Sydney's Cronulla Beach became the site of an organized, race-driven riot in December 2005. The violence lasted for days, making us question what kind of country we want to live in.
The 2009 Black Saturday fires claimed 173 lives, Victoria's worst peacetime loss. The tragedy sparked a Royal Commission that abolished the "Stay or Go" policy, forever changing Australia's bushfire response.
The Bali bombings and the Lindt Cafe siege marked the arrival of terror in Australia. While 9/11 felt distant, these events shattered the nation's sense of security.
How Australia's richest man disrupted cricket - and amateur sport - in this country forever, and created professional sport as we know it.
How a muscle-bound bushman and one crazy idea for a tourism advertisement made our nation what it is today.
Melbourne's gangland wars turned ordinary suburbs into battlegrounds. With over thirty murders, figures like Carl Williams shifted the Aussie view of criminals from larrikins to cold-blooded killers.
Our national game used to be available to only half of the population - until women became an unstoppable force on the Australian sporting field.