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The proposal for a Voice to Parliament was Australia’s first attempt to add Indigenous recognition to the constitution. The result was a resounding failure.
Most Australians have heard of Norman Lindsay’s fantastical children’s book The Magic Pudding. He was just one of ten talented siblings.
David Jones is donating its archive to Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum. It is a timely reminder of the significance of ‘DJs’ to the development of modern Australia.
Personal activism has achieved major legislative change, such as no-fault divorce and the decriminalisation of homosexuality and abortion. But it’s also used by groups who want to reverse that change.
NAIDOC events have always combined advocacy, protest and celebrations of culture through music, dance and art.
Dingo DNA study reveals an ancient population split and surprisingly recent links to New Guinea singing dogs.
Born into a wealthy family, John Büsst left Melbourne for north Queensland where he campaigned against planned oil and gas exploration of the reef in the 1960s. His story was little known, until now.
Charming and irreverent as they were, The Beatles themselves were only part of the reason the tour was so memorable.
There is a glaring absence of Indigenous people and culture at the heart of the Mad Max films.
Along with British and Irish convicts, 627 free men, women and children were transported to the 19th-century penal colonies of Van Diemen’s Land. Their stories, mostly forgotten, are moving.
Many First Nations celebrate the time when boats from across the Indonesian archipelago were not intercepted by Australian authorities.
Films about Australia’s efforts in WWI continue to exclude an Aboriginal presence – denying all of us access to their important stories.
Some of these men went from being indentured pearl divers to soldiers in Borneo. Other fled their home country as teenagers to earn money.
Truth-telling is vital to building a greater understanding between First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians. New research offers insights into how this can be done.
Indigenous people have long spoken about coercive practices of officials and experts around birth control, as late as the 1960s. Now historians are finding evidence in the government’s own records.
A national anthem is supposed to reinforce a nation’s identity. Are we fine with singing Advance Australia Fair for another 50 years?
The grave of Andrew George Scott, famously known as Captain Moonlite, may not bear the significance attributed to it in a recent proposal by the Heritage Council of NSW.
Today, the flat white is enjoyed by people the world over. But there’s good reason to think there’s a very local history behind this special brew.
Barrow Island off the coast of Western Australia holds a unique record of First Nations people. For millennia, they lived on vast plains that are now drowned by the sea.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor in Public History, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of History and Professor of Public Engagement, La Trobe University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Monash University, Director of Global Encounters Program., Monash University
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Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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Associate Professor in History, University of Tasmania
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Kate Burridge es Amigo de The Conversation.
Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Research Professor in the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Executive Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania
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Matthew Flinders Professor, Flinders University
