Singing from the heart: Sydney Sings choir
See how music enriches the lives of Sydney Sings Choir members
See how music enriches the lives of Sydney Sings Choir members
Watch the trailer to Simon Cherriman’s new documentary about wedge-tailed eagles
Prince Harry describes what it’s like trekking in Antarctica.
Fighting extreme cold while pushing war-ravaged bodies to new physical limits, teams of soldiers scarred in battle take on the ultimate challenge – trekking 335km across the Antarctic to the South Pole. Find the full story in Mar/April issue #119 of Australian Geographic.
Listening to music – shimmying to it, learning it, playing it and watching it being performed – fires up more centres in your brain than almost any other activity. Music is a marvel and pervades our lives, but why we like it and where it originated puzzles the experts.
Mawson’s Hut was a marvel of construction, being built in the harsh conditions of the Antarctic in 1912-13.
On Banjo Paterson’s 150th birthday anniversary, here are his best ballads
Two brave but understated Australians talk about their South Pole trek.
The extremely limited distribution of the magnificent helicarionid land snail has made it vulnerable to extinction
We think of Australia’s penal settlement and its wars as times of great turmoil for many, of events that changed things on a national and global scale. Yet, it is important to remember that amongst these events were people just like us. The Australian War Memorial and the National Museum hold an immense collection of material tracing the nation’s history and wars. In-between the battle plans and the official histories are many small gems which remind us of the resilience of the human spirit and the necessity of love. Most images and captions are courtesy of Rebecca Britt, a curator at the Australian War Memorial and author of the book, Stories of Love and War.