In the quiet Vasse district of WA, the evening of 27 August 1883 must have felt like something out of a mystery novel. Sergeant McDonald of the Vasse Police Station received a report from Constable ...

On August 27, 1883, the eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia produced the loudest sound ever recorded in human history. At 10:02 am, a cataclysmic explosion was heard over 4,800 kilometres away, from ...