Photography
Red sprites: Photographing a rare phenomenon
Red sprites have been captured on camera in Western Australia’s Kimberley.
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History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: smallpox breaks out
April 1789: A major smallpox epidemic breaks out.
History & Culture
A place of mists and shadows
Central to the identities of First Nations peoples and modern Melburnians, the Yarra River (Birrarung) is now legally recognised as a ‘living entity’.
History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: the Petrov affair
In April 1954, Soviet spies Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov, masquerading as Canberra diplomats, defected to Australia.
Science & Environment
Big bush corridor
One of the world’s largest land rehabilitation projects is transforming paddocks into natural paradises in the south-west of Western Australia.
History & Culture
Bill King: outback entrepreneur
Red dust, remote bush and thousand-kilometre journeys now form a quintessential travel experience for millions of international visitors to Australia. For that we can thank Bill King
Science & Environment
Confessions of a citizen scientist
Budding conservationists can have a meaningful impact on local biodiversity by recording their wildlife observations on iNaturalist.
Tim the Yowie Man
The Australian ghost story with its own festival
An annual festival now celebrates the story of Frederick Fisher’s ghost.
Treading Lightly
Why protect Ningaloo?
Famed for whale sharks, Ningaloo is also a safe nursery for lactating humpback whales and their newborn calves.
History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: the Federation drought
1895–1903: Australia’s worst drought since European settlement.