History & Culture
In photographs: Garma Festival 2024
From 2 to 5 August, Garma Festival 2024 was hosted at the Gulkula ceremonial site in the Northern Territory in remote northeast Arnhem Land to celebrate and recognise Yolŋu life and culture.
Category: History & Culture
History & Culture
Our early weathermen
Survival on the roof of mainland Australia was an unenviable but necessary challenge that tested the endurance skills of 19th-century weather forecasters.
History & Culture
Rottnest Island: More than quokkas
Sure, you can’t avoid those cute little marsupials that made Rottnest Island world-famous, but there’s so much more to life on this ocean-ringed jewel off the Western Australian coast.
History & Culture
Conserving the Kabayan mummies: from an Australian classroom to the Philippines mountains
What started as a mock grant proposal by three students at the University of Melbourne has become an opportunity to preserve an ancient culture under threat.
History & Culture
Looking back at Loveday: Australia’s largest WWII internment camp
During World War II, civilians in Australia deemed “enemy aliens” – mostly those of German, Italian and Japanese descent – were housed in internment camps. The largest of the camps was Loveday Internment Camp in South Australia’s Riverland region, about 6km south of Barmera.
History & Culture
Cue the music
Groundbreaking musician and composer Aaron Wyatt is making up for lost time.
History & Culture
Discovering what it means to be the oldest living culture in the world
We often hear that Aboriginal peoples have been in Australia for 65,000 years, “the oldest living cultures in the world”. But what does this mean, given all living peoples on Earth have an ancestry that goes back into the mists of time?
History & Culture
What’s behind our fascination for naming places ‘great’?
The use of the prefix ‘great’ in Australian placename nomenclature is a prominent bookmark in our country’s past.
History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
1975: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is created.
AG Society
Trailblazing Aussie aviator recreates first aerial circumnavigation of the country
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia. Aviator Michael Smith retraces the flight in his unique amphibious flying boat, Southern Sun, starting and finishing at RAAF Base Point Cook, on Melbourne’s Port Phillip, taking in 15,000km of vast, diverse and stunning coastline in between.