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Retracing Lawson’s historic path

Two brothers walk in footsteps of Henry Lawson’s 1893 summer trek from Hungerford to Bourke and back.

Take in the splendours of the ancient and sprawling city of Angkor from a totally different perspective.

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For the first time, artefacts from Egypt’s most famous pharaoh will be on display in Australia.

A sacred Aboriginal rock art site in Western Australia has been defaced with graffiti.

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While searching for giant rat fossils, scientists have stumbled on the oldest rock carvings in southeast Asia.

Polynesian people may have populated the Pacific via New Guinea rather than Taiwan as previously thought.

From witchetty grubs to kangaroo apples, these native medicines are used to cure ills the traditional way.

Some public personas might use the word ‘coralled’, but it’s not remotely Australian.

Rangers from PNG’s Kokoda Track visited Australia to learn more about indigenous management of parks.

Good disaster plans have averted the destruction of almost all important historic artefacts in Queensland.