Commonwealth Railways (CR) was established in 1912 to oversee the planning and implementation of the Trans-Australian Railway. And on 14 September 1912 governor-general Lord Thomas Denman turned the ...

An appeal to the public for support in 1884 drew 64,000 signers to a petition – enough to convince the Legislature to grant a ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Matthew J. Smith, director of the Center for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London, about the commonwealth's complicated history.

The arrival of Father Christmas each December was a yearly highlight for children living along the Trans-Australian Railway. When Commonwealth Railways completed the Trans-Australian Railway in 1917, ...

The Cronulla Riots of 2005 are clearly ancient history. The lead up to the 2006 Commonwealth Games was marked by cynicism and scepticism that holding such an event would be worth the trouble.

It’s a small piece of a bigger puzzle. The long-awaited, paved, three-mile Commonwealth Railway Trail hasn’t been forgotten and is still slated for construction in Western Branch. The multi ...

During a speech Friday, King Charles III said the Commonwealth should acknowledge its "painful" history with transatlantic slavery.