
In pictures: Remembering Aquarius
It’s 50 years since the dying dairy town of Nimbin found new life as the counter-culture capital of Australia. We look back through the eyes of three photographers who were there.
It’s 50 years since the dying dairy town of Nimbin found new life as the counter-culture capital of Australia. We look back through the eyes of three photographers who were there.
Connection to Country is at the heart of all that Gambirra Illume does, including producing the powerfully moving opening and closing tracks of Australian Geographic: Our Country. Have a listen.
We look back on the event that gave birth to Nimbin and Australia’s own counterculture.
What makes a person fight for a cause? Meet a surfer, a miner and a farmer who’ve all gone rogue – with reason.
Australia’s favourite, the mighty pav, is a Christmas tradition for many. Here’s how to make its peaks perfect, according to the chemistry experts.
Once an important goldmining area, this remote and largely Indigenous town is now a popular rest stop for travellers en route to the major population centres of the Kimberley.
1887: The Murray River’s resources are tapped.
The modern version of this town – a magnet for trout fishers – was created in the late 1950s when the previous Adaminaby disappeared beneath the waters of Lake Eucumbene.
Ten kilometres south of Darwin, the natural beauty of Channel Island and its surrounds belies its tragic past.
On this day 40 years ago, the first Tasmanian-made Igloo Satellite Cabin was flown onto Antarctica’s Magnetic Island.