History

Shipwreck hunters have found the last expedition ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton off Canada's coast, and they say the vessel is "largely intact". 

Known to locals as Little Audrey, the sign standing in Abbotsford today was first powered up in 1970. But the truth is this isn't the original Skipping Girl sign.

The residents of War Workers Housing Estate in Moorooka have been fighting a temporary heritage listing that was placed over 180 homes in 2022, while council worked to make the overlay permanent.

For three decades, hundreds of notebooks filled with detailed descriptions of sacred Indigenous practices were locked away in a museum's archives. Now, Ngadjuri man Vincent Copley Junior hopes to finally have access to his great-grandfather's history.

This week marks 60 years since The Beatles' first and only tour of Australia and New Zealand. Former rock'n'roller Johnny Devlin recalls what it was like opening for the Fab Four. 

Robert Baudin printed around $2 million in fake US notes. When he (eventually) faced court, he took to the air and threatened to crash into Sydney Harbour.

In the loft above a church in Warragul, east of Melbourne, is a room that makes a magical sound, but the caretakers of this 100-year-old Wurlitzer pipe organ worry its spell may be lost in history as young people show little interest.

A prominent historian is reviving questions about the final resting place of up to 1,000 South Sea Islander workers, fearing some remains could be located where a ward is set to be built at Mackay Base Hospital.

In the biggest city on WA's southern coast, a scale replica of the Italian icon has brought joy to generations of locals and visitors.

The biggest landslide on Victoria's roads in 40 years forced Milli Gunner to relocate from her Bogong Village home. Now the landscape architecture PhD student is making souvenir cubes of the dirt in memory of what happened.

Visitors will soon be able to ride the Plantation Train again, which once carried then-Prince Charles and Princess Diana around the grounds.

An artist whose work captured the beauty of Sydney Harbour is being honoured two years after his death.

An early 20th century scam involved a promise of diamonds and gold, faux investors, fake letters and a quirky typewriter – all centred on what locals call a "bloody big hole".

When the National Holden Motor Museum closed and its rare cars became available, there was no shortage of buyers or money, despite the cost-of-living crisis.

Even though we might be able to bring the thylacine back from extinction this science exhibition asks whether we should.

Courtesy of film, social media and video games, classical music is reaching audiences it never has before. The ABC Classic 100 has been charting the change.

Rishi Sunak apologises on social media for leaving the event in Normandy prematurely to return to England for a TV interview ahead of the upcoming general election he called early.

King Charles has made his first international visit on official duty since his cancer diagnosis.

When Kirsty and Mark decided to rescue and restore this 170-year-old cottage, they knew there'd be some unexpected challenges. But first they had to reclaim it from the blackberries and weeds "holding it together".

The 75-year-old monarch, who recently resumed public engagements, is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Joe Biden in France for the World War II anniversary.

A Japanese celebrity plastic surgeon puts a bounty on the head of a Chinese vlogger who sparked outrage by urinating and spray-painting "toilet" at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine. 

This steam car was once driven by great inventors. Now, more than 100 years later, this collector has got it moving once again.

Only around 170 swords have been uncovered in Europe and this could be the first of its kind found in the Rogaland region. 

Once driven by General Electric masterminds, a historic vehicle has been restarted by a Wide Bay collector more than a century later.

A double decker bus operated by one of the most significant transport families in Australia has been acquired after a public fundraising drive, bringing the immaculately restored vehicle to the Sydney Bus Museum.