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Major new museum show unshackles convict stories from myth

The exhibition spotlights freedom fighters among Australia’s early convicts to reframe well-worn narratives around their fates as dispossessed victims. Instead, it argues their organised actions helped shape the nation’s democracy.

Happy Belated Australia Day!

Last Friday (Jan. 26) was Australia Day. Were you there? Neither was I, but I wish I was. It’s special in the fabled “Land Down Under” for two reasons.

Australia has had some biocontrols go awry, but plenty others were successful

When biocontrol is done well, it's the most powerful tool we have to control pests. Here are a few times that biocontrol has helped Australia's economy and environment.

Inside $500 million family feud between descendants of Australia's richest pioneer John Macarthur

William Bligh | English admiral

William Bligh, (born September 9, 1754, probably at Plymouth, county of Devon, England died December 7, 1817, London), English navigator, explorer, and commander of the HMS Bounty at the time of the celebrated mutiny on that ship. The son of a customs officer, Bligh joined the Royal Navy in 1770. After six years as a midshipman, he was promoted to sailing master of the Resolution and served under James Cook on the great captain’s third and final voyage to the South Seas (1776–79). After returning to England, he married Elizabeth Betham, with whom he had four daughters and twin sons (the

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26 January 1808: Australia's Rum Rebellion

On this day in 1808 the New South Wales Corps (NSWC) led by Major George Johnson carried out the only forceful takeover of power in Australian history. The revolt is popularly known as the Rum Rebellion, because the illicit trade in alcohol and spirits was one of the main causes of the coup d’état.  At the time, Australia had only recently been discovered by Europeans and was home to both convicts and free settlers, who moved to the new lands in search of a fortune. One of those people was former British army office, John Macarthur, whose business interests including farming, livestock and liquor.