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After being a footnote in military history for decades, the charge of Beersheba has its big moment thanks to the politics of remembrance
I’d never heard of the charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba.
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Why did the federal government persist with the charade of Indigenous consultation if it never had any intention of change beyond symbolism?
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The central issue in the long tussle over the copyright of Albert Namatjira’s work is the denial of Indigenous agency
Albert Namatjira’s legacy as the foremost Indigenous painter of his generation has endured, despite the divided opinions of his contemporary critics.
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Bruce Chatwin’s book opened my mind to Indigenous spiritual belief. I’ve since learned to glimpse beyond his take on ‘songlines’
I’ve been thinking again a fair bit about Indigenous songlines these past few weeks.
A few years ago I became compelled by songlines – variations of which have long been known as churinga and Dreaming tracks – after travelling partially along one, with Yolngu guides, into the Arafura Sea from north-east Arnhem Land.
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Shared urban spaces, especially where designated off lead at certain times, implies a mutual responsibility for dog people and non-canine types
Sometimes my children reckon I love my dogs more than I love them. This is not true. Generally. Though it just might be on days when Number Two Daughter blows out the 4G – again – watching YouTube duck videos or Number One Son decides on a career as a food deliverer, clocks up hundreds of dollars in toll fees on my account, sideswipes the car ... then goes overseas.
Children test your patience in ways that dogs don’t.
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How we treat the dead is a mark of how we regard the living. When will we finally have a keeping place for Indigenous remains?
An anthropologist tells me of an Australian soldier’s skull with terrible shrapnel damage and an intact bullet in the forehead that’s stood for a century in a ghoulish American medical museum’s collection of body parts.
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Return of remains of Thomas Hurdis, who died a century ago, comes after outcry over grisly display
An American medical museum has agreed to hand over to Australian authorities for burial the skull of a world war one Anzac servicemen who died of horrendous facial wounds a century ago.