Tag: Australia

• The Story Has Just Begun

  

  Expanding colonisation and denying the French a foothold in Australia was paramount.

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  May 24, 2023

  2023, Australia, Colonial History

  2023, Australia, Colonial, History, Melbourne, Victoria

• Must It Come to This?

  

  It seemed Europe was hellbent on bleeding itself dry.

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  May 12, 2023

  2023, Australia, Europe, war

  Europe, Australia, war, 2023, wwi

• A Sheep Or Two, A Kangaroo

  

  How can you have a name that’s as grisly as it is unimaginative?

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  May 1, 2023

  2023, Australia, Colonial History

  2023, Australia, Colonial, History, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

• Pulling a Holt

  

  It only took a few hours for the news to hit every corner of Australia: The PM had disappeared.

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  April 25, 2023

  2023, Australia, Misc., Politics

  2023, Australia, Politics, Prime Minister

• Australia’s Da Vinci

  

  But there was one glaring problem with this optimistic plan: David Unaipon was an Aboriginal.

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  April 18, 2023

  2023, Aboriginal Australia, Australia, Politics

  2023, Aboriginal, Australia, David, Politics, Unaipon

• That Sounds Like a Bit of Ostrich

  

  A man that looks like a boy riding an ostrich robbing and killing people in South Australia who disappeared alongside all his stolen goods? Sure…

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  April 10, 2023

  2023, Australia, Colonial History, Misc.

  2023, Australia, Birdman, Colonial, Coorong

• Apples to (Mandarin) Oranges

  

  While the country was novel, what the Chinese experienced there was anything but…

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  March 23, 2023

  2023, Australia, China, Colonial History

  2023, Australia, China, Colonial, Goldrush, History

• The Eureka Stockade: Legacy

  

  We must be careful to stick to the facts.

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  March 15, 2023

  2023, Australia, Colonial History, Misc., war

  2023, Australia, Colonial, Eureka Stockade, History

• To Swear on the Southern Cross

  

  The Eureka Stockade was a decisive defeat, but a stunning PR victory.

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  March 12, 2023

  2023, Australia, Colonial History, war

  2023, Australia, Colonial, Eureka Stockade, Goldrush, Victoria

• Not All That Glitters Is Gold…

  

  As precious as it was, gold was not without its problems.

  21stcenturyjacobsweg

  March 7, 2023

  2023, Australia, Colonial History, Uncategorized

  2023, Australia, Colonial, Goldrush, History