Australia Day – 2022

In 2022, the 26th of January falls on a Wednesday. When the First Fleet sailed into Port Jackson 234 years ago, fell on a Saturday. No-one was resting. Charles Darwin visited the colony in 1836 and was struck by its dynamism. Like being home, on the other side of the...
New Victorian Electorate – William Watt

New Victorian Electorate – William Watt

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is about to establish a new Commonwealth electoral division in Victoria. Friends of the BAC, The English-Speaking Union has proposed that this new electorate be named in recognition of William Alexander Watt (Submission S58),...
New Britannia

New Britannia

The rise and decline of Anglo-Australia This is a free preview of New Britannia, a book by Alan James © Alan James, 2013 Robert Hughes was a leading international art critic, born in Australia in 1938. As a critic he was noted for both his original vision and his...