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When the British and Maori signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, Governor Hobson declared: 'We are one people'. Today, as Professor Keith Sinclair shows, this hope has still to be realised.

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The founding father of nuclear physics was awarded the highest honour on December 10th, 1908.

Anthony Fyson reads a letter from his great-grandfather, who as a young man was caught up in the Eureka Stockade, where gold-miners in Ballarat, Victoria, famously clashed with state troops, 150 years ago this month.

Matthew Stewart discusses Peter Weir's 1981 cinematic tour de force, and what it tells us about the ANZAC myth.

Peter Monteath recalls what happened when two explorers, whose nations were battling for supremacy, met on the other side of the world.

Daryl Best on use and abuse in Australia's environmental history.

Jeffrey Grey on how computers are profiling Australia's First World War combatants

Sarah Jane Evans investigates an array of events as the British Australia Bicentennial approaches.

A colourful character who broke through taboos of background and position to become a folk hero of colonial Australia.

When the British and Maori signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, Governor Hobson declared: 'We are one people'. Today, as Professor Keith Sinclair shows, this hope has still to be realised.


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