History & Culture
Notes from the field: Red earth energy
Our Digital Features Editor, Candice Marshall, was ecstatic about her latest field assignment.
Fossils
Hunters or collectors? New evidence challenges claim Australia’s First Peoples hunted megafauna to extinction
Incision marks likely made by humans on the fossilised bone of an ancient kangaroo challenges the ‘humans wiped out Australian megafauna’ theory.
Events
Uluṟu handback remembered, 40 years on
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park was returned to its Traditional Owners 40 years ago.
History & Culture
The shabby side of chic
Australia has embraced fast fashion with gusto, becoming the world’s largest per capita consumer of textiles with one of the highest rates of clothing waste. Now our fashion industry is searching for answers.
History & Culture
Phantom islands of the Southern Ocean
They were ‘land masses’ that appeared on explorers’ charts for more than a century – recorded, searched for, and sometimes feared. But were they ever really there?
History & Culture
Breaking the silence
After facing his own trauma, an ordinary man named Aaron Schultz set out to help others – and to reshape the meaning of masculinity.
Events
Cathy’s moment
Twenty-five years ago, Cathy Freeman won gold at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in a performance that became a lasting symbol of national pride and reconciliation.
History & Culture
Rocking the silver screen
Australian cinema came into its own 50 years ago with the release of two films featuring big rocks.
People
When adventure goes wrong
Australia’s search and rescue region covers about one-tenth of the earth’s surface, making missions anything but predictable.
Events
Defining Moments in Australian History: Our first holey dollar
1814: An Australian currency begins its circulation