I first read John Hirst (1942-2016) as an undergraduate in the late 1990s as part of a subject on 19th-century Australian history. We discussed convict history and explored contrasting views about its role and function in the early colonies. What was life as a convict like?

Buried away in the correspondence columns of last week’s Sunday Age, a former history teacher’s letter “Where’s our history?” started an intense and confused debate about a “threat” by the national curriculum to Australian history in schools.

To Robert Menzies, freedom of worship and religion was a pillar of his own Liberal philosophy, as well as a fruit of his religious faith.

Australia’s political stability, social peace, and economic prosperity grew from deep roots in a British heritage.

For half a century, Rev Fred Nile's contribution to faith and politics was pronounced, and his legacy is worthy of appreciation.

What was Menzies’s relationship with the Jewish community? How was it forged and in what ways did it manifest itself post-war?

Without a proper appreciation for history, we may never improve on the prosperity and peace laid down by the British Empire.

The British monarchy is one of the longest-surviving institutions in human history. To quote my favourite movie, it is history.

Accepting the Edmund Burke Award in London in November 2016, John Howard paid homage to the eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish statesman.

We travelled along a ridge, from where we hoped to glimpse rising smoke from King’s fire. On the fifteenth day, our efforts were rewarded.