Australia’s most notorious bushrangers
We reflect on the dastardly deeds and larger-than-life legacies of Australia’s infamous bushrangers.
We reflect on the dastardly deeds and larger-than-life legacies of Australia’s infamous bushrangers.
Scott’s 1911 expedition to Antarctica is one of the greatest, and most tragic, polar expeditions of all time
Artefacts of early Antarctic exploration continue to be uncovered as the snow slowly reveals its secret treasures
ANZANG Photographer of the Year finalist, Angela Robertson-Buchanan is showcasing her exhibition ‘Feathered Heads,’ as part of National Bird Week at X88 Gallery in Chippendale, open from 17-25 October, 2014. Feathered Heads features close-up portraits of a range of different native Australian birds and 20 per cent of sales raised will be donated back to Birdlife Australia to help with conservation efforts.
In October, Perth-based photographer Christian Fletcher won the overall gong in the International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. His photographs show mining sites and agricultural areas, spaces that are often hidden from public view. “I wanted to show how human land use affects the natural environment, and how in certain cases humans are creating pieces of art without actually knowing it,” says Christian. Here he talks us through a portfolio of his landscapes.
The history of Sydney’s beaches is endlessly fascinating. Since Caroline Ford first began researching how attitudes towards our beaches have changed over time as part of her PhD research in 2001, she’s been hooked. Over years of pouring through old archival records for her book Sydney Beaches a history, she’s uncovered untold stories about how communities fought for the right to use beaches like Bondi and Bronte, and the battles for cleaner beaches. She’s read about people who lost their homes to the expansion of beach parks and to angry seas, and about the city’s reaction to repeated shark attacks in the interwar decades.
Randy Larcombe’s photos reveal a hidden, humming world underneath Adelaide’s beating city heart.
Australian Geographic is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 ANZANG photography contest
In a violent humpback whale mating strategy, lusty males fight for access to females, sometimes even to the death.