The experience of truth-telling and reconciliation confines Aboriginal people to being known in relation to outsiders. We need a different way forward.
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Charles’ royal tour will be historic – but will this be for the right reasons?
The Yolngu Bark Petitions were immediately recognised by many as emblems of the unshakeable confidence of Indigenous Australians in their right to their territory.
By limiting the syllabus to events post-1788, the NSW Education Standards Authority indirectly sends students the message that Australia’s ‘history’ began at colonisation.
Australia’s Winx won 33 top-class races in a row. No other racehorse’s record comes close.
The proposal for a Voice to Parliament was Australia’s first attempt to add Indigenous recognition to the constitution. The result was a resounding failure.
Most Australians have heard of Norman Lindsay’s fantastical children’s book The Magic Pudding. He was just one of ten talented siblings.
David Jones is donating its archive to Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum. It is a timely reminder of the significance of ‘DJs’ to the development of modern Australia.
Personal activism has achieved major legislative change, such as no-fault divorce and the decriminalisation of homosexuality and abortion. But it’s also used by groups who want to reverse that change.
NAIDOC events have always combined advocacy, protest and celebrations of culture through music, dance and art.
Dingo DNA study reveals an ancient population split and surprisingly recent links to New Guinea singing dogs.
Born into a wealthy family, John Büsst left Melbourne for north Queensland where he campaigned against planned oil and gas exploration of the reef in the 1960s. His story was little known, until now.
Charming and irreverent as they were, The Beatles themselves were only part of the reason the tour was so memorable.
There is a glaring absence of Indigenous people and culture at the heart of the Mad Max films.
Along with British and Irish convicts, 627 free men, women and children were transported to the 19th-century penal colonies of Van Diemen’s Land. Their stories, mostly forgotten, are moving.
Many First Nations celebrate the time when boats from across the Indonesian archipelago were not intercepted by Australian authorities.
Films about Australia’s efforts in WWI continue to exclude an Aboriginal presence – denying all of us access to their important stories.
Some of these men went from being indentured pearl divers to soldiers in Borneo. Other fled their home country as teenagers to earn money.
Truth-telling is vital to building a greater understanding between First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians. New research offers insights into how this can be done.
Indigenous people have long spoken about coercive practices of officials and experts around birth control, as late as the 1960s. Now historians are finding evidence in the government’s own records.
Top contributors
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Professor in Public History, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of History and Professor of Public Engagement, La Trobe University
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, Monash University. Deputy Director ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Monash University
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Professor of History, President, Australian Historical Association, Macquarie University
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Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Professor in History, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow in History, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University