South Pacific History
All contributors in South Pacific History
Australia's Role in the Abdication Crisis
By: Carolyn M Cash
The Australian Government also insisted Edward VIII abdicated rather than marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. more...
Native Timber Logging in NZ's Pureora Forest
By: Sarah Curtis
Native logging in New Zealand's Pureora Forest ceased in the 1970s, with timber companies exiting amid public protests and near exhausted stands of merchantable trees. more...
By: Carolyn M Cash
Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, ordered a bombardment of the Dardanelles in October 1914 - a month before the Ottoman Empire formally entered the war. more...
Edmund Barton Australia's First Prime Minister
By: Craig Hill
Edmund Barton helped write the Australan Constitution before Ferderation, administered it as Prime Minister, and interpreted it as a High Court judge. more...
Nancy Bird Walton Australian Aviator
By: Craig Hill
A love of life above the clouds took Nancy Bird Walton around the world, fulfilling dreams that began in childhood. more...
Book Review – Churchill and Australia
By: Carolyn M Cash
Winston Churchill's relationship with Australia was a troubled one from 1909, as a junior minister, to bitter disputes regarding Australian troops during World War II. more...
Gum Digging: Romantic History or Living Hell?
By: Brenda Ann Burke
Like gold miners in Alaska, the men who harvested kauri gum were renowned for their ruggedness. But their independent life was a hard one. more...
Lessons in Surviving Recession
By: Brenda Ann Burke
In economic downturn, history shows that government intervention may not be as important as personal initiative and the help of others in the community. more...
By: Carolyn M Cash
Prime Minister Curtin believed appointing a member of the royal family would improve chances Britain maintained its commitment to Australia's defence during World War II. more...
Sugar Cane Expedition to Papua New Guinea, 1929
In: South Pacific History (general)
By: Marie Brannon
Dr. E.W. Brandes and his team ventured into unexplored jungles of New Guinea in 1929 on an expedition to find new disease-resistant varieties of sugar cane. more...
By: Carolyn M Cash
The Bombing of Darwin was the largest attack against Australia by a foreign power, and the worst wartime disaster. It became known as Australia's Pearl Harbour. more...
Narrabri's Australia Telescope Compact Array
By: Carolyn M Cash
The Australia Telescope Compact Array at Narrabri is the first millimetre-wave interferometer in the Southern Hemisphere. It celebrated 20 years with an Open Day in 2008. more...
By: Carolyn M Cash
The Parkes Radio Telescope celebrates the 40th anniversary of the moon landing on 21 July 1969. more...
Bribie Island, QLD, Australia - Local History
By: James Parsons
Bribie Island was a fertile home to the Gubbi Gubbi Aboriginal people until European settlement in the 1860s. Today, Bribie is a Brisbane island tourist playground. more...
