History & Culture
National reflections
The Australian of the Year award is a reminder of our nation’s diversity. For five decades it has lauded the worthy and willing – and a few rogues.
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History & Culture
A birdwatcher’s perspective
Chris Doughty has seen more birds in Australasia and the Pacific than anyone else in the world.
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CWA: Pearls and wisdom
The Country Women’s Association continues to play a valuable community role across Australia.
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Darwin, Wallace and the princess in the south
Australia and its wildlife had a surprising influence on the revolutionary theories of the evolutionary titans Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.
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Beetle mania
Australian pastoralists owe a great debt to this Hungarian-born, beetle-mad scientist.
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Disappearing act
White rabbits and magic wands are falling victim to today’s workplace rules and regulations.
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Hot spotter: life of a fire investigator
Where there’s smoke, there’s a fire investigator.
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Life lessons at School of the Air
Reading, writing and croc-spotting – all in a day’s work for School of the Air educator Jodie Hart.
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Horse sense
Queensland farrier Tom Driscoll performs a service unchanged through the ages, but his tools of the trade include the best of modern technologies.