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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

From outlaw bushrangers who fell in love to a famous horseman born a woman, Australia's history is full of queer stories

Australia's LGBTQ+ history includes significant figures like Anne Drysdale and Caroline Newcomb, who lived openly together in 1841 despite societal norms.
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Captain Cook's lost ship the Endeavour is FOUND after 250 years

The shipwreck of Captain Cook's Endeavour has been definitively identified after 250 years, located in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island.
fromTheartnewspaper
2 months ago

Melbourne exhibition celebrates the long overlooked contributions of Indigenous Australian artists

The failure to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual culture as art is closely tied to the fact that the original inhabitants of Australia were not counted in the census until 1967.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Surfers, sheep and sexual revolution: the film-makers who sold Australia to the world

Australia's official image was controlled and presented a limited narrative at the World Expo 70, contrasting with its evolving societal identity.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia's frontier wars, final massacre map shows

The Colonial Frontier Massacres Digital Map Project reveals the extent of violence against Aboriginal people in Australia's colonial history.
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