The turn of the 20th century brought about a change in endeavour for Jackson and he swapped the icy cold of the Arctic for ...

This 1980 film has been billed as the most underrated film of all time and it is available to stream on Amazon Prime.

A Sunderland hero’s unique story has been revealed. He was one of the first British Lions to tour Australia. Excitement is ...

27 February 1902: Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock are executed. Just before the Boer War ended, lieutenants Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock were executed for murdering prisoners of ...

When executed by the British, Breaker Morant’s last words were, “Shoot straight you bastards and don’t make a mess of it”. We’ve made a mess of it ever since.

The Boer War is unique in history because of the execution of two Australian soldiers by the British, and it was the only war in which Australians fought Australians – there were Australians ...

The Boer War does not figure much in Australia’s national popular consciousness. Without Bruce Beresford’s excellent 1980 film Breaker Morant it is doubtful many Australians would be aware of ...

Morant, third from left, with soldiers from the 2nd South Australian mounted rifles contingent. Picture: Australian War Memorial/Boer War ...

The concept of adding the name of convicted war criminal Harry “Breaker” Morant to an Adelaide Boer War memorial is disgusting, disgraceful and repulsive, the head of SA’s Anzac Day ...

The concept of adding the name of convicted war criminal Harry “Breaker” Morant to an Adelaide Boer War memorial is disgusting, disgraceful and repulsive, the head of SA’s Anzac Day ...

Morant, third from left, with soldiers from the 2nd South Australian mounted rifles contingent. Picture: Australian War Memorial/Boer War ...