Australian History
Arts & Culture
Book extract
Bushrangers in their own words
Most bushrangers are best known from semi-fictional accounts written decades after their deaths, but a new book uncovers a few that told their own stories
Arts & Culture
Walt Disney’s ‘love affair’ with Australia
A new book explores the many – often surprising – connections between Walt Disney and Australia, most of which have faded from modern memory
Health & Medicine
Opinion
Could climate change bring malaria back to Australia?
Australia eradicated malaria back in the late 1970s, but as our climate continues to change, could the deadly disease make a return?
Politics & Society
Opinion
‘Labor is a fair-weather friend of unionism’
With various Australian elections on the horizon, it shouldn’t be a surprise Labor governments are distancing themselves from the CFMEU. It’s happened throughout their history
Health & Medicine
Dental care and healthcare are the same thing
A new book on the history of dental health in Victoria calls for a greater focus on prevention and more government-funded dental services
Politics & Society
A new Australia Day for everyone
26 January is a divisive and illogical date to celebrate our country. An alternative date acknowledges Indigenous history while also reflecting modern Australia
Environment
Lockdown ‘field trip’ reveals whereabouts of Australian grasshoppers
Using old field notes and new technology, researchers used COVID lockdowns to retrace the steps of pioneering Australian insect surveyors, virtually
Arts & Culture
Conserving the world’s oldest processional dragon
For the last year, Grimwade Conservation Services has been conserving Loong 龍, the oldest intact Imperial processional dragon in the world
Arts & Culture
Zanuckville: Australia’s strangest suburb?
In the 1950s, the Hollywood Western came to Australia, but the cast and crew needed somewhere to stay. The South Australian government came up with ‘Zanuckville’
Arts & Culture
Bringing a living archive to life
The Living Archive challenges the idea of what an Indigenous museum collection can be and could become