A pioneering pair
Louisa Atkinson and her mother, Charlotte, were among Australia’s earliest authors, and pioneers in women’s rights.
Louisa Atkinson and her mother, Charlotte, were among Australia’s earliest authors, and pioneers in women’s rights.
The first Australian ascent of Mt Everest in 1984 is one of the great feats of mountaineering. Climbed by a small team semi-alpine style, with no bottled oxygen, via the Great (Norton) Couloir, it remains unrepeated 40 years later.
In an era of heightened social isolation, where many of us lead lonely lives, Dangar Island offers the chance to be part of a supportive, connected community.
Groundbreaking musician and composer Aaron Wyatt is making up for lost time.
The use of the prefix ‘great’ in Australian placename nomenclature is a prominent bookmark in our country’s past.
Thomas Watson was devastated when he discovered his traditional language, Gangulu, was no longer spoken, but his grief gave way to searching, a process that led thousands of kilometres around the world to an attic in Sweden.
Meet the Aussie beekeepers giving back after their revolutionary hive design caused a buzz in apiaries worldwide.
With visions of a more sustainable future, teams from across the globe drive from Darwin to Adelaide in futuristic solar-powered vehicles, in one of the world’s most gruelling innovation and engineering competitions.
Researchers have discovered internationally significant rock-art sites in Arnhem Land were far from random and instead ‘chosen’ for the critical vantage points they provided.
Breaking world sailing records seems to come naturally to Lisa Blair. Her beaming face and calm, but celebratory, arrivals in destination ports give little away of the perils, discomforts and sheer loneliness of the epic ocean voyages she completes.