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Kamilaroi artist Rhonda Sampson’s ‘Diyan Warrane’ artwork projected onto the Sydney Opera House during Australia Day 2023 celebrations. Bianca De Marchi/AAP

10 essential books to read on Australia Day – our expert picks

Lawrence Bamblett, Australian National University; Anna Clark, University of Technology Sydney; Benjamin T. Jones, CQUniversity Australia; Clare Wright, La Trobe University; Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University; Gregory Melleuish, University of Wollongong; Jane Lydon, The University of Western Australia; Thomas H. Ford, La Trobe University; Tim Rowse, Western Sydney University; Tom Griffiths, Australian National University, and Yves Rees, La Trobe University

A barbecue, a protest … or a good book? We asked some of our leading historians to choose an illuminating Australia Day read.
NASA ‘could not imagine the radical effect of seeing the Earth’ from the moon. In the face of a climate catastrophe, we all need to step back and see the Earth again. Bill Anders/NASA/Handout

Friday essay: thinking like a planet ‑ environmental crisis and the humanities

Tom Griffiths, Australian National University

Historical perspective can offer much in this time of ecological crisis,. Many historians are reinventing their traditional scales of space and time to tell different kinds of stories that recognise the unruly power of nature.
Kate Grenville, with The Secret River, found herself in the middle of a debate at the heart of history. Chris Boland/Flickr

On the frontier: the intriguing dance of history and fiction

Tom Griffiths, Australian National University

‘History and fiction journey together and separately into the past; they are a tag team, sometimes taking turns, sometimes working in tandem.’ Enjoy the second part of our series, Writing History.

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