Australian History Finds

Whatever happened to the solid gold trowel presented to his Excellency Sir George F. Bowen, K.C.M.G., Governor of Victoria, when he laid the foundation stone for the Melbourne Exhibition Building on 19 February 1879? Now worth over $44,000…

The Women's Suffrage Petition signed by 30,000 women from Victoria inspired the fight for equal voting rights throughout Australia. This is a short story of the campaign with a focus on the women of Healesville who signed the petition,…