Colonial australia

Australia was a collection of British colonies from 1788 until 1901. The first colonies were established as places where criminals were sent to live and work. These were…

Photos taken with the first secret handheld camera go on display this Saturday at the State Library giving Sydneysiders a rare opportunity to see what life looked like in the 1800's.

Captain James Cook discovered the East Coast of Australia in 1770, but the last sighting of the ship is thought to be in 1778

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'The Convict Ship', c1820. Artist: Henry Adlard Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

Original artworks depicting 19th century colonial Australia have been found in a cupboard in Canada.

North Bundaleer Homestead, Clare Valley,South Australia, late April 2013. The subtle signs were there: an absence of traffic lights, long stretches of charcoal grey bitumen almost empty of cars save the odd 4WD or ute*, paddocks dotted with muscular looking cows and grazing sheep, rusty old windmills turning slowly in fields shimmering gold in the afternoon sun. But the real indication we were in country Australia, and the source of much amusement and childish giggles between us, was the…

An Australian Swagman using a hollow gum tree as a campsite (c. 1880

This Toowong colonial was built in the 1860s and is an example of why we should honour this old, historical homes and do everything we can to protect them.

First impressions of a new land by First Fleet artist George Raper, who arrived on HMS Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, at Port Jackson in January 1788