History & Culture
Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival
Indigenous culture was on display at the Laura Dance Festival held every two years in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula.
Tag: Queensland
Biodiversity
Bombs dropped on GBR highlight wider issue
Four bombs dropped on the Great Barrier Reef cause experts to question military training.
News
Fossils discovered at Brisbane worksite
Fossils of animals that may be 50 million years old have been uncovered during roadworks in Queensland.
Nature & Wildlife
Night parrot: Tantalising clues revealed
An ornithologist has captured the first photos and some intriguing insights into Australia’s most elusive bird.
Nature & Wildlife
Night parrot confirmed alive again after 30 years?
Birders are twitterpated after naturalist claims he has photos and film of an Australian parrot rarely seen since 1979.
Reader Photos
Reader photo: Dingo on Fraser Island
A charismatic dingo snapped at Fraser Island is this week’s reader photo.
Science & Environment
Huge dinosaur bones found in Queensland
A graveyard teeming with fossil bones has been hailed the biggest Australian find in a decade.
Science & Environment
Kangaroo teeth redraft ancient Queensland
A study of prehistoric kangaroo teeth has painted an unexpected picture of a lush, tropical southern Queensland.
Photography
AG reader photo: blue triangle butterfly
A picture of a gorgeous butterfly at rest is this week’s reader photograph.
News
Barrier Reef downgrade decision postponed
UNESCO will decide in 2014 whether to add the reef to a list of World Heritage Sites in danger.