History & Culture
Top 10 Aussie TV dramas
The fondly remembered and frequently spoken of, from Number 96 to Summer Bay.
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Computing gives us tools to preserve disappearing languages
A clever process similar to Google’s image search is helping to preserve some of the world’s 7000 languages that are at risk of disappearing.
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Australia’s top 10 ghost towns
Hidden in the Australian bush and buried beneath dust lie wrecks and ruins of towns that once bustled with life.
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History of cycling in Australia
Bicycles have a long and colourful history in Australia, stemming from the rudimentary machines of the late 19th century to the sleek, streamlined pushies of today.
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Top 10 Tasmanian ghost towns
Shrouded in forests and steeped in history, Tasmania is home to dozens of abandoned settlements.
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The people on Australia’s banknotes
From royalty to poets and preachers – here are the stories behind the familiar faces that grace our banknotes.
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GALLERY: Inside Section 400
Maralinga, South Australia, was blasted and battered by nuclear tests in the 1950s and ’60s. Officially known as Section 400, this 3300sq.km site was chosen as a permanent base to develop and explode atomic bombs. In 2009, the land was given back to its traditional owners, who have opened the gates to paying visitors. Explore Maralinga through Thomas Wielecki’s photography, and read more about this odd tourist attraction in Bruce Newton’s feature in #AG133.
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GALLERY: Pedal Prix 2015, SA
The annual 24-hour Australian International Pedal Prix is the oldest, longest, largest and fastest human powered vehicle (HPV) race in the world. At Murray Bridge, riders who have gone head-to-head in the shorter races during the UniSA Australian HPV Super Series gather for one last, gruelling battle. The 2015 competition attracted a staggering 225 teams – each with 8–20 riders – from almost every corner of Australia. Read more about the Pedal Prix in #AG133.
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OPINION: Can we be Australian without eating indigenous food?
How overcoming ‘food racism’ and eating native produce could be a powerful act of culinary reconciliation.
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Speaking up
Hundreds of languages were once spoken in Australia. Many have slipped from use, but an incredible revival is now awakening sleeping tongues across the nation.