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What foods has the young Australian nation pulled to its bosom and claimed as its own? Here are 10 to think about.
What foods has the young Australian nation pulled to its bosom and claimed as its own? Here are 10 to think about.
In a dramatic series of photographs, Australian photographer Frank Hurley brings to life the tribulations of Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1916).
When catastrophic Cyclone Tracy wreaked havoc on Darwin on Christmas day 1974, the Australian Red Cross hit the ground running. With 71 fatalities, hundreds seriously injured and thousands homeless the charity stepped up as an essential body providing vital aid. These images have just been released after 40 years in the archives. Taken by Red Cross photographer Ramon A Williams, they document the people of Darwin and volunteers pulling together in a city that was 70 per cent destroyed. An exhibition of Williams’ images can be seen at Community Art Space at the City of Darwin Civic Centre until January 15.
It wasn’t until the dark of midnight, on Christmas day, 25 December 1974, that Cyclone Tracy really began to make an impact. In the seven hours it took the cyclone to pass over Darwin, it destroyed roughly 70 per cent of the small capital city. In all, 71 people were killed in the chaos, 13 of them lost at sea. A bill of $500-600 million dollars also racked up ($2.5-3 billion today), as planes, cars, power lines and structures were whipped across streets, destroying buildings and infrastructure. But there were sparks of hope amid the destruction. The then-tiny town of Alice Springs raised $100,000 (~$700,000 today) with 24 hours of the tragedy.
The rusting rail bridges spanning the mighty Murray recall the vigour of a boom era long past.
James McCormack embarks on a personal crusade to better understand his father who, 50 years ago, completed Australia’s first modern hot-air balloon flight.
Traditional Aboriginal culture is being kept alive in south-western WA
A project connected artists in Western Australia and South Africa, where the two parts of the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope will be built.
Brisbane’s historic fort roars to life as Vikings come face to face with a German tank at the most diverse living history festival in Queensland
The Shared Sky art project connected indigenous artists in remote communities from either side of the Indian Ocean (Western Australia and South Africa) whom have ancient cultural connections to the two sites where the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope will be located.