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Michael Murphy

Jun 95 min

Compulsory voting in Australia

Compulsory voting divides opinion; does it promote, or restrict an individuals rights? It has proven successful in Australia.

Michael Murphy

Mar 36 min

Anzac Day: A Commemoration

Anzac Day is commemorative day that is attended in ever-increasing numbers.

Georgia Murphy

Jan 48 min

Exile and Punishment: A Brief History of the Moreton Bay Penal Colony

Moreton Bay penal colony (1824-1939) was designed to alienate and punish convicts.

Michael Murphy

Dec 17, 20235 min

Executed for the most heinous of crimes: Myall Creek Murderers hanged 18 December, 1838.

(Warning this blog may contain names and voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders). On 18 December 1838, seven men were...

Michael Murphy

Dec 2, 20235 min

Eureka Stockade: beginning of Australian democracy, or localised riot?

At dawn on 3 December 1854 government soldiers stormed a barricade erected at Ballarat by miners of the Victorian goldfields. In a very...

Michael Murphy

Nov 19, 20237 min

A Living Hell: Surgeon Superintendents Changed Convict Transportation to Australia.

The decision by the British Government in 1786 to establish a convict settlement in New South Wales initiated a series of voyages that...

Michael Murphy

Nov 12, 20239 min

The Second World War and Australian National Identity

Australia’s memory of World War II has played a large role in the nations sense of identity. After 3 September 1939, Australia was once...

Michael Murphy

Nov 9, 20232 min

Remembrance Day, 2023

Remembrance Day has its own unique place on the calendar. It is a time to quietly pay tribute to those who have died or suffered serving...

Michael Murphy

Nov 8, 20231 min

Welcome to my blog

Welcome to my new blog that will focus on Australian history and world events that are directly linked to it. I hope it will be a...

Michael J Murphy