Sunday is International Women’s Day, and global leader in gamily history Ancestry examined historical records to uncover the ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fate dealt Honorah Sullivan a bad hand when she was found guilty of arson in the mid-19th century and put on a British convict ship bound for modern-day Tasmania. But more than 160 ...

It was surprising to see my Australian friend Kylie Duggan send a message wishing “Happy Australia Day” on her Facebook page Jan. 26. With a little research online, it became apparent that their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia was, for many decades, the open-air prison of Britain's criminals. Most were convicted of petty offenses. A quick ...

A tale as wild as the Seven Seas, the story of the Lady Juliana, a special convict ship full of prisoners sent to Australia, ...