Two-time winner of both the Archibald Prize for Portraiture and the Wynne Prize for Landscape Painting, Australian painter William Robinson is still able to amaze many with his beautiful portrayals of the Australian landscapes. In 1976 his work fetched the then flattering price of seven hundred doll...

The Royal Melbourne Botanic Garden (RMBG) was established in the 1840's, just six years after Melbourne was founded. Its century-old trees were once famous for lining lakes and grasslands, acting as a magnificent sanctuary in the midst of a busy city, for all to enjoy. Today, the gardens are...

Town life in Australia Houses There are three periods in the growth of housing development; the first stage is the Log-hut. Thus also known as the 'weatherboard cottage', and eventually is taken over by the second and third stage brick and stucco. The log-hut stage is well past its...

The Eureka Stockade, which took place on Ballarat in 1854, can be seen as speeding up the process of democracy and self-government, but it cannot be classed as a turning point in Australia's history. The colonies were already on the track of democracy when the Eureka Stockade took p...