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Category: History & Culture

Online obituary database reveals Australian stories

A new online database of obituaries aims to catalogue the lives of interesting Australians.

Frank Povah chats about the history of this classic Aussie word for ‘fool’.

Two brothers walk in footsteps of Henry Lawson’s 1893 summer trek from Hungerford to Bourke and back.

There are more than 8000 shipwrecks off the coast of Australia, but only a quarter of those have been found.

From mud maps to early town planning, historical charts of Australia’s beginnings are being digitised.

From witchetty grubs to kangaroo apples, these native medicines are used to cure ills the traditional way.

Some public personas might use the word ‘coralled’, but it’s not remotely Australian.

Chris Pritchard sneaks a look inside the world of hotel concierges and the strange and wacky requests they get.

The Palm Island project aims to sustain jobs and repair a damaged community through its huge commercial sponge farm.

Despite 21st-century influences, WA’s Martu people continue to hunt using age-old customs.