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History is typically told from the winner’s perspective. In the case of Europe’s many different languages, it turns out that history is generally spoken in the winner’s language as well.
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In June, councillors in Perth’s City of Stirling decided not to change the name of their municipality, despite former Western Australian governor James Stirling’s leading role in the 1834 Pinjarra massacre.
The story of the shortest war in history begins with a treaty between colonial powers. In 1890, Britain and Germany signed the Heligoland-Zanzibar treaty which secured spheres of influence in East Africa. Germany was given control of mainland Tanzania, while Zanzibar fell under British control.
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TOM PETRIE’S REMINISCENCES OF EARLY QUEENSLAND (DATING FROM 1837). RECORDED BY HIS DAUGHTER...
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THE IMPACTS OF CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION: HOW THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY CHANGED THE WORLD Reading...
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Reading time: 8 minutes In 1821, a seemingly ordinary man deceived banks, investors, the general...
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GREAT EPOCHS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLUME II – AUDIOBOOK By Francis Whiting Halsey (1851...
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Reading time: 13 minutes It’s 50 years since the anthropologist W.E.H. Stanner gave...
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Reading time: 7 minutes At a public meeting in Hobart in the late 1830s, Solicitor-General Alfred...
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Reading time: 6 minutes The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons received its 50th...
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THE MAKING OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (A.D. 1714-1832) – AUDIOBOOK By Arthur Hassall (1853...
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Reading time: 6 minutes Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Winston Churchill arrives at...
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