The Australian National Maritime Museum, on behalf of the Australian Government, is pleased to announce that it has awarded over $125,000 to support projects to promote Australia’s maritime heritage. The successful recipients of the Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme will help, collect, conserve and display objects of historical
Read MoreRecent events in the US have seen Confederate Civil War monuments pulled down and painful histories revisited. Comparing these acts to those of the Islamic State terror group, Spiked editor Brendan O'Neill evocatively called this an “Orwellian war on history” and a “Year Zero mentality” on the march. O'Neill also took
Read MoreOther than it had a fearful shriek, guaranteed to put the fear of God into anyone who heard it, history appears silent about the nature of the bird that Aboriginal Australians once named “bullin”. Yet its shriek portended danger, apparently the approach of the evil spirit Tennateona, but more
Read MoreThe Turnbull Government has appointed Ms Christine Grant and Mr Phillip Gordon as Co-Chairs and Ms Jenny Pilot as a Member of the Advisory Committee for Indigenous Repatriation for three year terms. Ms Grant is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kuku Yalanji and Mualgal woman from Far North Queensland. She
Read MoreApplications for the 2017-18 Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP) are now open. Australia and Indonesia established the program in 1981 to promote cross-cultural understanding and exchange among young Australians and Indonesians. It provides an opportunity for participants to experience first-hand the culture and society of each country. Participants will take part in
Read MoreWhen artists and scientists get together, creative sparks can fly. Collaborative sci-art projects are increasingly popular and one obvious benefit is the greater visibility of the research through the artist’s work. Our project explored scientific and artistic aspects of Antarctic ice crystals. But what’s in it for the scientists? It
Read More“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas,” the composer John Cage once remarked, “I’m frightened of the old ones”. Last week’s announcement that the Myer, Tim Fairfax Family, and Keir Foundations are sponsoring “a new approach” to arts advocacy and research (and presumably research into arts advocacy)
Read MoreThe National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has launched Strictly Ballroom: Behind the Curtain, a new online exhibition to celebrate 25 years since the release of Baz Luhrmann’s debut film on 20 August 1992. The NFSA has taken a look behind the red curtain to publish a selection of
Read MoreDigitising is integral for archiving and the protection of our cultural heritage. It also gives people the opportunity to take a stroll back through time in the comfort of their own home and the ability to share their discoveries with anyone in the world. Changes to the Copyright Act in February 2016
Read MoreModern humans were present in Southeast Asia about 20,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence published in Nature today. An international research team led by Macquarie University applied new archaeological techniques to a longstanding question - were the human teeth discovered more than 120 years ago from Lida
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