48 hours in Newcastle Jul 27, 2015 • 5 min read For many years the Australian port city of Newcastle, a two-hour drive north of Sydney, has been on the brink of big things. Coal, steel and timber was… in partnership with getyourguide ...
(and your wallet) full. Head to this steak house in the cool-kid area of Hannam-dong. Throughout your dinner, you’re practically flanked by case after case of dry-aged beef, from Australian Wagyu to Korean hanwoo (indigenous beef coveted for its high marbling), which the chefs then ...
To many South Africans ‘VJ’ day – Victory over Japan celebrations – the official end of the 2nd World War is seen as American, Australian and British endeavour and not really a South African one – but they could not be more wrong. Little do they know that South Africa had official ...
Lofty Lance was providing gunship, ammunition resupply and casualty evacuation support for Bravo Company of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and Centurion tanks of the 1st Armoured Regiment, who were involved in an attack on a Vietnamese enemy bunker system in Long Khanh province as p...
On 1 September 1836,Swallowwas put up for sale at Plymouth by order of the Admiralty. Seven days later, it sold for £1,000 to a “Mr. Wheeler” (Naval & Military Gazette1836b:3). This was almost certainly Edmund John Wheeler, the manager of the South Australian Company, a British...
Lithuanian exhibits at Adelaide Migration Museum South Australia is the sole Australian state to have been settled only by free migrants rather than convicts. In the 19th century already people of many nationalities were attracted to Adelaide area by a promise for a religious freedom (which the Eur...
Another landmark is the ANZAC Walk, a memorial established to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing in Gallipoli to participate inWorld War I. This coincided with the start of the steel business in Newcastle. Thus, the ANZAC Walk is made from ...
Meanwhile, Washington and Manila held a slew of joint military drills near the waters of the South China Sea. The scale of their war games kept increasing while the weapons used by their servicemen became increasingly sophisticated. In April, thousands of U.S., Philippine and Australian troops ...
Australian National University Canberra, ACT, Australia Author of With Intent to Destroy: Reflecting on Genocide (Verso, 2003) colintatz@gmail.com Dr. Eric Reeves Professor Smith College Northampton, MA Compromising With Evil: An Archival History of Greater Sudan, 2007-2012 (e-book; October 2012...
Though Foster's Lager is an Australian brand, it is actually brewed in the U.K. and is much more popular there than in its home country. Still, the 2014 redesign of the can added a crest and reinforced the beer's ties to Melbourne. Logo #21 Target Corporation // WIkimedia Commons Lo...