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On the morning of 3 December 1854, colonial troopers attacked a group of civilian gold diggers who had thrown up a stockade in defiance and defence. The truth of what had occurred became obscured by partisans on both sides. This work recreates the story of Eureka and unravels its myths.

Captain James Cook and the discovery of Australia

This work tells the story of the first white native-born Australians and their struggle for recognition. Against the odds of contempt, landlessness, lack of education and the stain of convictism, they fought back and shaped Australia.

Luigi Sturzo was an old man of 81 when John Molony met him in Rome in 1952. It was just prior to his nomination as senator by the President... To Molony's intense surprise he knew more about Australia and its political system than he had anticipated or indeed dared to hope. Molony put to him the question 'Do you think a Catholic political party would have a future in Australia?' His negative reply was immediate, direct and decisive. He went on...