A Brief History of the Australian Flag Many Australians think that the flag we have has been the same since 1901. While the flag has undergone several physical changes, it has had many changes with regard to usage. People are surprised when they find out that the Blue Flag that everyone is so familiar with…

A Brief History of European Australia Able Tasman Before the British arrived in the East, in 1642-43, Abel Tasman sailed East from Mauritius utilising the Roaring Forties into the Southern the Indian Ocean and onto the Great Southern Ocean. He was the first European to sight the west coast of Tasmania which he named Van Dieman’s…

Long before white fella arrived, the indigenous people, now known as Australian Aborigines and Torres Straight Islanders occupied the entire continent and Tasmania. It is estimated they arrived some 40,000-60,000 years ago. (To put that into perspective, white fella first colonised the east coast in 1788.) Mungo Man and other remains have been found at the dried…