The first Great Western Steeplechase took place in Coleraine in 1858, and was the first steeplechase race in Victoria, and the oldest in Australia. The original course, laid out by…
At 3.30 pm on Monday 8 August 1859 the news of the colony of South Australia’s worst maritime disaster reached Adelaide from Mount Gambier. Less than two years after her…
The man renowned for ‘getting things done’ in the Northern Territory – Barry Coulter – after many years has finally got around to writing his biography. However, it is not…
On 3 August 34 years ago, the horse Scarvila, ridden by Ricky Lloyd, won the 1987 Darwin Cup. Scarvila was owned jointly by Top End road train pioneer Noel Buntine,…