James Scullin was the manager of a small grocery store who continued to educate himself, and then became a union organiser.

During the First World War Australian soldiers fought on the Western Front. This was Australia’s main war involvement, far bigger than the fighting at Gallipoli in 1915.

Andrew Fisher’s tin lunch box reminds us that humble beginnings informed his formidable political career.

One of the most highly regarded of Australia’s Prime Ministers, Ben Chifley was a former train driver with a voice like worn-out boot leather. He was well aware that his image as the typical b

Stanley Melbourne Bruce was born into a wealthy commercial family. He was an outstanding athlete at school and later Cambridge University, where he qualified as a barrister.

Why would a Rolls Royce imported to Australia as an official vehicle for Queen Elizabeth's 1970 visit end up as a rally car?

One of the most poignant objects in the Australian War Memorial is the battered survivor of our worst-ever naval disaster. What happened to this liferaft and why is it so special?

In countless contemporary re-creations, convict clothing is patterned with lots of thick black arrows, but is that what convicts really wore?

If you were to nominate one painting as Australia’s greatest, what would it be?

Donald Bradman’s status as an Australian icon is without question. But can just one of the bats he used to enter the record books sum up his unparalleled cricketing career?