History & Culture
Mushroom with a view
This 19th-century piece of Tasmania’s transport history is now the heart of one of the state’s most unusual farms.
Category: Places
Australia
‘Walking together, let’s go’: Country, songlines and the Munjip Trail
Walbunja Elder Aunty Loretta Parsley frames Eurobodalla’s new coastal walk as one passage in a much older journey: a saltwater songline binding people, places and stories from La Perouse to Eden on the Victoria border.
History & Culture
Cloudland: The beloved Brisbane ballroom demolished in secret
On the morning of 7 November 1982, Brisbane residents awoke to find Cloudland Ballroom, a much-loved venue in the inner north-eastern suburb of Bowen Hills, reduced to rubble.
History & Culture
Twofold Bay’s deep connection to whales
Whales hold a profound place in the natural and industrial history of this southern NSW bay.
History & Culture
Tales from Port Arthur
Now one of Australia’s best-known tourist attractions, this hauntingly beautiful former convict site has a dark history.
History & Culture
‘Tears of joy’ in Paris for Australia’s latest World Heritage site
After decades of lobbying, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation is finally celebrating formal international protection for one of the world’s biggest assemblages of rock art at Murujuga in Western Australia’s Pilbara.
History & Culture
Farina: From railhead to ruins
Once a thriving town at the end of the Central Australia Railway, South Australia’s Farina is now only home to tourists exploring the ruins.
History & Culture
Industrial pollution threatens Murujuga’s World Heritage listing
The world’s largest rock-art site might not meet the requirements to join the UNESCO World Heritage List because it’s impacted by acidic emissions generated by local fossil fuel plants.
History & Culture
A breath of fresh air
On a purpose-built farm in Victoria’s High Country, families dealing with autism find a place of therapy and respite.
History & Culture
A place of mists and shadows
Central to the identities of First Nations peoples and modern Melburnians, the Yarra River (Birrarung) is now legally recognised as a ‘living entity’.