Defining Moments in Australian History: World’s first feature film produced in Victoria
1906: The Story of the Kelly Gang premieres in Melbourne before screening worldwide.
1906: The Story of the Kelly Gang premieres in Melbourne before screening worldwide.
Across Australia, our communities have different characteristics that make them either more susceptible or more resilient to harms from climate change and extreme weather events. Now, researchers have developed a new index to identify the areas and people most at risk.
Nothing says an Aussie Easter quite like the bilby, but this symbol of the outback is facing a tough struggle for survival.
It’s the news conservationists have been expecting, but dreading. The avian influenza H5N1 virus has reached mainland Antarctica.
They can recover from fire, grow back from a bare stump, shrug aside bark loss that would kill a lesser tree, and endure drought and floods.
The Great Southern Reef is losing its most valuable asset, the Tasmanian giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), but a group of researchers and partners are collaborating to save this vital habitat.
As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?
The best specimen ever recovered of the extremely rare night parrot is now on public display at Western Australian Museum – and it’s already led to a scientific breakthrough that can help save the species.
Thanks to a huge astronomical survey of the entire sky, we have now found what may be the most hellish place in the universe.
The oldest European settlement west of New South Wales’ Blue Mountains, Bathurst is pure gold.