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Water for wildlife: Macquarie Marshes

Photographer Tom Rayner’s new book takes you on a journey through the Macquarie Marshes and their revival from years of drought, to brimming wetland oasis.

Wildlife

Rare photos of a juvenile platypus

Platypus are known for being extremely shy, but this little fella was curious about some lucky wildlife photographers

Wildlife

Video: curious echidna close encounter

A wild echidna is so tame that it doesn’t mind human presence.

History & Culture

Top 10 Aussie firsts we’ve never heard of

Australians have contributed some very significant firsts throughout history. Here are a few of the less well-known.

History & Culture

Gallery: The top 10 most iconic Australian foods

Aussie food classics suggests that it’s the simpler things that take our fancy. Whether at a family Christmas feast at the height of a scorching Australian summer or barracking at a local footy match in the depths of winter, Australians enjoy foods that suit our laid-back lifestyle. Here are five sweet and five savoury Australian foods that will pluck at your Aussie heartstrings to remind you of days spent around the good old Australian backyard barbecue, lounging on the beach or simply the everyday.

History & Culture

Endurance: A glorious Antarctic failure

The story of Shackleton’s remarkable survival

History & Culture

Our top 10 most iconic Australian foods

What foods has the young Australian nation pulled to its bosom and claimed as its own? Here are 10 to think about.

History & Culture

Gallery: Frank Hurley’s Antarctic images of Shackleton

In a dramatic series of photographs, Australian photographer Frank Hurley brings to life the tribulations of Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1916).

History & Culture

Cyclone Tracy: unseen images from the Red Cross archive

When catastrophic Cyclone Tracy wreaked havoc on Darwin on Christmas day 1974, the Australian Red Cross hit the ground running. With 71 fatalities, hundreds seriously injured and thousands homeless the charity stepped up as an essential body providing vital aid. These images have just been released after 40 years in the archives. Taken by Red Cross photographer Ramon A Williams, they document the people of Darwin and volunteers pulling together in a city that was 70 per cent destroyed. An exhibition of Williams’ images can be seen at Community Art Space at the City of Darwin Civic Centre until January 15.