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.
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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
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?
Tim the Yowie Man
A tale of mistaken identity and whalebone picnics
For more than 20 years, the jawbone of a whale lay on the grass just behind the golden sands of Long Beach, near Batemans Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales.
History & Culture
Indigenous rock-art sites ‘chosen’ for vantage
Researchers have discovered internationally significant rock-art sites in Arnhem Land were far from random and instead ‘chosen’ for the critical vantage points they provided.
History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: Australia’s first Olympian
1896: Edwin Flack races into history.
History & Culture
The whaling captain, a secret plan and one of Australia’s boldest prison escapes
On 19 April 1876, a group of Irish Fenian prisoners who became known as the ‘Fremantle Six’ escaped from Australian authorities. However, the plan to secure their freedom began more than a year earlier and thousands of kilometres away.
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Around the nation in 44 days
Award-winning flyer Michael Smith will recreate a significant milestone in Australia’s aviation history with a solo circumnavigation of the continent.
History & Culture
Celebrating the ritual and custom of ancient cultures: a book review of China Adorned
China is a country of immense diversity, especially its people. ‘China Adorned’ is a stunning celebration of this.
History & Culture
Soundtrack to a new life
Dulcie Holland is best known for her books on music theory. But in a career spanning nearly 70 years, she also composed music for documentaries promoting Australia’s postwar immigration strategy.