History & Culture
The hub of Aussie traditions, icons, and characters.
The Sugar Bird Lady
History & CultureMeet one of the many outback legends produced by the work of the RFDS during the past nine decades.
Olive Pink is Australia’s very own Georgia O’Keeffe
History & CultureThe dreamy desert life of Olive Pink may be one that some Australians know little about.
100 years of Australia House
History & CultureTake a behind-the-scenes tour of Australia’s oldest diplomatic mission, once described as the nation’s most important building.
An Aussie tradition: it’s the 80-year anniversary of Carols by Candlelight
History & CultureCarols by Candlelight is a much-loved Australian Christmas tradition, but you may not be familiar with its humble beginnings in Victoria.
Meet Harriet and Helena Scott, colonial Sydney’s finest natural history artists
History & CultureVanessa Finney explores the lives, careers and legacy of Harriet and Helena Scott, who she says are colonial Sydney’s finest natural history painters.
Inside Captain Cook’s journal
History & CultureHeld in the collection of the National Library of Australia.
The books Australia banned
History & CultureAdd these to your reading list: throughout the 20th century, thousands of book titles were banned in Australia for being ‘obscene’. That was until the publishing industry became fed up.
How the Kimberley nearly became the Jewish homeland
History & CultureAustralia: the unpromised land.
A short history of female filmmaking in Australia
History & CultureAustralian women have been making films since as early as the 1920s, but their contribution to the industry is often overlooked.