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Pages bring settlers' hardships to life

22 February 2010

First Lieutenant Ralph Clark was a newlywed who left behind his wife and young son to travel with the First Fleet brig Friendship in 1789. He took the voyage with hopes of gaining a promotion but instead went mad with loneliness... read full story

Tamil boat people fleeing 'genocide'

15 October 2009

MERAK, BANTEN: Distraught Sri Lankan asylum seekers said they were fleeing "genocide" against ethnic Tamils in their country, and expressed shock that the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, had personally intervened to interrupt their journey to Australian shores... read full story

Rudd pledges to visit India this year

8 August 2009

THE Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has promised to visit India this year after meeting the Indian Foreign Minister, S. M. Krishna, who described the recent violence against students in Australia as a "small irritation" that would not harm relations... read full story

Veterans remember the day that war came to Australia

3 July 2009

GORDON KING remembers exactly where he was on September 3, 1939 when the prime minister, Robert Menzies, announced Australia was at war... read full story

Blue Skies

7 December 2008

Brett Ratten can't believe his "good fortune" in arriving at a battered Carlton during a time of great change, and the club has a distinct navy blue feel about it once more, writes Caroline Wilson.. read full story

Highlights

18 November 2008

NAVY DIVERS ABC1, 8pm IN this final episode, the hopeful clearance divers are deployed to a remote tropical island off the Queensland coast where they must complete the final phase of their training. The "fun" part... read full story

Navy Chief Torpedoes Howard

15 November 2008

THE nation's former top military officer, Admiral Chris Barrie, has cast fresh doubt on the Howard government's integrity by revealing he had a "testy conversation" with Peter Reith over photos the then defence minister used to back claims that refugees had thrown their children overboard... read full story

A Very Resourceful Fellow

11 November 2008

A former navy fitter is on a fast track to success, and his growing workforce is sharing in the good fortune... read full story

Resources Boss Sought To Develop Queensland Oil

30 October 2008

IAN McFARLANE 1923-2008 AS A YOUNG man unsure of his career path, Ian McFarlane asked his professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for advice about a job offer. When the professor offered to swap jobs with him, the Australian knew he was on the right path... read full story