Michael J Murphy

In 1885, the NSW Colonial Government raised a contingent of troops to be sent to the Sudan as part of a larger British force. At the time, the departure of colonial troops to assist Britain was seen as a significant day in the colonies short history.

The Gundagai Flood of 1852 remains the deadliest flood in Australia's recorded history.

From the nineteenth century Australian writers and artists looked towards the Australian bush to help create a national identity.

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