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Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes. Mungo's Australian...

2023 was a year of consequence, at home and...

A historian like no other, John Hirst captured what...

Frank Arkell (1929-1998) was the most successful politician of...

Award-winning author Alecia Simmonds uncovers a hidden history of...

**Winner, 2023 Ernest Scott Prize ** **Winner, 2023 NSW...

A revelatory biography of Harold Holt, the prime minister...

**Shortlisted, NSW Premier's History Awards 2022, Australian History Prize...

A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's...

**Longlisted, Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2024** In...

The inside story of the 2023 Voice Referendum, from...

A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Busst. Known...

For the past nine years, the ABC has been...

** Winner, 2023 Ernest Scott Prize ** ** Winner,...

Paul Keating is widely credited as the chief architect...

Highly Commended in the 2022 NSW Premier's History Awards...

Most histories of Australia's Great War rush their readers...

*Winner of the 2021 Mark & Evette Moran Nib...

They don't make politicians like 'Jack' Brookfield anymore. From...

Most Australians live in cities and cling to the...

A fascinating biography of feminist political activist Beatrice Faust,...

Does history repeat itself in meaningful ways, or is...

A new history of protest told through quiet activism....

Australia is a land of symbols. The Southern Cross....