Tag: 19th Century
Pushed to the edge: doco reveals Tasmania's cannibal past
A Tasmanian documentary released this week sheds light on a grotesque chapter in the state's history.[MORE]
Trekkers follow in cannibal convict footsteps
A group of bushwalkers has set out on a 20-day adventure, retracing the steps of the infamous cannibal convict Alexander Pearce.[MORE]
Fleet Steps chipped in vandal attack
Police say vandals have caused around $500,000 worth of damage to the heritage listed Fleet Steps in Sydney's Domain.[MORE]
Heritage listing for Adelaide parklands
Adelaide's ring of city parklands are to be included on the National Heritage List.[MORE]
Festival celebrates Australia's bush culture
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The Gundaroo Bush Festival boasts billycart races, pie fights and dog high-jumping.[MORE]
Key evidence discovered into doomed Arctic trip
Canadian researchers say they have found some key evidence in the Arctic linked to the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin in 1845.[MORE]
Italy returns long lost Parthenon fragment to Greece
Italy has returned to Greece "the Palermo fragment", a marble piece of Athens's Parthenon missing for nearly 200 years.[MORE]
Burke and Wills pocket watch sells at auction
The pocket watch of Australian explorer William Wills has sold at auction in Sydney tonight for $122,000. [MORE]
Rich history in railyard dig
Remnants of the home of Tasmania's richest man in the 1820s have been discovered in an archaeological dig on Hobart's waterfront.[MORE]
New life for colonial post office
A slice of Tasmania's colonial heritage is being restored for public display.[MORE]
Old boat given new lease on life
What is thought to be Australia's oldest boat is being restored in an apple shed in the Huon Valley in southern Tasmania.[MORE]
Historic dig begins for Macarthur's hut
An archaeological dig is underway at the birthplace of Australian agriculture at Camden in Sydney's south-west.[MORE]
Recast Stuart statue unveiled in Darwin
A statue which survived Cyclone Tracy but was shattered by vandals two years ago has been restored and unveiled today in Darwin's Raintree Park.[MORE]
Polly Woodside moves to new temporary home
The historic tall ship Polly Woodside floated down the Yarra today for the first time in 33 years as it moves to a new, temporary home.[MORE]
Fruit-picking history on show
The owners of the last known collection of fruit pickers' huts in Tasmania are turning them into a tourist attraction.[MORE]
Tall ship on the move
Melbourne's iconic tall ship has been moved for the first time in 33 years as it's home, Duke's Dry Dock is refurbished.[MORE]
Dimmey's store recommended for heritage listing
Richmond's Dimmey's store has been recommended for listing on the Victorian Heritage Register.[MORE]
Heritage property owners urged to apply for grants
Tasmania's Heritage Council is again encouraging owners of heritage-listed properties to apply for grants for urgent restoration works.[MORE]
Facelift for Port Arthur attraction
One of Australia's most historically-significant prisons has undergone a $1.3 million restoration.[MORE]
Qld student to follow in Burke and Wills' footsteps
A Queensland history student says he is preparing to be the first person to walk from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria since the explorers Burke and Wills. [MORE]
Irish Ned Kelly monument planned
A run-down cottage is Ireland is being restored as a monument to the family of Ned Kelly,[MORE]
Burke and Wills tree comes back from the brink
Arborists are confident the Southern Hemisphere's biggest moreton bay fig tree is returning to health.[MORE]
Burke and Wills tree bounces back
Experts are confident the Southern Hemisphere's biggest Moreton Bay Fig tree is on the road to recovery.[MORE]
Stokes's gifts to nation get official unveiling
A VC awarded to a victim of the Vietnam conflict has its official unveiling in Adelaide today.[MORE]
Pioneer photographer 'shows birth of modern Australia'
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Images by 19th century photographer Charles Bayliss are on display at the National Library.[MORE]
