Miracle elephant comes back from the dead
Yesterday the death of a baby Asian elephant at Taronga Zoo left us feeling decidedly flat. Elephants have an onerously long gestation period of somewhere between 600 and 660 days…
Yesterday the death of a baby Asian elephant at Taronga Zoo left us feeling decidedly flat. Elephants have an onerously long gestation period of somewhere between 600 and 660 days…
Nearly a century ago, the first stamp in Australia was released.
We asked adventurer Clark Carter which nav devices have helped him out of the most heart-stopping, high-altitude and hapless situations.
On 15 December 1993, Uluru was officially given a dual name, recognising its importance to Aboriginal people.
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock in the mountain-goat’s enclosure the last few days, you would have heard about the ‘miracle’ baby elephant, born to Taronga Zoo inhabitant Porntip early yesterday morning.
On this day, in 1903, Australian women were given the right to vote in federal elections.
Sydneysiders love their harbour: the open blue waters, the scenic coves, and of course certain landmarks – one Meccano coathanger and that pointy sail building…
See the images from 2011 Australian Geographic Society expedition to Iceland, Greenland and Svalbard.
A large earthquake is expected any time in Australia, but there is no way of knowing where or when it will occur.
Those innovative Sandgropers at Tourism Western Australia have come up with a novel competition to promote the western third of the continent.