Tim the Yowie Man
No concrete evidence to support common Aussie myth
Did you hear the story about the workman who was buried alive in wet concrete during a bridge construction? Or was it a dam?
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History & Culture
When birds became cool
Many Australians discovered the country’s extraordinary birds during COVID. They’d always been there, but it seems we were often too busy to notice.
Nature & Wildlife
Living with sharks
As summer heats up in Australia and more people go swimming, concerns about sharks inevitably rise. But what is the real threat in our waters?
Nature & Wildlife
The curse of ugly
It’s not hard to garner support for cuddly koalas, colourful parrots and big-eyed frogs, but what about animals – such as sharks – that we humans don’t find so physically endearing?
Tim the Yowie Man
Summer solstice Down Under
There’s something magical about a ray of sunlight, especially if it illuminates an object of reverence. Even more so if it’s a spectacle that only occurs once a year.
Biodiversity
OPINION: Conservation coup or cop-out?
“Are Australia’s new nature laws a conservation coup or cop-out?,” asks Professor of Environmental Management, Martine Maron.
Treading Lightly with Roger Smith
Judbarra and its special wallaby
As altered fire regimes transform ecosystems across the Top End, intact wilderness offers a vital lifeline for native wildlife.
Events
A right royal controversy
The first attempted political assassination on Australian soil quashed all republican talk in the colonies.
History & Culture
‘Dumped down in a primeval forest’: WA’s failed Group Settlement Scheme
In the early 1920s, thousands of British families boarded ships to Western Australia, lured by the promises of the Group Settlement Scheme – an assisted migration initiative that sought to boost the state’s population and expand its agricultural output, particularly in dairy production.
Land
What’s not to lichen?
Many people mistakenly think they’re plants, but lichens are weird composite organisms – and Australia has a lot of them.