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Australasia

An emu stares into the camera
20th Century

Q&A What was the Emu War?

Richard Broome explores the experiences of Aboriginal Australians after the arrival of white settlers in the 1780s. (Image by Getty Images)
Victorian

Aboriginal Australians: a modern history

Black and white image of a group of five men sat on the floor in a room in Fiji. One of them is pointing at another with a serious expression on his face.
Victorian

Cakobau: the first (and last) king of Fiji

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Meg Foster discusses the bandits that lived outside the law in Australia’s bush – from Ned Kelly to surprising lesser-known figures. (Image by Getty Images)
General Modern

Australian bushrangers: folk heroes or common criminals?

Troops pictured during the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War
First World War

Gallipoli: 5 reasons why the First World War campaign was a failure

Police lead away a suffragettes, arrested for chaining herself to the railings of Buckingham Palace
General Modern

Female activism: 10 remarkable protests from around the world

Diana, Princess of Wales, played by Emma Corrin in Netflix's 'The Crown'
20th Century

The Crown S4 E6 real history: Charles and Diana’s 1983 royal tour of Australia & the start of ‘Dianamania’

Early 19th-century engraving of a convict ship, ready to sail from England to Austrailia
Georgian

Your guide to... transportation to Australia

Prospectors pan for gold in Siberia during the 19th century.
Victorian

Where did the major gold rushes of the 19th century happen? And why were people so keen to join the gold rush?

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General Modern

Rutger Bregman’s optimistic history of the world

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General Modern

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View of the Norse Buildings, L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland. (Photo by Alamy)
General prehistory

Medieval globetrotters

APRIL 1942:  B-17 bombers make their way to England to aid the British in World War II in April 1942. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images )
Second World War

Second World War podcast episodes

Tectonic foliation in metamorphic rocks at Porthleven, Cornwall. (Photo by Getty Images)
General Modern

How the world made us

Painting of Bligh and those loyal to him being cast adrift from the Bounty in a small boat
Georgian

Mutiny on the Bounty: the incredible tale of how castaway captain William Bligh made it back to England

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