History & Culture
A Dreaming Story: Ponde and Murray
The Murray cod is central to the Dreaming of South Australia’s Riverland, but sadly today is seldom seen. We investigate.
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History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: Eureka Stockade
1854: Goldminers stage a rebellion at Ballarat.
History & Culture
Last remaining Wool Bay kiln a reminder of Adelaide’s limestone foundations
Adelaide’s construction boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries created demand for the raw materials needed to build the civic, religious and commercial buildings that define its elegant city centre. One of those materials was lime, a key component in high-quality mortar and plaster for thousands of years.
History & Culture
Underground art museum protects works from natural disaster
Buried in a eucalypt-clad hill beside the Shoalhaven River, the new Bundanon Art Museum safeguards some of the nation’s most precious artworks from flood and fire.
History & Culture
The Uluru Statement from the Heart: Voice, Treaty, Truth
On the fifth anniversary of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, we take a look back at this momentous day in Australian history, and explain exactly what the statement asked of all Australians.
History & Culture
Australian Elvis fans treated to new movie, new exhibition
When it comes to Australian culture, this country has an ongoing and inexplicably profound connection to the USA’s ‘King of Rock and Roll’, Elvis Presley.
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Incredible archive footage shows how hiking Tasmania’s iconic Cradle Mountain has changed over last century
One hundred years ago, what we now know as Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair NP was first declared a protected area.
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200 years since the honey bee came to our shores, it’s hard to imagine an Australia without it
On the bicentenary of the European honey bee’s introduction to Australia, should we be celebrating? We take a look at the effects – good and bad – the honey bee has had on our environment and society.
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The Dog Fence: what future for this iconic but contentious barrier?
Carving a corrosive path through remote inland Australia, the Dingo Barrier Fence has cast a 70-year shadow over the ecology of a significant body of the Australian continent, while also providing a critical lifeline to the nation’s iconic sheep industry.
History & Culture
Life on the wire: working Australia’s famous Dog Fence
Photographer Adam Ferguson travelled the fence in search of the people whose remote lives and livelihoods depend on it.