Lowering Indigenous incarceration rates is a key aim of the Closing The Gap targets, but there are more First Nations people behind bars than ever. How did this happen and what can fix it?
The new Jewel House exhibition the Tower of London.
Historic Royal Palaces
This display marks the first time the Tower of London has explained the origins of the Koh-i-noor diamond, which is now presented as a ‘symbol of conquest’.
By the end of the 19th century, railways were being used by millions across India.
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Ritika Prasad, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
A deadly crash in India that claimed the lives of around 300 people has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the country.
A broken pipe is the only remnant of a road built during colonial times in Kenya. This literal “ruin of empire” lies on the route of the LAPSSET corridor.
Theo Aalders
The Hoddle Grid that dictates the flow of vehicles and people in central Melbourne has had its day. It can be remade to reduce the dominance of cars and create a liveable city for the 21st century.
A woman examines a diamond she is in the process of cutting and polishing in Yellowknife, N.W.T. in a photo from 2003.
(CP PHOTO/Bob Weber)
While marketing has made diamond rings a symbol of heteronormative happy endings, women from the Northwest Territories tell a different story about their experiences with the diamond mines.
A young boy walks by a burnt-out dormitory building set on fire by students after a night of school unrest in western Kenya.
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While some German museums are returning some of the famous Benin Bronzes, most remain in museums in the UK and the US even as calls for restitution grow.
The West, Russia and Japan all left their marks on China today. Urbanisation too is usurping the old China. This long, mixed heritage and what should be done with it remains contested.
British troops allegedly killed 24 unarmed villagers in Batang Kali in 1948, but the government still refuses a public inquiry.
Still from the movie Un rêve français (“A French Dream”) by Christian Faure, which tells the story of a young Guadeloupean couple during a little-known, tragic time of French post-colonial history.
Eloa Prod 2018
Great Britain was not the only country behaving badly with its Caribbean population: France also experienced similar waves of post-war migration.
Park guards view maps and photos of high-altitude glaciers – information that can be shared with local communities dealing with changing water levels.
Anne Toomey
Science can’t just stay in the ivory tower. But what does impact really mean and how does it happen? A study of more than a decade of ecological fieldwork projects in Bolivia suggests a better way.
Anti-cholera inoculation in Calcutta in 1894.
Wellcome Collection
Anglophones have long complained that their language and culture are marginalised. They say if this doesn’t change, they must be granted independence.
President Donald Trump talks with residents during a tour a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Maria, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Melbourne is a product of British colonial planning policies to control public access and movement in Australian cities. This legacy still influences the use of public spaces today.