History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: Age pension introduced
1908: Legislation pledges financial support for elderly or infirm Australians.
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Eye of the storm
To stay or go? Tracey Nearmy’s photo captures a couple’s dilemma during Black Summer.
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Join the hunt for Bäuerlen’s long-lost legendary ferns
New research points to a pair of nineteenth-century albums of pressed plants as possibly being created by botanist Wilhelm Bäuerlen. Are there others out there?
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Mummies Down Under
The epic Ramses II exhibition arrives in Sydney for its only stop in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Sleeping with champions
Legendary trainer Tommy Woodcock’s affinity with horses was captured before the 1977 Melbourne Cup.
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Defining Moments in Australian History: A scourge begins
1859: Rabbits are introduced into Australia.
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Defining Moments in Australian History: The Trans-Australian Railway
1917: A rail link between Western Australia and the eastern states is completed.
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Happy 50th Birthday, Sydney Opera House
Half a century ago one of the world’s most recognisable buildings was opened.
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Stories told by Aboriginal Tasmanians could be oldest recorded in the world
First Nations people in Lutruwita/Tasmania have been sharing their stories for more than 12,000 years, new research has found.
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How the South American jacaranda became a symbol of Australian spring
Jacaranda season is beginning across Australia as an explosion of vivid purple spreads in a wave from north to south.