The Political Landscape of New South Wales in the Late 1820s In December 1827, John Macarthur, a key figure in […]
The Arrival of a Military Governor On the morning of 20 December 1825, a grand procession made its way to […]
The Contradictory Origins of a Colonial Titan William Charles Wentworth’s arrival in Sydney in July 1824 marked the return of […]
The Making of Two Colonial Titans In August 1822, Reverend Samuel Marsden—principal chaplain of New South Wales—sat in his Parramatta […]
A Society in Moral Crisis The decade between 1820 and 1830 in Britain was marked by profound social decay, economic […]
The Rise and Challenges of Governor Macquarie When Lachlan Macquarie arrived in London in July 1822, he was a man […]
The Rise and Fall of a Governor’s Dream When Commissioner John Thomas Bigge arrived in New South Wales in 1819, […]
The Making of a Colonial Reformer Lachlan Macquarie’s appointment as Governor of New South Wales in 1810 marked a turning […]
The Foundations of a Penal Colony When Captain Arthur Phillip arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788, he established the […]
The Arrival of a Controversial Governor On 8 August 1806, Sydney Cove erupted in celebration as William Bligh, the newly […]
The Birth of Two Societies in New South Wales By the early 19th century, New South Wales had begun to […]
The Foundations of a Penal Colony The establishment of New South Wales as a British penal colony in 1788 marked […]
A Penal Colony on the Edge of the World In February 1788, a precarious experiment in British imperial ambition began […]
The Origins of British Transportation to Australia In January 1788, the First Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove, marking the beginning […]
The Origins of the Botany Bay Expedition In the late 18th century, Britain faced a pressing problem: overcrowded prisons and […]
The Myth and Reality of Terra Australis Long before Captain James Cook’s voyages, European imaginations were captivated by the idea […]
The Heliocentric Revolution and the Crisis of Faith By the late 17th century, the heliocentric theory of the universe had […]
The Protestant-Catholic Rivalry in Early Exploration The 16th and 17th centuries marked a period of intense rivalry between Catholic and […]
The Ancient Peoples of Australia Long before European ships appeared on the horizon, Australia was home to diverse Indigenous groups […]
