Australasia

Illustration by Rose Wilkinson

William Douglas: infamous bushranger, prize-fighter and reader of skulls

An emu stares into the camera

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)

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.

Cakobau: the first (and last) king of Fiji

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)

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

Female activism: 10 remarkable protests from around the world

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

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

Your guide to... transportation to Australia

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

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

Rutger Bregman. (Rutger Bregman (Photo by Maartje ter Horst)

Rutger Bregman’s optimistic history of the world

Postcards from the past competition

Postcards from the past: Aged between 6–13? Enter our exciting lockdown competition

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)

How the world made us