History & Culture
Our summer obsession
From backyards and beaches to Baggy Greens and Bradman, cricket is stitched into the seams of Australia.
History & Culture
Look beneath the surface
A new exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum showcases the world’s leading ocean photographers – including several Australians.
History & Culture
10 times the aurora australis inspired remarkable works of art
Social media has once again lit up with colourful hues, as the spectacle of aurora australis, also known as the Southern Lights, became visible across large parts of Australia and New Zealand overnight.
History & Culture
The magic of Mutawintji
This remote outback national park has once again become a vital cultural gathering place.
Events
Fifty years on: Remembering Whitlam’s shock dismissal
Fifty years ago, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s dismissal sent shockwaves across Australia.
History & Culture
Cloudland: The beloved Brisbane ballroom demolished in secret
On the morning of 7 November 1982, Brisbane residents awoke to find Cloudland Ballroom, a much-loved venue in the inner north-eastern suburb of Bowen Hills, reduced to rubble.
History & Culture
Twofold Bay’s deep connection to whales
Whales hold a profound place in the natural and industrial history of this southern NSW bay.
Nature & Wildlife
Regional innovations: The future is out here
In waterways, farms and skies across regional Australia, the next wave of environmental and energy innovation is already taking off.
History & Culture
Notes from the field: Red earth energy
Our Digital Features Editor, Candice Marshall, was ecstatic about her latest field assignment.
Fossils
Hunters or collectors? New evidence challenges claim Australia’s First Peoples hunted megafauna to extinction
Incision marks likely made by humans on the fossilised bone of an ancient kangaroo challenges the ‘humans wiped out Australian megafauna’ theory.