Reuters

Australian researchers lay bare bloody history of colonial massacres

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of aborigines are estimated to have been murdered in 500 massacres across Australia from European settlement in 1788 until the mid-20th century, researchers said on Friday ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

2 monuments symbolizing Australia’s colonial past damaged by protesters ahead of polarizing holiday

MELBOURNE, AustraliaMELBOURNE, Australia — Two monuments symbolizing Australia’s colonial past were damaged by protesters on Thursday ahead of an increasingly polarizing national holiday that marks ...
Fast Company

This poignant museum uses computer vision to reckon with the legacy of colonial Australia

The story of Australia usually begins in the late 18th century, when shiploads of imprisoned people from England began arriving as forced laborers to build the foundations of a new colony. For the ...
The Conversation

Distance, dispassion and the remaking of Australian History

Tim Rowse does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Conversation

Hidden women of history: the Australian children’s author who captured the bush – before May Gibbs’ Australiana empire

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...