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Two spoons and a dugout canoe — the story of Jock McLaren
Tom Gilling with the story of how a Scottish-born soldier named Jock McLaren became one of Australia's greatest World War II guerrilla fighters (R)
4 years, 1 month ago
The green suitcase and the secret family
Betty O'Neill's father disappeared when she was a baby. Decades later, she opened a suitcase in Poland to find a series of clues to his secret life (…
4 years, 1 month ago
Don Winslow — private eye, safari guide and inside the narco wars
The US crime novelist on his unlikely career progression, and how he uses his books as a way of showing the human stories behind the headlines of the…
4 years, 1 month ago
Di Morrissey and the tragedy on Lovett Bay
Di Morrissey grew up in a tiny village on the water, only accessible by rowboat, with film star Chips Rafferty and poet Dorothea Mackellar as her nei…
4 years, 1 month ago
Maddy, the shipwreck mermaid
Dr Maddy McAllister's job as a marine archaeologist involves diving into the deep to uncover the artefacts and human stories sunk in shipwrecks
4 years, 1 month ago
Meryl Tankard: dancing beyond ballet
How a former ballerina revolutionised Australia's dance landscape (R)
4 years, 1 month ago
My brother, our farm, and seeking the source of consciousness — Mark Solms
When he was a child in South Africa, Professor Mark Solms watched his older brother sustain a terrible brain injury. He then began his own path, to u…
4 years, 1 month ago
Jason Om shines a light on his family secrets
When journalist Jason Om turned his skills towards his own family story he began to understand the real story of his perfectionist Buddhist Cambodian…
4 years, 1 month ago
Pack ice, seal fat and the big slide: Tim and Ernest's incredible journey
Tim Jarvis on his adventures following in the footsteps of explorer Ernest Shackleton, who tried valiantly to cross Antarctica from sea to sea, from …
4 years, 1 month ago
Sara El Sayed: love, tradition and rebellion
Sara El Sayed on growing up Arab in South-East Queensland, while juggling conflicting expectations from her father to be a good Muslim girl, and from…
4 years, 1 month ago