Over the summer of 1983–84, a fungus called Phragmidium violaceum was introduced to Australia. It was done secretly, ...
One of our viewers’ favourite programs of 2019, Australia in Colour returns for a second season, revealing new chapters from our nation’s history shown in colour for the very first time. The newly ...
As a symbolic document, a national history curriculum needs to accurately represent the nation’s religious past. (Lincoln Beddoe / iStock / Getty Images) The reality of national curriculum writing is ...
Foreign filmmakers have long been fascinated by Australia, using it as a backdrop for everything from meat-pie westerns to ...
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Australia has a sandcastle culture, according to Jim Davidson, one-time editor of Meanjin. His point ...
1903: William Farrer begins distributing Federation wheat. Wheat was one of the first crops planted by colonists in Australia, in 1788. Although initial harvests were poor, the grain soon became ...
Shortly before Alan Tudge resigned as education minister late last year, he claimed that proposed changes to the national history curriculum were a “negative view of our history” that could lead to ...