History & Culture
A journey of faith
Aspiring pilgrims don’t need to travel to Europe’s great caminos. Our Aussie Camino offers just as much natural beauty, physical challenge – and spiritual healing.
Category: History & Culture
History & Culture
Broughton’s inconvenient allure
Work is underway to conserve the natural and cultural histories of this dramatically beautiful island, just off the northern NSW coast, and to retrieve what it’s already lost.
History & Culture
Why the Voice to Parliament will help close the gap
In this edited extract from Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien’s The Voice to Parliament Handbook, Marcia Langton and Fiona Stanley explain why Australia should vote Yes.
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‘The law of the tongue’: Humans and orcas once worked together to hunt whales
On the shores of Twofold Bay in southern New South Wales stands an old weatherboard cottage and the remains of a tryworks, a processing plant where oil was recovered from whale blubber.
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World Heritage sites of Australia
A guide to Australia’s greatest natural and cultural treasures.
History & Culture
Painting the unfamiliar
The first European paintings of Australian animals look so alien to our eyes.
History & Culture
The road less travelled
Scattered along the old Hume Highway are relics of bygone eras, from retro petrol stations to bushranger haunts.
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Defining Moments in Australian History: Australia’s first piloted flight
1894: Lawrence Hargrave lifts off in his box kite at Stanwell Park.
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Ancient mystery solved: Lizard-like creature found in retaining wall has ‘hart’
Ancient mystery solved. Scientists have identified a new species of amphibian that occupied Australia some 247 million years ago.
History & Culture
In pictures: Garma Festival 2023
Australia’s largest celebration of Yolngu culture took place at the weekend, with four-days of art, music, dance, ceremony and song.