History
Finding Lithium: a story of modern mental health pioneer
In the years before the Second World War, medical treatments for mental health were virtually non-existent. Moved by a desire......
Indigenous voices hit new highs
Australia’s first Indigenous opera lights up Sydney’s Opera House tonight. Written, starring, and about Indigenous Australians, ‘Pecan Summer’ tells the story......
Tasmania’s forgotten Black War
In 1824 war broke out between settlers and Aboriginals in Tasmania. The war raged for 8 bloody years and claimed......
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
The Eureka Stockade story is one of Australia’s foundation legends, but until now it has been told as though only......
Henry Reynolds talks about Australia’s Forgotten War
Historian and author Henry Reynolds’ new book The Forgotten War calls for acknowledgement of Australia’s frontier wars. He says battles......
BigMouth, Valentijn Dhaenens, gives audiences a taste of history
BigMouth, a show that has been part of the Adelaide Festival, is a one-man five-microphone feat. Valentijn Dhaenens performs famous......
The surprising story of Aboriginal convicts in Australia
While every Australian learns the story of our modern nation’s convict past, the story of Aboriginal convicts is only now......
The oldest found human DNA could change evolutionary theory
Human remains dating back 400 000 years have been found in the Northern Spanish cave, Sima de los Huesos (‘the......
Douglas Mawson – hero or villain?
Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson is considered a hero by many. Famed for his trek to the South Magnetic Pole......
1001 ideas that changed the way we think
From democracy to cultural revolution, courtly love to survival of the fittest, and Kant’s enlightenment to the Oedipus complex, 1001......