History & Culture
Outback starman
How does a former mineworker from Broken Hill end up working for the world’s biggest space agency, NASA?
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History & Culture
Beatlemania: the enduring legacy of the Beatles’ tour of Australia, 60 years on
The Beatles began their first and only tour of Australia 60 years ago this week. It remains a landmark event in our social and cultural history.
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Understanding Indigenous DNA
Groundbreaking research has identified that levels of genetic diversity among Indigenous Australians may be among the highest in the world.
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Awakening a sleeping language
Thomas Watson was devastated when he discovered his traditional language, Gangulu, was no longer spoken, but his grief gave way to searching, a process that led thousands of kilometres around the world to an attic in Sweden.
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Looking back at Australia’s largest political demonstration
In an unprecedented, and largely spontaneous, sign of national solidarity for reconciliation and support for First Nations people, more than 250,000 people walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 28 May 2000.
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Defining Moments in Australian History: Assisted migration
1832: Aid to encourage migrants to Australia begins.
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The outback town that was sold for parts
Once a prosperous and thriving community, the uranium-mining town of Mary Kathleen, about 50km by road east of Mount Isa in north-western Queensland, is now a ghost town.
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Floating first
Colour fills the skies above Northam, Western Australia, as the Top Guns of the balloon world chase glory in the Women’s World Hot Air Balloon Championship.
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Commemorating brothers in arms on Country
The military service of two First Nations World War II soldiers, long overlooked by history, is celebrated annually on an outback pilgrimage by an Aussie music legend.
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Indigenous rock-art sites ‘chosen’ for vantage
Researchers have discovered internationally significant rock-art sites in Arnhem Land were far from random and instead ‘chosen’ for the critical vantage points they provided.