History

Physical education pioneer Fritz Duras had a distinguished career, but our truth-telling process uncovered another side to Duras that can’t be ignored

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

Professor Julie Satur’s journey from teenaged dental therapist to tenacious public health advocate is one of perseverance for equity in oral healthcare

As library, museum and other heritage collections go online, we need to consider who is creating these collections and why

Ancient Celtic Halloween ­­– or All Hallow’s Eve ­– was a day to acknowledge the dead. Modern rituals of marking death continue this tradition, both remembering and letting go

History and future come together with a new staging of Ray Lawler’s iconic play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll at the new Union Theatre

While no film can convey everything about nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer is a timely reminder of how fallible humans created the first weapons that could destroy our world

Never mind the roads, rivers were the arteries of the Roman Empire, carrying food, fuel and livestock along important ancient trade routes

While the Victorian author didn’t actually invent Christmas, he did renew – and redefine – its generous spirit

Can you tell Minoan from Mycenaean? Or recall Nero’s dying words? Test yourself in our Classics quiz