On This Day
On this day: Australia switches from pounds to dollars
‘C-Day’ brought change to Australia in the form of a new decimal currency.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
Could cows produce strawberry-flavoured milk?
We do know cows’ diets affects the flavour of their milk.
On This Day
On this day: Winning design for the Sydney Opera House revealed
Unknown Danish architect Jørn Utzon won the competition with his bold vision.
AustroPalaeo
Brain structure of Tasmanian tiger revealed
Scans of thylacine brains from museum collections hint at areas of cortex involved in complex predatory behaviour.
On This Day
On this day: Captain Moonlite’s hanging
Love letters, shootouts and bank robberies – Andrew George Scott’s life and relationship to James Nesbitt has left historians intrigued.
On This Day
On this day: HMAS Sydney (II) mystery solved
In 1941 the pride of the Australian navy was sunk with 645 lives aboard. Its final resting place remained a mystery until 2008.
On This Day
On This Day: Australians first to reach South Magnetic Pole
Mawson, David and Mackay braved frostbite, starvation and 2028km of difficult Antarctic terrain to reach the South Magnetic Pole.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
Dr Karl: The truth about Uluru
The phrase ‘world’s largest monolith’ makes a nice story for tourists visiting Australia’s iconic Uluru. Just don’t say it near a geologist.
On This Day
On this day: Canberra’s prohibition begins
In the end it was thirsty pollies that forced the end of 17 years of prohibition in Canberra.
AustroPalaeo
Busting a botanical myth
The NT’s Palm Valley was long thought to have been a surviving relict of Australia’s prehistoric rainforests, but we now know its trees arrived much more recently with Aboriginal horticulturalists.