Oral History

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Arts & Culture

The life stories of Gippsland lakes fishers

An oral history project is preserving the memories of the people who fished the Gippsland Lakes before commercial fishing was shutdown

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Sciences & Technology

Victoria’s volcanic history confirms the state’s Aboriginal inhabitation before 34,000 years

New techniques for dating volcanic eruptions, a lone axe and Indigenous oral traditions give us a new minimum age for human occupation in Victoria

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Health & Medicine

The meaning in our stars

Throughout time, humankind has looked to the stars and recounted the meaning they see. We know this is true of many cultures, in many places. But time and place have influenced those narratives and how they were passed on.

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