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The concept of Australia's "Stolen Generations" is a myth. Justin Welby, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, is currently in Australia and pontificating on the historic wrongs we have committed against indigenous peoples. According to The Australian, Dr Welby stated: ‘There is a very considerable consciousness of [...]

Listen to this insightful interview with Dr Jason Hubbard about the history of Zinzendorf and the Moravians, whose 300th anniversary will be celebrated later this month. Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) is a little-known figure from church history who deserves far more attention than [...]

“Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana, Philosopher Part 1: Why Nations Fail This article is an abbreviated version of Chapter 14 of How We Are Amazingly Made, by Jerry Bergman, Graham McLennan and Tom Rogers, with thanks [...]

Discover the untold Christian roots of the Australian Labor Party and the pivotal role Methodists and Catholics played in its formation and early success.

1. In 1967, Prime Minister Harold Holt appointed H.C. Nugget Coombs as Chairman of a new Council of Aboriginal Affairs. 2. In 1972, the Whitlam Government established the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee, which was to become the first national body elected by Aborigines. Although its [...]

Uncover the Christian origins of Australia's Liberal Party, from its founding by figures like Sir Robert Menzies to its enduring influence and values in today's political landscape.

Chris Kenny, in a recent article for the Australian, commented on the sobering truth about Australian history: “Increasingly, reality does not matter so much in public debate as the narrative.” This has certainly been the case with Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu, which has recently been [...]

We Would Rather Forget The 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian genocide in Turkey took place just two days before the 100th anniversary of landing of ANZAC forces at Gallipoli, also in Turkey. At that time, under the cover of other allied landings [...]

The Australian environment was at first so hostile, so inhospitable, to Evangelical Europeans that they could not envisage how it could ever be the scene of revival. A missionary to the Aborigines, Lancelot Threlkeld, said in 1828: There is ‘no moving on the tops of [...]

400 years ago, this significant event took place: A lot was happening in the world 400 years ago. Having just recently again celebrated Thanksgiving in America, it is worth looking at this history once more -- especially because of the historical revisionists who dislike our [...]

This Wednesday the 11th November is the 400th anniversary of an incredibly significant event in American history: the arrival of the Pilgrims to New England, and the signing of the Mayflower Compact.