To its backers, Woomera detention centre played a humane yet crucial role in housing the growing numbers of boat people landing on Australia's shores.
For more than 30 years Australia has rested its security on the seemingly ageless wings of its F-111 fighter fleet. But in aviation circles these days there are doubts and rumblings.
Talk to any major western leader and they will tell you Pakistan is a key ally in the war on terror.
The massacre of hundreds of civilians at My Lai was a turning point in the Vietnam War.
The sinking of HMAS Sydney was the worst single loss ever suffered by the Australian navy, and the wreck of the ship was recently recovered off the coast of Western Australia.
In a millisecond, on July 16, 1945, the evolution of the human species took a remarkable turn.
Part 1: A Deadly Dose
In the closing days of 1964, Prime Minister Robert Menzies introduced a bill in Parliament which would prove to be one of the most controversial and divisive decisions in Australia's history.
It changed the course of World War II - and the whole 20th Century. But until now, the true story of the Battle of Stalingrad has remained shrouded in mystery.
The Shipwreck Detectives, a dedicated group of Australian marine archaeologists, have made it their life's work to uncover the truth, through discovery and excavation of some of Australia's most no
The Shipwreck Detectives discover ancient shipwrecks using the latest technology.
The State Funeral for Alec Campbell the last Gallipoli Veteran, from the Cathedral Church of Saint David Hobart, Tasmania, held on Friday 24 May 2002.
During night exercises in January 1964 the flagship of the RAN, the aircraft carrier Melbourne, collided with the destroyer Voyager 20 miles off Jervis Bay in NSW.
Live coverage of the Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Parade from the Sydney Cenotaph, Martin Place to the Town Hall in October 1987.
Coverage of March and Dedication ceremony of Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Canberra on 3 October 1992. Followed by the March of Remembrance by 32,000 servicemen and next of kin.
Vivian Bullwinkel: An Australian Heroine chronicles the extraordinary life and legacy of the woman who is one of Australia's greatest war heroines.
The history of Woomera rocket range, from 1946 to 1979. The program includes declassified defence footage of life at Woomera and the 4,000 rocket tests conducted there.
2006 was an extremely important year for honouring and remembering Vietnam veterans and also marking the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan.
In September 1915 a patriotic young Australian journalist named Keith Murdoch visited the Anzac battlefield at the Dardanelles where, just weeks before, thousands of Australian and British soldiers
Two soldiers lost in action in 2010 were Sapper Jacob Moerland and Sapper Darren Smith. Four Corners spent a month with Australian troops, much of it with their company.
Live coverage from Canberra of the ceremony at the Australian War Memorial when the body of an unknown Australian serviceman is interred with full military ceremony in a redesigned part of the Memo
