As new agricultural areas opened across Australia, wheat became our primary crop and eventually an export commodity.

Australia’s first truth-telling inquiry finds British committed genocide of Indigenous people - Yoorrook Justice Commission ...

Australia's first frontier : the spread of settlement in New South Wales, 1788-1829. -- by Perry, T. M. (Thomas Melville), 1927- Publication date 1963 Topics Land settlement -- Australia, Australia -- ...

Amid a debate surrounding the Black Lives Matter protests in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the colony of NSW was founded on the basis there would be no slavery.

During the 18th century, England sought out remote locations to house prisoners as a solution to its overcrowded jails. In ...

Tony Abbott has authored a new history of Australia, from the uncertain convict settlement of 1788 to the prosperous, fair and free nation that it is today, shaped by Indigenous, British and ...

The Kerala High Court has allowed a convict seven days parole to spend a few days who is preparing to get admission for his higher education. Allowing the petition filed by the wife of a convict ...

Jury convicts Harvey Weinstein of top charge in split verdict at #MeToo sex crimes retrial BY Associated Press Manhattan UPDATED 4:40 PM ET Jun. 11, 2025 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but acquitted of another, and jurors were as yet unable to reach a ...

Justice PV Kunhikrishnan opined that while convicts lose some of the rights ordinarily available to citizens, they still have the right as a parent to ensure that their children get a good education. ...

The government suspended Upuldeniya following reports the convict’s name was smuggled into a list of nearly 400 minor offenders who were granted a presidential amnesty last month.