News
Art in the bark: Indigenous boab etchings under threat in the Tanami
The boab trees of the remote Tanami desert are carved with centuries of Indigenous history – and they’re under threat.
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History & Culture
Between a rock and a hard place
Home to Victoria’s highest concentration of rock-art sites – and to world-class climbing – the Grampians National Park is truly spectacular, but also a site of conflict. In the face of widespread climbing bans, land managers are working to balance the interests of Traditional Owners and climbers.
Travel
Going beyond the icon
Sometimes the extent of a journey isn’t measured by distance, but by the new thoughts and feelings it generates. So I discovered when I recently took an Indigenous-guided tour at Uluru.
History & Culture
GALLERY: Jonathan Jones’s barrangal dyara
In 1882, a three-year-old palace at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden was destroyed by fire – and with it, thousands of Indigenous artefacts. The new barrangal dyara (skin and bones) installation is a reminder of what was lost. Read more about the Garden Palace fire and Jonathan’s artwork here.
News
Indigenous art highlights Sydney’s Garden Palace fire of 1882
In 1882, a palace at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden was destroyed – and with it, thousands of Indigenous artefacts. The new barrangal dyara (skin and bones) installation is a reminder of what was lost.
History & Culture
Rock art reveals secrets of Australia’s first settlers
The biggest rock art study in Australian history may shed light on when Indigenous Australians first arrived.
Destinations
VIDEO: Lifeblood of Tennant Creek, NT
Once among Australia’s richest gold-mining centres, Tennant Creek has a dappled past, but the spirit of the locals is luring newcomers once again.
Destinations
Gallery: Alice Springs places and faces
Straddling the ephemeral Todd River, Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory and the geographical heart of Australia, or as locals are given to saying, “the town closest to every beach in Oz”. In reality, it’s 1200km as the crow flies to the nearest ocean and about 1500km to the closest major cities, Adelaide and Darwin. It has a population of approximately 28,000, 12 per cent of the NT’s population.