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Tweet Whenever the Boer War is mentioned, the first thing many Australians think about is the 27 February 1902 execution by firing squad of Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock. 110 years after his execution, there is a move to have...
Tweet TOP 10 IA STORIES OF 2011 This February republishing of a 2003 speech by distinguished judge (the now late) John Harber Phillips about whether or not Ned Kelly had been planning to establish an independent republic in Victoria was hugely...
TweetIn a stunning Independent Australia exclusive, Brad Webb from Iron Outlaw looks at the history and discusses the implications surrounding the identification of Ned Kelly’s headless skeleton last week — then reveals the whereabouts of...
Tweet In March 2010, one of Sidney Nolan’s famous paintings from his early Ned Kelly series, First-Class Marksman (1946), sold for $5.4 million, making it the most expensive Australian artwork ever sold at auction. In 2001 Australian novelist...
Tweet Ned Kelly is said by some to have been gathering supporters to create a Republic of North-East Victoria. Is this true or is it just another myth that has grown up around the famous outlaw? The late Hon John Harber Phillips AC, QC In this...
TweetDavid McKenna Ireland has a long history of republican struggle. David McKenna explores the link between Irish republicanism and its influence on the Australian republican movement. IRISH republicanism appeared in Australia at a very early...
Tweet Brad Webb says that the early push for an Australian republic stalled because Federation was the easier and more palatable option for most Australians. by Brad Webb IN A RECENT ABC documentary, Paul Keating, speaking with Paul Kelly in...
