What were the Australian Wars and why is hist...

Bundespräsident Steinmeier wuerdigt verstorbene frühere Bundestagspräsidentin Rita Süssmuth / Österreichs Bundeskanzler Stocker plant Volksbefragung zur Wehrpflicht-Reform im Herbst / EU-Industriekommissar fordert „Made in Europe“-Strategie zum Schutz der europäischen Industrie / ...  Show more

The 114th Australian Open ended in Melbourne Park last night. With a total number of over 1.3 million visitors, a record was broken at this year's Happy Slam. The winner of the Men's Final, the Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz was able to break another record in tennis history. - Ge ...  Show more

How does a country go from its leader winning the Nobel Peace Prize to all-out war in just one year? That's the question surrounding Ethiopia, which has become embroiled in one of the deadliest wars of the 21st century. The U.S. has called it an ethnic cleansing campaign against ...  Show more

The Imperial Commonwealth: Australia and the Project of Empire, 1867-1914 (Manchester University Press, 2023) by Dr. Wm. Matthew Kennedy tells the story of how from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, Australian settler colonists mobilised their unique settler experiences to devel ...  Show more

Australian national ‘identity’ has long been contested, as has the narrative of the foundation of Australia. What does the history of Australian literature and theatre tell us about who we are, and how we have changed? Are we now ready to put the history and culture ‘wars’ behind ...  Show more

Looting has been a part of warfare since the earliest times. Despite the fact that looting was common for much of history, it was always recognized as an especially harmful and humiliating by-product of armed conflict. By the late 19th century, the looting of sacred objects and c ...  Show more