This year, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is set to celebrate its 50th year of continuous occupation. Its presence is an ongoing call for land rights, sovereignty and self-determination.
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New Year’s Eve is the anniversary of the British invaders’ first kidnapping of a First Nations person in Australia. This kidnapping led to a devastating smallpox outbreak.
A total eclipse that travelled the full width of Australia in 1922 offered astronomers the chance to confirm Einstein’s theory of general relativity - and for the community to enjoy a rare spectacle.
The Australian summer has provided its own colourful vocabulary over the years, from Spooners to speedos and bush walks to hikes.
Jeffrey Smart is admired for his carefully structured paintings of Tuscany and Rome. This National Gallery of Australia’s centenary celebration of his birth takes the viewer back to Adelaide.
Stuart Macintyre was the prime target of the conservatives in the history wars. Our greatest historian of politics and society since the late 19th century, he was assiduous, dedicated and prolific.
The ‘private’ nature of the home presents unique challenges to historians, but horrific stories of domestic abuse on the goldfields are common.
Bert Newton, a stalwart of Australian radio and television his whole life, has died aged 83.
Under the shadow of World War II, Australia began to form its own foreign policy, separate from the British Empire. A legation in China was Australia’s third foreign outpost.
Education Minister Alan Tudge has rejected the draft history curriculum. He wants students to learn that ‘we live in the greatest country on Earth’. That’s not history. It’s jingoistic nationalism.
Author Hannah Kent’s new novel is a beautifully crafted look at the 19th century Old Lutherans who migrated from Prussia to the colony of South Australia.
SBS’s new four part murder mystery examines Chinese experience on the Australian goldfields during the 1850s.
True to the Land explores the history of the Australian continent through our diverse and changing cooking and eating habits.
Most of our knowledge on songlines comes from central and northern Australia. Now, a songline from north Victoria, reaching up the NSW coast is being reawakened.
Discovery of AFL founder Tom Wills’ involvement in the mass murder of Aboriginal people has made it clear truth telling about Australia’s history is needed before any reconciliation can happen.
I thought I had uncovered a feminist heroine, but for all her intrepid and gutsy behaviour, Lock held intensely socially conservative views in line with her religious conviction.
James Stirling was WA’s first governor from 1829-39. He condoned numerous acts of murder by white settlers.
Opportunities to give voice to Aboriginal people in prison have the potential to address the growing impacts of racism in the justice system in Australia.
Exclusion has been central to utopian ideas of Australia since before Federation. It still lingers. To progress in this climate-challenged century, Australia’s foundational wrongs must be righted.
Mould, dodging mine shafts, sleeping in beds of dried leaves: Mary Anne Allen’s diary offers a fascinating glimpse of family life on the goldfields in 1852.
Top contributors
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor of History, La Trobe University
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Research Professor in the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, UNSW
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Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow in Public History, University of Technology Sydney
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Head of Knowledge, Australian National Maritime Museum and Honorary Affiliate, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Monash University, and Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Executive Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania
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Associate professor, University of Tasmania
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Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University
