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On this day: Crocodile Dundee screens overseas

From the film’s first US appearance Crocodile Dundee would create an internationally recognisable icon.

Frank Povah on the origins of borrowed words.

Over 200 years ago on this day, William Buckley’s unlikely emergence spawned the phrase: ‘Buckley’s chance’.

Ever ‘done a blockie’? Well, Frank Povah tells us how that word came about.

Natural, no-frills burials are becoming a popular way to give something back to the Earth.

Are you a fan or a barracker? Frank Povah tells us the difference.

The first day of spring is the little-known but uniquely Australian celebration – National Wattle Day.

What’s in a place name? And should we change unsavoury or politically incorrect names?

We love these graceful, hopping marsupials, but where did the name kangaroo come from? Frank Povah tells us the yarn.

AG editor, Ian Connellan chats about the end of the largest police beat on Earth: camel patrols of the outback.