Rum: A Distilled History Of Colonial Australia
How did rum run the colony? Words like ‘addiction’ or ‘alcoholic’ were not really considered in colonial Australia. Instead people just ‘needed’ rum to get through the day, or to forget the one they just had. It was not long before there were two classes of people in the colony: those that sold rum and […]
Remembering Melbourne Book Launch
Our QBD exclusive title, Remembering Melbourne, was officially launched on Tuesday night! A special collaboration between the Royal Historical Society of Victoria & QBD. This spectacular pictorial collection showcases the early history of one the world’s most livable cities. Melbourne has been reshaped since the 1950s, with the glass tower revolution forever changing its […]
