History & Culture
Desert delight
The Great Victoria Desert, Australia’s largest, defies expectations. Visibly rich in biodiversity, it challenges preconceptions about how a desert should look.
History & Culture
Maralinga: ‘Field of thunder’
This year marks 40 years since the shocking truth about British nuclear testing in remote Australia was exposed by the McClelland Royal Commission.
History & Culture
Immersed in nature
A wild, free childhood in coastal Sydney proved to be perfect grounding for this internationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning natural-history filmmaker.
Climate
The trees that wept cider
The battle is on to save what’s left of one of Tasmania’s most endangered and intriguing eucalypts.
History & Culture
The Patriot convicts
A little-known group of political prisoners, transported from Canada to the Australian colonies, had far-reaching effects.
History & Culture
Notes from the field: Simple pleasures
Photographer Rowena Meadows jumped at the chance to document the life of a retired photographer living on Victoria’s French Island.
History & Culture
Indigenous fire management began more than 11,000 years ago, new research shows
Modern scientific techniques have provided unprecedented insights into how an Indigenous fire regime reduced risk and increased resources.
History & Culture
Discovering a botanical Pompeii
The Australian continent is now geologically stable. But volcanic rocks, lava flows and a contemporary landscape dotted with extinct volcanoes show this wasn’t always the case.
Australia
When the lights came on in Walhalla
Connection to mains power was a turning point for this languishing goldrush-era town – now popular among day-trippers and weekenders visiting Victoria’s Great Dividing Range.
History & Culture
Back for the future
Bathurst is one of several regional inland cities holding historic-trades fairs, tapping into growing enthusiasm for a slower, more sustainable way of living and of making things.