Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Australian Traveller

    Old rivals

    Oct 23, 2019 3 minutes

    “THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM toured England in 1882 and unexpectedly demolished the English team, winning 13 out of 16 matches played,” says Carolyn Fraser, lead curator of State Library Victoria in Melbourne, on the birth of an Aussie legend. “The English team played so badly that The Sporting Times printed a mock death notice for them, announcing that ‘The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.’

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Australian Traveller

    Australian Traveller4 min read
    ROAD TRIPPIN’ wonders
    South Australia has some of the country’s most accessible outback but also some of its most fabled. This choose-your-own-adventure, 4WD-only journey begins in earnest in the southern Flinders Ranges. Your options are as wide as your time and budget.
    Australian Traveller2 min read
    Michael Hing
    AS A CHILD, OUR FAMILY HOLIDAYS WERE ALWAYS TO… Shoalhaven Heads (1). We’d stay in these pretty rundown apartments for a week or two over summer and walk barefoot to the deserted beach every day, eating dinner at the local RSL at night. We did this f
    Australian Traveller1 min read
    Australian Traveller
    CONTENT Head of content KATIE CARLIN Editor IMOGEN EVESON Art director LAUREN DE SOUSA Social media manager & writer EMILY MURPHY Writer & producer ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD Native content editor KASSIA BYRNES Editorial assistant

    Related