Kenneth McIntyre first suggested in 1977 that the stone ruins at Bittangabee Bay, in Ben Boyd National Park near Eden on the south coast of New South Wales, were of Portuguese origin.The ruins are the ...
Development of the theory in the 19th century Although Alexander Dalrymple wrote on this topic in 1786, it was R. H. Major, Keeper of Maps at the British Museum who first made significant efforts to p ...
In 2003 Australian historian Stuart Macintyre published The History Wars, written with Anna Clark. This was a study of the background of, and arguments surrounding, recent developments in Australian h ...
The arrival of smallpox in Australia is of uncertain origin and is a major theme in the history wars. The lack of immunity among Aboriginal Australians to this introduced disease saw it inflict a deva ...
In 1968 Professor W. E. H. "Bill" Stanner, an Australian anthropologist, coined the term the "Great Australian Silence" in a Boyer Lecture entitled "After the Dreaming", where he argued that the writi ...
In response to his critics, Windschuttle comments that they are "selective" in their critique, "politicised" in their judgment and do not address the "major charges" against the historians whom he cri ...
After education at Canterbury Boys' High School (where he was a contemporary of former Liberal Australian prime minister John Howard), Windschuttle was a journalist on newspapers and magazines in Sydn ...
The Commission falls under the portfolio of the Attorney-General of Australia.Commission Presidents The following individuals have been appointed as President of the Human Rights Commission, and its p ...
The Leader of the Opposition Brendan Nelson then also delivered a 20-minute speech, which while apparently endorsing the apology, appeared to include a significant qualification. In his speech Nelson ...
Emergence of the child removal policyOne view suggests that the motivation and purpose of the laws providing for the removal of Aboriginal children from their parents was child protection, with govern ...
Main article: Gurindji strikeWave Hill Cattle Station is located approximately 600 km south of Darwin in the Northern Territory. From the late nineteenth century it was run by the British pastoral com ...
Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer KCMG (23 June 1860 – 14 July 1929) was an English-Australian biologist and anthropologist.Life and career Baldwin was born in Stretford, Lancashire. His father, Reuben Spen ...
Kennedy was educated at Elizabeth College Guernsey, and expressed an early interest in surveying. In 1837 he went to Rio de Janeiro, returning to England in 1838 when the business house in which he wo ...
As a young man, Galmahra seems to have grown up and lived near Muswellbrook, New South Wales, most likely as a member of the local Australian Aboriginal nation: the Wonnarua.In April 1848, still a you ...
Charles Stone, Monday, 22 April 1861 at Koorliatto Waterhole, Bulloo River.William Purcell, Tuesday, 23 April 1861 at Koorliatto Waterhole, Bulloo River.Dr Ludwig Becker, Monday, 29 April 1861 at Koor ...
