Events
Defining Moments in Australian History: Brisbane founded
1825: Brisbane begins as the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement.
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History & Culture
Cleaning up toxic wartime shipwrecks
Australian maritime archaeologists are helping to decontaminate rusty war shipwrecks in the Pacific, preventing billions of litres of oil and other pollutants from leaking into the ocean.
Flora & Fauna
It’s not easy being green
As well as suffering the same range of threats facing animals worldwide, our frogs continue to battle a deadly fungal disease.
History & Culture
The memory of Melba
Australia’s first A-list celebrity was Dame Nellie Melba, a gifted opera singer with legions of adoring fans across the globe.
Biodiversity
Save the whales, save the world
If you’re looking for signs the earth could bounce back from its presently beleaguered state, witness the increasing number of humpback whale blows along Australia’s coastlines.
Events
Defining Moments in Australian History: First Anzac Day
25 April 1915: On the first anniversary of Australian troops landing at Gallipoli in Turkey, Anzac Day was observed around Australia and wherever Australian soldiers were posted.
History & Culture
War’s lingering shadow
Fifty years after the conflict in Vietnam, the Australian soldiers who fought still bear the scars – as do their children and grandchildren.
History & Culture
Vietnam’s deep scars
Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War officially ended 50 years ago, but the consequences have cut through our population for three generations.
Science & Environment
Celebrating Tidbinbilla
I’m often asked about the space probes that are leaving the solar system, never to return. There are five of them: Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 – all launched in the 1970s – and New Horizons, which began its journey to Pluto and beyond in 2006.
Photography
Red sprites: Photographing a rare phenomenon
Red sprites have been captured on camera in Western Australia’s Kimberley.