The Mercury (Hobart)
The Mercury is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania. The weekend issues of the paper are called Mercury on Saturday and Sunday Tasmanian.
The Mercury is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania. The weekend issues of the paper are called Mercury on Saturday and Sunday Tasmanian.
Australians were asked to pick a song for the national anthem in 1977.
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
The Gurindji strike and its legacy explained.
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For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
Everything you need to know about the 1975 dismissal.
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