History & Culture
First Fleet ship given National Heritage status
The wreck of a First Fleet ship which once carried Governor Phillip has been given National Heritage status.
History & Culture
Australian colonial art uncovered in Canada
Original artworks depicting 19th century colonial Australia have been found in a cupboard in Canada.
History & Culture
Cobb & Co coaches: once mighty, now history
The pioneering 19th-century coaching conglomerate won – and lost – a great deal during its turbulent 70-year history.
History & Culture
PM Science Prize winners announced
This year’s winners of the PM Science Prizes include chemists who rewrote the textbooks on plastics.
History & Culture
Lone Pine seeds grown into a living memorial
From a handful of pine cones found by Aussie diggers at Gallipoli comes a living forest of war memorials.
Destinations
Birdsville races: outback event like no other
The Birdsville Race day is a quintessential Australian outback experience and should be on everyone’s bucket list.
History & Culture
Bob the Railway Dog: An icon of Australian history
Bob the Railway Dog had an insatiable thirst for train travel – he was a dog for all Australians.
History & Culture
Physics Nobel laureate thought prize was a joke
The Australian-based Nobel laureate thought it was a joke when he got the call about winning the physics prize.
Biodiversity
Aboriginal groups impose dugong hunting ban
In the wake of seagrass damage from the 2011 floods, traditional owners have decided to stop hunting dugong.
History & Culture
Controversy over Aboriginal sacred stone
An Aboriginal object so sacred that for a woman to see it “would mean death” has been put up for auction in the UK.