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Fossils reveal prehistoric life cycle
Scientists have stumbled upon fascinating clues about an extinct marsupial.
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Warrior reburied 170 years after death
The remains of an Aboriginal warrior, displayed in a UK museum for many years, have finally been laid to rest in Western Australia.
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Sabre-toothed bandicoot fossil found
Scientists have unearthed a fossil in Queensland of a previously unknown sabre-toothed bandicoot.
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Australian Antarctic explorer dies
Alf Howard, who was aboard Douglas Mawson’s 1929-31 expedition to Antarctica, has died.
Adventure
Eyewitness account: Mawson’s Hut
Sponsored by the AG Society, a team of carpenters went in 2006 to help preserve Mawson’s Antarctic Hut.
History & Culture
Great Aussie pubs
The great Aussie pub is an icon – we’ve had famous songs composed about them as well as in them. Here are the best outback drinking holes around the nation.
History & Culture
Camel mounties: the largest beat on Earth
Patrolling the wild outback on camels, the Finke Police District officers of the Northern Territory, were the far-reaching arm of the law.
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Heysen’s iconic landscapes on show
Sweeping portraits of Australian scenes are on display for the first time in 30 years.
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Lost Kokoda battlefield rediscovered
A former army captain has discovered the site of a pivotal battle between Australian and Japanese troops near Papua New Guinea’s Kokoda Trail.
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Bird rock art could be world’s oldest
A rock painting that appears to be of a bird that went extinct about 40,000 years ago has been discovered in northern Australia.