history and culture Archives

Building history: The Endeavour replica

Luck, generosity and determination saw the completion of a replica of Cook’s legendary ship.

Following the Endeavour’s course simulates life leading up to colonial Australia.

Treasured memories of family camping trips keep thousands of Australians making an annual pilgrimage.

The iconic “coathanger” has come a long way since the last rivet was hammered home.

John Morgan led the last official horse-mounted survey expedition into uncharted areas of the Kimberley.

Artistic impressions of the natural world reveal as much about the artist’s cultural perspective as they do about the subjects themselves.

Eastern Australia’s European discoverer is well remembered in the town that honours his name.

Savouring the rich Asian culture of rural Victoria.

A 1935 photograph inspires nostalgia for the then-century-old Easter Show.

Donald Mackay was on a mission: to venture into Australia’s unknown central desert and accurately map what he saw from the air.