The intention: To consider historical matters that extend beyond the notional remit of writing About The North and do not slot neatly into other parts of the site.
When Is Something "Discovered"? As it turns out, it seems "discovered" doesn't quite mean what we thought it meant.
The Minimalist View of Australian History Simplified tellings of a complicated narrative tend to omit significant, and often fascinating, detail.
A Radical, Republican, Multicultural North? Really? Twenty-first-century perceptions of The North and the people who live there may not match the contemporary reality. In turn, twenty-first-century notions of reality do not always align with the region's history.
Australia's East Coast: Why Did It Take So Long to "Discover"? A straightforward question seems to have a clear answer: The timing wasn't right. But there's a little more to it than that.