The longest boxing match ever
History & CultureBoxing probably arrived in Australia in 1788 with the convicts of the First Fleet, but the first recorded bout in the colony of New South Wales took place in 1814.
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This is what Sydney Harbour Bridge could have looked like
History & CultureA new series of digital renderings bring to life what the Sydney Harbour Bridge could have looked like, had Dorman Long and Co’s ‘coat hanger’ design not been chosen.
How we can protect the archaeological sites of the Apollo missions
History & CultureThe first human footprints on the moon, the famous flag, experiment packages, cameras, antennas, commemorative objects, space boots and many other discarded objects all have to protected, according to Alice Gorman.
Lasseter’s Reef: Will it ever be found?
History & CultureSince its purported discovery more than 120 years ago, Lasseter’s Reef, a fabled gold-rich outback quartz vein, has eluded both fortune-hunters and researchers.
Robert Irwin looks exactly like Steve in this re-created photo
History & CultureThey look so alike!
‘Organised, technologically advanced’: first people to arrive in Australia came in large numbers, and on purpose
History & CultureThe size of the first population of people needed to arrive, survive, and thrive in what is now Australia is revealed in two studies published today.
The story of the first Australian women in Antarctica
History & CultureMany of the issues faced by the first Australian women to travel to Antarctica are still being experienced by modern-day polar women.
Fight for survival of wartime breed
History & CultureThey carried thousands of Allied soldiers safely across the scarred battlefields of World War I, but the fight for survival is far from over for Australia’s historic military mounts.
The only known sculpture of a WWI Indigenous soldier has been found
History & CultureThose that discovered the bust of Australian Indigenous POW Douglas Grant tell the story of how they managed to track it down.
The life of a rigger on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
History & CultureAngela Heathcote tells the story of her father Kelly, who spent most of his professional career as a rigger on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.