of breeding control. Dropping poisons, which will be picked up by native animals, dogs and possibly human children and will end up in water supplies is a myopic and fatuous way to make it look like somethin...

Many brewers credit one man more responsible for Australias modern craft beer movement than anyone else – Dr Charles "Chuck" Hahn, who ...

NRL players will wear boots and jerseys with a special meaning during Indigenous Round. These are the stories behind every design.

Written by Darryn Capes-Davis on 25 May 2021 Parramatta artefacts dating back to the First Fleet are being digitised with 3D technology and showcased online as part of City of Parramatta Council’s new partnership with Macquarie University. From a rusted axe found at the site of two convict huts to a clay cup traced back to 1790, more than 30 items from the  Parramatta Heritage and Visitor Information Centre’s cultural collection will be seen by a global aud...

From street art, to sky-high light projections and even an over-the-water light walk - the official lineup for Sydneys iconic Vivid festival has been unveiled with Australias Indigenous culture set to take centre stage in the festivals return. With just over 10 weeks to go until the event kicks off on August 6, organisers have given attendees a sneak peek into the more than 200 events set to take place across the city. "Vivid Sydney is all about pushing boundaries and transporting festival-goer...

INTERACTIVE 3D IMAGING: A partnership between Macquarie University and Parramatta City Council is using cutting-edge digital techniques to showcase...