We know we were colonised by the British and built by the criminals they sent here.

But how much do we really understand about the very beginning of European settlement in Australia?

David Hill, former managing director of the ABC and author of Convict Colony

We know we were colonised by the British and built by the criminals they sent here. But how much do we really understand about the very beginning of European settlement in Australia? David Hill, former managing director of the ABC and author of Convict Colony

Convict Colony- the first few months of white Australia

US-Europe tensions, reflections on the India and Pakistan nuclear tests 1998

The fall of Suharto, Islamist terrorist threat in Nigeria

Iraq elections, Surabaya bombings

US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal, Malaysia elections

French politics, Federal Budget preview

North and South Korean leaders meet; Hungary's strongman president, Victor Orban

Making sense of Australia’s place in the world, Between the Lines puts contemporary international issues and events into a broader historical context, seeking out original perspectives and challenging accepted wisdoms.

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