History & Culture - Australian Geographic

Incredible archive footage shows how hiking Tasmania’s iconic Cradle Mountain has changed over last century

One hundred years ago, what we now know as Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair NP was first declared a protected area.

200 years since the honey bee came to our shores, it’s hard to imagine an Australia without it

On the bicentenary of the European honey bee’s introduction to Australia, should we be celebrating? We take a look at the effects – good and bad – the honey bee has had on our environment and society.

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The Dog Fence: what future for this iconic but contentious barrier?

Carving a corrosive path through remote inland Australia, the Dingo Barrier Fence has cast a 70-year shadow over the ecology of a significant body of the Australian continent, while also providing a critical lifeline to the nation’s iconic sheep industry.

History & Culture

Life on the wire: working Australia’s famous Dog Fence

Photographer Adam Ferguson travelled the fence in search of the people whose remote lives and livelihoods depend on it.

History & Culture

SNAPSHOT: The 1954 Royal Tour

In her 70 years as queen, Elizabeth II has visited Australia on 16 occasions, but with changing attitudes to the British monarchy, there has never been a royal tour quite like the first. Photographer Max Dupain turned his camera on the crowds lining Sydney’s thoroughfares.

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From uranium mining to sustainable tourism: How Kakadu is changing post COVID-19

With vast swathes of Kakadu NP now returned to Traditional Owners and the Ranger uranium mine closing, it’s a brand new day for this wildlife- and wetland-infused country.