Category Articles - History
I must be confused about the date ...
Why the role of our Head of State is important
Species dying out on Labor's watch
1792: Growing when D'Entrecasteaux explored the Huon
TODAY, TOMORROW: Tasmania Over Five Generations: Return to Van Diemen’s Land?
Brickworks closure creates housebuilding opportunities
A Million Horses: Hydro’s powerful heritage
Reduced to a number on a map ...
Travels around Tasmania with some latte sippers
The Chronicle 64: Waiting for the paper
Measures of leadership: Reflections on Robert S. McNamara
The Barbarians may not be at the gates ...
Are the Barbarians at the gates ... (1)
Are the Barbarians at the gates ... (2)
Trail bikers find suspected Tasmanian Tiger skull
The Chronicle 63: James A. Jones
Ancanthe ... all that will be lost
Ancanthe Park subdivision approval demonstrates state planning laws are undemocratic
No Christmas Peace in Papuan West New Guinea
Space development the key to our survival
Dire Straits ... for the mill? Ta Ann fears ...
Crean's approved plan faces appeal
Is the World Really Safer Without the Soviet Union?
Tasmanian prehistoric fossil confirms tusked mammal ancestor
Has the forestry industry really moved on?
Dam approval angers Aborigines
Heralding an End to Indonesia's War of Occupation
Toxic group's call for reforms on regulation of contaminated sites
The Genocide on our doorstep. Do we care?
How Lennon, Rolley and Gordon flogged the softwood resource
Heritage Council: Who were the other applicants?
Forestry Tasmania's arrogant trashing of Aboriginal and settler history
New Tasmanian Heritage Council Chair ... and conflict of interest
Gillard’s word is being trashed, along with magnificent forests
As Labor puts the Slipper in, Tess remembers an admired predecessor
Those South Pacific Cane Cutters
Henry Savery ... and The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Obama: China reacts angrily. Watch Obama live
Lest We Forget: the need to morally justify Afghanistan
Parks and Wildlife Service a bit coy about the truth
Observing Remembrance Day: a personal reflection
Armistice Day: A Tasmanian Remembrance Story
Wilderness man and paradise now long gone
Money lenders not the only people who get rich at the expense of those who labour
Ignoring gen Y while the world sleepwalks to catastrophe
Greens take a right step in Labor waltz
Tassie Integrity Commission a toothless tiger. SA goes for a tiger
Queen 'orders' Gillard to make Australia a republic
Janet Albrechtsen’s Jurisprudence
HCC must knock this obscene plan on the head
A treasured icon of South Hobart
Why this subdivision must be refused ...
Terrorists, sex and violence: cowards ruled, heroes overruled
Pedder Dreaming – Olegas Truchanas and a lost Tasmanian wilderness
Harold Evans: 'Rupert Murdoch is the stiletto ... a cold-eyed manipulator'. Paywall looms
Gunns at the mercy of the market. Permits: Booth lash. Logging goes on
C’est la guerre…or such is life…
Julia enlists the Barty Massage Merchant
After September 11: Our State of Exception
The curious case of British Tobacco and a Tasmanian Government
Selling West Papua to buy Peace with Indonesia ~ Realpolitik or Terrorism?
Epitaph for Another September 11
Thoughts in the Presence of Fear
Tasmania’s Fox Scat Degradation Study. Eco-disaster fear ...
Not guilty: Tassie tiger absolved of killing sheep
Wealth creation: Surface appearance and reality
Photo withdrawn after child prostitution claim
Eschew the imagination of a Wettex and save the pulp mill
Tampa ... and the loss of Labor's soul
The crisis of the global economy. Was it a planned disintegration?
Red Dog ... and Me. Don't miss Kimisis
Flying in the face of old age: Buck and Joan in the Wars
Walking in the footsteps of Archbishop Romero
Potosí: Tribute to a city and a work of art
‘The mountain that eats men alive’
Retired Brigadier Neil Weekes MC throws down the gauntlet
Jim's Tasmania tarnished, says Honey
Dear Mr Wightman, please tell us ...
What really happened in the 1980s and where are we now?
Hardwired humans: Why we act as we do ...
How Australia can solve its asylum seeker 'problem'
43.7 million displaced: a reality beyond politics
Call for Heritage Council Review and roles given to the City Council
Terror: Why not nail all the perpetrators?
If they loved the ordinary bush ...
Chile judge orders Pablo Neruda death probe
A Cry from the Heart: Zimbabwe
History teaches us: We learn nothing from history
Threatened Species Day 2011 – Commemorating the last Tasmanian tiger
The Black Flagging of Parliament
A Forestry roadmap. More on the Black Flag rally, tomorrow
Half-cocked Feds stumped by heritage permit
Just how far out of touch is bureaucracy in Tasmania?
Queen offers sympathy to Irish victims of troubles
A Reference for David Bartlett
Franklin River fiasco: A response
What The Chaser told the Queen
Why are US presidents so keen to be Irish?
Abolish the Legislative Council
The Passing of Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Aussie, Christian or universal values?
Flying in the Face of Old Age (9): One Victorious Crocodile and Two Dead Pigs
Brighton Bypass: Monday, April 18
Last permit for Brighton bypass
Premier Giddings and Army Deputy Chief launch new books
And all the time I thought we were living in a democracy
Can journalists ever be heroes? Is journalism worth dying for?
Tasmanian Government joins Mercury Fight
Sissies returns! Flying in the Face of Old Age (8)
Stunning Tasmanian archaeological discovery
The extraordinary assault on Andrew Bolt and freedom of speech
Convict boat exhibit pulls crowd
Pulp mill NO – modern forestry policy YES!
Convict built boat remains salvaged and displayed
Save 10 Murray Supreme Court appeal
The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World
Can we restore the rainforests?
Tasmanian Heritage Icon Gets Poked in the Eye
Still Wild Still Threatened opposes Brighton Bypass in support of Tasmanian Aboriginal community
In Defence of Fort Direction. Defended, says Bushby
Save the Golden Fleece Inn ... and they have
Where does Lara start ... try at the top
Morality, politics and asylum-seekers
The great Sea Shepherd victory ...
Aurora: The wisdom of hindsight...
Secret Genocide, by Daniel Pedersen
Mubarak goes. Obama's praise. Aussie present at Mamdouh Habib torture
As dozens of Tasmanian RBF jobs go ... meet RBF's new best friend ...
The Chronicle 59: In New Media is Grub Street reborn
Naomi Oreskes - Merchants of Doubt
Confiscate Howard’s literary proceeds of crime
Islamists waiting in the Arab streets
‘Yes we’re still a monarchy but it’s not my fault’
Will West Papuans now get to vote on their Freedom?
Feds OK Brighton Bypass: A recent chapter of a very old story ...
Climate Action Hobart supports the Brighton campaign
This arrogant, selfish game of Russian Roulette. Mole Creek landslip.
Nietzsche and the will to power
Buck and Joan Emberg caught in Queensland!
The Lost City of Dwarka; Rewriting our Common History
The Chronicle 57: Newspaper heaven in the platteland
Wrecking ball fears for old fort
The Chronicle 56: Fleet Street at work and play
Flying in the Face of Old Age (7): Yank Hating Cop and Pig Dogs on White Utes
One minute to midnight: The Brighton By-pass ...
Chronicle 55: Life and death in black and white
Flying in the Face of Old Age (6): The Cop Who Hated Yanks
The Chronicle 53: The Wetstone
Rob's Working Life on The Road ...
Flying in the Face of Old Age (5): Counting the Miles and The Troubles
The aggressive chemical push ... and its long-term consequences
Fairfax plans fundamental shift from print future. Goodbye local subs ...
Oldest known stone axe found in Arnhem Land ... Older than Brighton?
Island Earth calls for Commonwealth Action on Space Development
Where the Wild Was Saved ... Don't miss TODAY ...
Flying in the Face of Old Age (4): I Hear The Call of the Road Today
State of the Unions: Construction union snubs ALP. Harkins takes the reigns
Senator Abetz - Statement to the Senate
Decline, fall and rebirth. 'Lobotmised' Labor's poll slump and Green rise
Apology to the West Papua people
Greens continue to call for Jordan River Bridge alternatives
Montgomery Park in Coningham is still running
'How to eradicate foxes' in 2003
LONGFORD: Save the Hub of our Village!
Asylum seeker announcement a major policy shift: Advocates
Agreement on 35 Seat House of Assembly
Opera great Joan Sutherland dies
Foxes: Are they or aren't they? (Part 1)
What happened on Illawarra Rd in 2001?
Cultural heritage backs Brighton bypass
No 'nasty political witch-hunts' from watchdog
Andrew Wilkie's maiden address to Parliament
Meander Valley Council joins the philistines
But Where Is The Fox? Nine years on. Ivan Dean's 'great concern'
What ever happened to the Loony Left?
Flying in the Face of Old Age (1): Gateways to Ageing
Chronicle 50: Bentley meets Sarah ...
As a gay man this pope annoys me. As an historian he now angers me ...
Afghanistan: new US policy favours reconciliation
Are the Tasmanian Greens losing heart?
Tarkine National Heritage under threat
Afghanistan: the supposed threat to national security
Chronicle 48: A master of the written word
Freefall: free markets and the sinking of the global economy
Devine retribution ... John Gay, Working Class Hero
Why The Secret Forest Treaty Will Fail ...
Beware of Politicians Bearing Gifts
To call middens "tips" is utter ignorance
Open Letter: The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Aboriginal anger over convict heritage list
Failing to learn the lessons of history
No social licence. The Tamar Valley Pulp Mill, irretrievably damaged.
'Brighton bypass fiasco lessons must be learned'
Equity and ecological sustainability rather than Corporation control
You think the unions are bad ...
An Open Letter To Bob Brown And Christine Milne
You Did As You Were Told To Do
The Rot Remains at the Core of Forestry and Government
SOUTHERN WATER WORKS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY TO RESOLVE EGG ISLAND CANAL DESIGN
The power of big business to bring down government
Henry cuts deep in mining critique
Heritage: more fears over new Act
Dear Editor: Dr David Leaman's unpublished letters to Mercury
I'm blessed to have enjoyed such a time
Allan Gillespie: A life of zest and gusto
‘Underexposed’ Heritage Bill – Test of New Minister
Levee Line and Martial Law by Graeme Calder will be launched by Tasmanian writer Greg Lehman
Stop these damn old people's jokes
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree (2)
Accounting for Dummies—Lessons from the Forest Industry
Anzac Day…before the flag was hijacked
They are not lying, just deluded
We must fight free of Anzac, lest we forget our other stories
The alter once carved out for God
Monday: Don't miss the Egg Island rally
Tasmania's lesson: when Labor attacks the Greens, it threatens itself
What lies beneath ... the treasures of Aboriginal history
Beware the 'eco-terrorism' dirty tricks brigade
Aboriginal artefacts could move bypass
Bridge plan to protect ancient site
A cry from the heart ... and a plea for help
Pump, Spray, Pulp - Heritage Fund turns to Slush.
"Respectful” Disrespect at the Winter Olympics and throughout Australia
Heritage: The forgotten election issue
National Archives Office protest
Dr Taylor: I do not recall such an audit ...
Recollections and Prognostications of an Octogenarian
Bugger history, the environment and aesthetics
It cost $27,500 to fell Westbury's trees. Why?
Remembering the 1970s' Energy Crisis
Westbury: It is a criminal act
Heritage Council is incompetent and professionally bankrupt
Heritage Council is a disgrace to Tasmania
One of the great criminal acts ...
To Heal Haiti, Look To history, Not Nature
Modern day Conquistadores alive and well
Why the Left should support Sea Shepherd’s anti-whaling campaign
Socialist Alliance Candidates say: Free the Brighton arrestees, put Bartlett on trail for cultural v
The Oil and Money Straitjacket
Aboriginal warning to developers
Welcome to Orwell’s World 2010
We need to split religion from spirituality
Why the Egg Island cut doesn’t make sense
NEW DATA REVEALS STYX CARBON KINGS OLDER THAN FORESTRY TASMANIA CLAIM
MIA-MIA DESTRUCTION IS APPALLING
Icelanders celebrate the bicentenary of Jorgen Jorgenson's rule
ABORIGINAL MIA-MIA SITE MUST BE ASSESSED & PROTECTED
Aboriginal relic faces logging destruction
Labor family photo album disguised as Annual Report
LABOR SPIN MACHINE EXPLOITING PORT ARTHUR AUTHORITY
Aboriginal community: Another 25 arrests
The world that made us and the world we made
Capricious, risible and arrogant
The possibility of minority government
We accuse Minister O’Byrne of cultural vandalism
ABORIGINES CONFRONT BULLDOZERS AT BRIGHTON
McCains: Like sheep to the slaughter
Eric Reece ... and the paradox at the heart of our future
Jorgen Jorgenson: a legend to rival Ned
How the Australian Gulf Country was Settled in the 1880s
Lieutenant-Governor, David Collins, back in the historic viewscape
How the U.S. Funds the Taliban
BARTLETT MUST LOBBY RUDD TO SAVE TASMANIAN NATIONAL ARCHIVES OFFICE
St David's Cathedral & the grave of the first Lieutenant-Governor
Republic of Fools: The Evil Empire
Catastrophe likely if rapid extinctions continue: UN
A colonial evil that perpetuated and increased itself
Crusty's Corner ... being the occasional ravings of an elderly gent
Climate deal 'unlikely' this year
Democracy Tas-style: Party before Principle
Insights into division and common ground
Help preserve recordings of indigenous Australian Aboriginal music and oral song
Pulp mill saga: Labor, Liberal MPs and MLCs are the real culprits
No conditions, no excuses Mr Rudd
What makes a dissident stand up?
Millions Will Starve as Rich Nations Cut Food Aid Funding, Warns UN
Honduras talks grapple with issue of Zelaya return
Great Forest vision is unveiled
Chavez invites Obama to Peace Dialogue
Love and Freedom in Van Diemen’s Land
How Israel Targets and Suppresses Opposition to Its Annexation Wall
Castro praises Obama on climate
Public Talk: The Fromelles Project
How Dick Cheney's Radical Acts in the White House Still Threaten Our Democracy
US Hypocrisy Astonishes the World
U.S. must get tough to help restore democratic order in Honduras
The meaning and significance of the carvings ...
Jorgen and Norah on the Ross Bridge
Homecoming for Lockerbie bomber/ A convenient scapegoat?
Economic and Ecological Crises, the Change Vector and Marx
Temporary recession ... or the end of growth?
This is No Recession - It's a Planned Demolition
Senate confirms Sotomoayor, first Hispanic on Supreme Court
An enterprise in cultural vandalism
Bust Me Gall and Break Me Neck - Patsy Adam Smith 1968
Susannah: A beautiful, touching story
Heritage is a vital part of what it is to be human
Rivers of Blood flow in Reykjavik!
Trinity Church, Macquarie House listing supported by Burnet
Pirates of the Mediterranean - Israel Kidnaps Peace Boat Crew
Iceland falls to British pirates
AVAAZ Swine Flu campaign is making a difference
Jorgen Jorgenson brings Iceland and Tasmania together ...
A noble heart ... but no Nobel Prize
Bilderberg Plan for 2009: Remaking the Global Political Economy
Jorgen Jorgenson's Liberation of Icelandic in 1809 - A Bicentenary
A few moments of economic history
A legal tussle for the right to communicate
The unfolding of a pandemic (2)
The Yanks - Over-subsidised, Over-paid and Over here
Fight free of Anzac, lest we forget other stories ...
Saving Civilization: A massive mobilization is needed to prevent total collapse
A raving whacko, cum sex symbol ...
Somalia: You Are Being Lied to About Pirates
Some Tasmanian nurses – An Anzac Story
Anzac 2009: Thinking about memorialisation and commemoration
ANZAC Day - Uniting or Dividing the Nation?
Labor's further acts of philistinism: Blighting Lights for brutalized Bellerive
A Crack in Capitalismo's Facade
Alan Greenspan’s Perpetual Motion Machine
Facing the Future: A conversation between Peter Henning and Greg Suitor
The American Media Misdiagnosis
Tasmania’s new ALP neo-liberal generation
The U.S. Economy: Designed to Fail
Daniel Hulme – First Speech to the House of Assembly
A clear statement on intervention
Venezuela: Bolivarianism Triumphs in Referendum Vote
A Planet on the Brink: Economic Crash Will Fuel Social Unrest
Shutting doors - how many more churches to go?
The Scandal and Shame of a Stateless Palestine
The First Fleet Whores on Australia’s Invasion Day
Young Tasmanian observes elections in El Salvador
In the beginning there was a river!
Genetic secrets from Tassie tiger
Cheney says he gets to decide which records to archive
America's Hidden Role in Hamas's Rise to Power
Dickens stuffed it in Oliver Twist
What the hell are we doing in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan, Another Untold Story
Armistice Day – Let’s get it right about the First World War
Is it true that foreigners finance American debt?
PIRATES, POMPEY & PRAGMATISM - Or HOSTIS HUMANI GENERIS
Armistice Day – the most egregious exclusion
1979: A Warning and a Prophesy for America
Globalised banking 1944 - 1983
Armistice Day: The egregious exclusion of Tasmania’s military nurses
How Tasmania's Lady of the Lake was silenced
We are still First Australians
15 years. I've seen it. It's a joke!
Montpelier Retreat: HCC wipes its hands
Bush Is Pouring Gas on Afghanistan's Bonfire
Solzhenitsyn: Beauty will save the world?
Notes From Former Interpreter to Bush and Clinton
Saving the Franklin: A people's rebellion
A night for looking back ... and forward
RPDC: Anniversary of a serial killing
Mother Cummings Peak ... 10 years on
A terrible, beautiful history of hope
Heroism ... and the closure of Trinity
The threat to cultural heritage
Time to call in the Administrators
Kicking our old colony in the guts
The Convict Stain ... and music
Franklin Graham's mediaeval crusade
A queer view of Tasmania's past
Tasmania's shame: The Devil Disease
Wretched symbol of colonial oppression
Recherche Bay: the watershed clash
