2014 Minoru Hokari Scholarship awarded to Ms Priya Vaughan
The 2014 Minoru Hokari Scholarship is awarded to Ms Priya Vaughan for her project Aboriginal Art Making in New South Wales. There has been relatively little anthropological and historical research…
The film 'Message from Mungo' selected for the Canberra based Documentary festival, Stronger than Fiction
The film Message from Mungo was selected for the Canberra based Documentary festival, Stronger than Fiction. The Palace Electric Cinema also had public screenings on the 19th and 21st September and…
Afterburn free screening tour
“Afterburn, In the Tiger’s Jaws†follows the stories of three families over three years in one small Victorian community in the aftermath of 2009’s devastating Black Saturday bushfires.…
International Research Award in Global History 2015
The Universities of Heidelberg, Basel and Sydney have announced the International Research Award in Global History, to be awarded for the first time in 2015. The award is endowed with up to € 10.…
A Forgotten Kingdom by Alison Pouliot
Ecologically industrious and alluringly diverse, Australia’s puffballs, earthstars, jellies, agarics and their mycelial kin merit your attention. The Centre for Environmental History's Alison…
Libby Robin interviewed on Estonian national TV
Libby Robin visited the new National Museum of Estonia under construction on 3 September, to talk about the People and Environment gallery being developed there by the museum team in collaboration…
Australian Forces engaged in their first action of World War One
One hundred years ago this month Australian forces were engaged in their first action of World War One: capturing German New Guinea and dismantling the vital communication systems that supported…