Branded an outlaw and a resistance leader, Musquito has long been one of the most contested figures in Australia’s frontier history. In Edition 36 of Traces, Naomi Parry Duncan explores the events that led to his capture near Parramatta in 1805, and reflects on her own unexpected connection to Musquito’s story.
This is a sneak peek into edition 26 of Traces!
The history of the portraits on Australia’s banknotes is a somewhat complicated one.
Dame Enid Lyons and Dame Dorothy Tangney were the first women in Australia to be elected to parliament.
During World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill reached out to Australia for a very strange request. Churchill proclaimed that he wanted platypuses to be shipped over, and what followed was a bizarre and sad story of how one platypus was used to boost Britain’s political agenda.
By the early 20th century, Australia had some of the best working conditions in the world.
Australia’s very first royal visit was full of controversy, tragedy and huge crowds – both in support and in riot.
By Elisa and Anna Jakymin’It’s Ukraine, not The Ukraine.’ Following the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine’s declaration of independence in 1991 marked a turning point in a centuries-long and turbulent history fought for by our forefathers. Given that the prefix was used by Soviet Russians to refer to Ukraine as one of its own, its deletion reflected the formation of a fully-fledged sovereign country.
Dive into the history of the Parramatta Town Hall, a salmon-coloured building on the edge of Centenary Square located in the centre of Parramatta’s business district.
