Destinations
Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory has a population of just 3000 people, and is found 1000km south of Darwin and 500km north of Alice Springs. This outback town is as gritty as it’s charming, and with its swag of multicultural locals and a zealous community spirit, it’s a place that’s now luring newcomers with more than just gold dust. Find the full story in the Nov/Dec issue (#129) of Australian Geographic.
History & Culture
One hundred photos of Australia’s Freedom Ride – the now historic 1965 campaign that protested discrimination against indigenous Australians – have been discovered in the archives of the State Library of NSW. Led by one of the first indigenous students at the University of Sydney, Kumantjayi (Charles) Perkins, the Freedom Ride was a bus tour of western and coastal NSW communities that received intense media coverage at the height of the ’60s indigenous civil rights movement. Put together by Sydney University’s Student Action for Aborigines (SAFA), the ride protested continued differences in indigenous and non-indigenous rights in Australia – particularly exclusion of indigenous people from using public places like the Bowraville Picture Theatre, the Walgett RSL and the Moree Baths. The historic photos were captured by photographer and journalist Noel Hazzard from The Tribune – a newspaper run by Communist Party of Australia – who spent one week in Moree and in nearby Walgett on the Freedom Ride. The images are now showing for the first time in an exhibition at the State Library of New South Wales called: Freedom Ride ’65: Unpublished photos from The Tribune Archive.
On This Day
Among the things you might not know: is that Alfred Deakin helped create the first minimum wage and was prime minister three times
On This Day
After taking up painting aged 33, pioneering artist Albert Namatjira shaped indigenous Australian art forever.
History & Culture
Anzac troops heading into the bloody conflicts of World War I used new handheld cameras to capture the true face of war for the first time
Destinations
Mining and mountains mark the end of David’s journey through outback New South Wales
On This Day
At Bustard Head lighthouse – the site of suicide, drowning, tragic accidents and murder – the light has not been enough to stop endless waves of misfortune.
History & Culture
What foods has the young Australian nation pulled to its bosom and claimed as its own? Here are 10 to think about.
History & Culture
The rusting rail bridges spanning the mighty Murray recall the vigour of a boom era long past.
History & Culture
James McCormack embarks on a personal crusade to better understand his father who, 50 years ago, completed Australia’s first modern hot-air balloon flight.