History & Culture
Gondwanaland: the search for a land before (human) time
The Gondwana supercontinent broke up millions of years ago. Now, researchers are piecing it back together again.
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History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: The introduction of television
1956: Television introduced in time for Australia’s first Olympic Games in Melbourne.
History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: Wave Hill walk-off
23 August 1966: 200 Gurindji stockmen, domestic workers and their families initiated strike action at Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory.
History & Culture
Capturing despair
Nothing quite brought home the national shock of the tragedy of Cyclone Tracy in 1974 like this image. But what’s the full story behind it?
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The man buried three times
By definition, a final resting place is final, isn’t it? Well, not always, it seems.
History & Culture
Our early weathermen
Survival on the roof of mainland Australia was an unenviable but necessary challenge that tested the endurance skills of 19th-century weather forecasters.
History & Culture
Looking back at Loveday: Australia’s largest WWII internment camp
During World War II, civilians in Australia deemed “enemy aliens” – mostly those of German, Italian and Japanese descent – were housed in internment camps. The largest of the camps was Loveday Internment Camp in South Australia’s Riverland region, about 6km south of Barmera.
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Trailblazing Aussie aviator recreates first aerial circumnavigation of the country
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia. Aviator Michael Smith retraces the flight in his unique amphibious flying boat, Southern Sun, starting and finishing at RAAF Base Point Cook, on Melbourne’s Port Phillip, taking in 15,000km of vast, diverse and stunning coastline in between.
History & Culture
In the name of the great-great-grandfather
The legacy of the famed architect of the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin, is profoundly in evidence through his Aussie-based descendant, Chris Darwin.
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A tale of mistaken identity and whalebone picnics
For more than 20 years, the jawbone of a whale lay on the grass just behind the golden sands of Long Beach, near Batemans Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales.