History & Culture
Oz Words: Offsider
“Don’t worry mate, I’ve got a few reliable offsiders to help me out with that.”
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10 things you didn’t know about the Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games has officially kicked off. But how much do you know about the event?
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In her words: inspiring quotes from Australia’s ground-breaking women
This is what our female gold medallists, servicewomen, politicians, activists and adventurers have to say.
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The health of Australian slang
Are we still using Aussie slang or is it a dying language?
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The story of Australia’s last convicts
The Hougoumont, the last ship to take convicts from the UK to Australia, docked in Fremantle, Western Australia, on January 9, 1868 – 150 years ago. It brought an end to a process which deposited about 168,000 convicted prisoners in Australia after it began in 1788.
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The artworks of Ferdinand Bauer given digital resurrection
While his admirers have recognised his artistic genius for centuries, a new online exhibition, the very first of its kind, has collated 300 of Ferdinand Bauer’s artworks — from initial sketch to finished product.
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When did Australia’s human history begin?
In July, a new date was published that pushed the opening chapters of Australian history back to 65,000 years ago. It is the latest development in a time revolution that has gripped the nation over the past half century.
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Mungo Man heads back to country
Traditional owners of Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area feel deep relief as 42,000-year-old skeleton, taken without permission in the ‘70s, is returned from Canberra.
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The New Zealand convicts sent to Australia
Soon after it became a British colony, New Zealand began shipping the worst of its offenders across the Tasman Sea.
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Inside the world of museum taxidermy
Jo Bain, who’s worked at the South Australian Museum as a taxidermist since the age of 15, guides Australian Geographic through the changing face of his beloved profession.