In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in the 19th and 20th centuries is something to be ...

The Pound was the dominant international currency up until the 1940s but changes to the financial system and new trading ...

In North America, the ‘right of soil’ was introduced by the British via their colonies, according to “The Evolution of Citizenship” study by Graziella Bertocchi and Chiara Strozzi.

In connection with the “raw materials” rationale for colonies, Ludwig von Mises pointed out ... It is of no advantage for an English buyer of Australian wool that Australia is a part of the British ...

Malaya (the mainland component of present-day Malaysia) was a key British colony prior to the Second World War ... The operations in Johore were entrusted to the 8th Australian Division, with an ...

The Colony Hotel’s husband-and-wife owners are buying a luxury historic landmark bed and breakfast in one of old-school society’s favorite summer spots on New York's Long Island. The Colony ...

Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke that ... either as friends or slaves. In 2012, British Museum curator Kim Sloan and her ...

British and migrant threads. "We have every reason to be patriotic and proud today. Let’s celebrate the achievement of Australia, under one flag," he said.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Australia Day is being celebrated all over the country this Sunday. In Sydney, traditional ceremonies took ...

Australia Day marks a British colony being established at Sydney Cove on Jan. 26, 1788, which eventually led to Britain claiming the entire country without a treaty with its Indigenous inhabitants.

no longer under British control, decided to refuse any further convict transportations. This created a crisis back across the Atlantic until it was decided that Australia would be the most suitable ...