Australia Day has not always been celebrated on January 26, and the meaning of the date has been contested historically and today.
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If we want to conserve ecosystems that escaped European exploitation and mismanagement, we must start listening to environmental histories to compliment scientific research.
When the First Fleet sailed into Sydney Cove in 1788, they entered an ancient and unforgiving landscape. A new book charts Australians’ relationship with one of the world’s most volatile climates.
The question of repatriating objects is clearly more complex than returning human remains. It needs more debate, and more creative interventions to move beyond the current impasse.
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Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne
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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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Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral research fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) and Gujaga Foundation, UNSW
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Honorary Associate Professor of Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of History, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney