History & Culture
House, home and history
Take a virtual walk through a neighbourhood of Australian architecture… one historic home at a time.
Tag: Australian culture
Biodiversity
The Murray’s crusaders
While the world watches and governments and scientists argue about salinity and water resources, families living at the mouth of the Murray River are working to find their own solutions.
History & Culture
Disappearing act
White rabbits and magic wands are falling victim to today’s workplace rules and regulations.
History & Culture
Life lessons at School of the Air
Reading, writing and croc-spotting – all in a day’s work for School of the Air educator Jodie Hart.
Destinations
King Island: King’s banquet
Amid the constant onslaught of the Roaring Forties, King Island remains rustic and isolated, yet with a powerful export industry and a unique community spirit.
Destinations
Roxby Downs: Living in an outback mining town
In the middle of Australia’s massive minerals boom, what’s life like in an outback mining town?
Destinations
Believing in Bourke:iconic outback town
Poet Henry Lawson said that to know Bourke is to know Australia. The outback town remains a barometer of Aussie life.
History & Culture
Still life
For world-champion taxidermist Sascha Smith, success is all about sweating the small stuff.
Destinations
T Dimboola: outback town for better, for worse
THE DRY RIVERBED THAT that borders Riverside, Denis Elliott’s “host” farm, is sandy beneath our feet. It’s littered with driftwood and mussel shells. A bilious-green waterhole supports a few die-hard European carp. A family of wood ducks parades among exposed tree roots. “Water is only two-thirds of a river,” says farmer-turned-tourist operator Denis. “The big trees,… View Article