Australians At War Australian Military History Overview These short chapters cover Australia's involvement in war from the time of the first settlement at Sydney Cove in the 18th Century to our peacekeeping roles under United Nations auspices and the Gulf War. This material has been prepared by the Military History Section at the Memorial. This Month In History Significant events in Australia's ...

This site celebrates the history and future of Australian Aviation. Hargrave, Duigan and their contemporaries through to the 21st century UAV Aerosonde ...

The Migration Heritage Centre (MHC) provides opportunities for people to tell of their achievements, their struggles for belonging, of cultural change, traditions and adaptation, reconciliation and celebrations of survival.

Convict creations seeks to explain the unusual culture of Australians by exploring their convict history ...

Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Title Page, Bicentenary study by distinguished Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering of development of technology over two hundred years.

Contents Activities FAQ Contact Me SITE CONTENTS A Discovery Site for Kids Have you ever wondered what drove men (and sometimes women) to abandon all social rights and privileges, take up arms against authority and earn a doubtful living by becoming Bushrangers Questions about the Bushrangers Check the Bushranger FAQ. Sign Guestbook View Guestbook Recommended electronic curriculum resource ...

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INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AT WAR This site is dedicated to all Indigenous Australians who have served Australia in war and peacetime. . . THE COLOURED DIGGER He came and joined the colours, when the War God's anvil rang, He took up modern weapons to replace his boomerang, He waited for no call-up, he didn't need a push, He came in from the stations, and the townships of the bush. He helped when ...

Australians at War, commemorating the service and sacrifice of Australia's veterans over the past 100 years.

National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame; Pioneering Women of Australia - exhibitions and history ...

Local Heroes, An Oral History of World War Two ...

Ausralia's first serious civil insurrection, Ballarat, Victoria, December 1854 ...

Twenty Victorians recollect their experiences serving Australia during times of peace and war through a series of recorded interviews.

Our House is an online publication on the Australian Heritage Directory website ...

CENTRAL BUREAU INTELLIGENCE Interception and cryptanalyzing of Japanese intelligence visits since 9 April 2000 Central Bureau was one of two Allied Sigint organisations in the South West Pacific area (SWPA). It was attached to the HQ of the Allied Commander of the South West Pacific area. The other unit was the joint RAN/USN Fleet Radio Unit, Melbourne (FRUMEL), which was subordinate to the ...

Newcastle Australia This website is best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+ viewed at 1024 x 768 Copyright Hyperlink Web Design webmaster@niha.hl.com.au This site has been visited times since the 25/8/00 ...

We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties. Beneath the starry flag of rebellion, that oath was taken by hundreds of gold diggers at Ballarat in 1854. The Eureka rebellion led by Peter Lalor was a short lived revolt against petty officialdom and although a military failure, led to political and personal benefits for many Australians.

Henry Ross, Canadian leader at the Eureka Stockade, Ballarat Victoria, Australia, 1854, shot ten minutes after arrest.

Arrests at Eureka Witnesses at the Eureka Trials Information provided by - Jenny Fawcett Visit her SHEEDY webpage. The following list of names is that of the men who were arrested during, and after, the insurrection held in the Eureka Stockade on 3rd December 1853. The information was supplied by a correspondent to the Argus newspaper who was writing about occurrences at Ballarat. The men ...

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An outline of the national legacy of Australia, the "myth" of Australian identity and our sacred symbol of patriotic struggle.

This is Part I of the story of the uprising called The Eureka Stockade on Ballarat goldfields in 1854. Part I describes what led up to it - Part II will be the actual event.

Homepage for Liz Rushen, historian and author. Scheme for female emigration from United Kindom to colonial Australia ...

Looks at the reasons for the end of Australia's traditional immigration policies; such as pressures from diplomats, trade ties, internationalists, and media manipulators.

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