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Australians in the Mediterranean during WW2

The History of Food Delivery 

The History of Food Delivery 

Sep 19, 2022

Reading time: 7 minutes
From Ancient Rome to Uber Eats, food delivery has a long history.
Fast food has its roots in Ancient culture. No matter the century, human nature seems to crave convenient, easy access to food prepared and sold by others. In 1911, historians found evidence of one of these ‘fast food’ restaurants in Pompeii. Called a ‘thermopolium,’ these establishments were specifically designed to provide refreshments and hot, prepared food for the working class.

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Military History

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How the Thirty Years War Affected Germany

How the Thirty Years War Affected Germany

Sep 7, 2022

Reading time: 4 minutes The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) was a brutal conflict that saw most major European powers use Germany as a battleground to sort out their assorted dynastic, religious, economic and territorial issues. The toll this took on the country was massive, and reverberated for long after; let’s take a look at some of the damage it did.

Political and Economic History

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The Moon Landing, Before the First Steps

The Moon Landing, Before the First Steps

Aug 29, 2022

Reading time: 10 minutes “We choose to go to the moon in this decade, and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”  President JFK’s inspiring words sparked the race to the moon.

Social and Cultural History

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The colonial origins of scientific forestry in Britain

The colonial origins of scientific forestry in Britain

Aug 31, 2022

Reading time: 27 minutes Around 1850 Britain had no forestry service and there was no formal training of foresters. Forestry was still practised in the context of estates mainly owned by the aristocracy and managed by foresters who had learned the traditional management techniques under an apprentice system from their predecessors. British forestry was fragmented, not formalised, and far from centralised during the entire 19th century.

History Audiobooks

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World – Audiobook

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World – Audiobook

On his first journey Cook mapped the east coast of Australia, on his second the British Admiralty sent him into the vast Southern Ocean. Equipped with one of the first accurate chronometers, Cook pushed his small vessel not merely into the Roaring Forties or the Furious Fifties but become the first explorer to penetrate the Antarctic Circle, reaching an incredible Latitude 71 degrees South, just failing to discover Antarctica.

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