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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Feathered dinosaur tail found in amber
The discovery in Myanmar of the fluffy tail of a little dinosaur perfectly preserved in amber has stunned scientists.
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5 top spots to fossick for opals
The opal fields of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia are spots to fossick for hard-won flecks of treasure and explore fascinating history.
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VIDEO: On the trail of dinosaurs in Mongolia
In September 2016 eight Australians and ten Mongolians set out into the remote Gobi Desert to hunt for dinosaurs.
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Rock shelter provides earliest evidence of humans in the outback
Aboriginal people were already living in Australia’s interior 49,000 years ago, according to an incredible series of new archaeological discoveries.