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Ariadne and the Minotaur
Kate Forsyth on how revisiting the story of a bloodthirsty Minotaur lurking in a labyrinth in Crete made her realise how we all need monsters
3 years, 8 months ago
Nova Peris shines bright
Nova is a woman of many firsts — an Olympic gold medallist and Northern Territory Senator. She continues to strive for excellence while showing up fo…
3 years, 8 months ago
Quandamooka Country to Canberra — Dr Valerie Cooms
Aunty Kath, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, was Valerie's godmother, and just one of many staunch political figures on both sides of her family. Val worked her w…
3 years, 8 months ago
How Thomas found his voice on the wharves
Torres Strait Islander man Thomas Mayor was working as a wharfie in Darwin when he became a union delegate, then an author, and a tireless advocate …
3 years, 8 months ago
River, desert, island — Julie Janson's stories
After years teaching in the remote Northern Territory, Julie began to trace her ancestry among the Darug people around the Hawkesbury River. Her most…
3 years, 8 months ago
Gary Lang and the jewel of dance
Gary is a Larrakia man from Darwin, whose dancing career has taken him from the early, bright lights of Glebe in Sydney, around the world, to the tom…
3 years, 8 months ago
Deserter, archaeologist and spy – the extraordinary adventures of Charles Masson
Dr Edmund Richardson tells the story of the East India Company deserter who went in search of one of Alexander the Great's lost cities, in Afghanista…
3 years, 8 months ago
Taming the Black Dog, and burnout
Gordon Parker is the founder of the Black Dog Institute, which works to remove the stigma around mental illness. His latest focus is the phenomenon o…
3 years, 8 months ago
Finding a dad, zoology and a life-threatening illness
Ben Bravery tells the story of his childhood in Logan, Queensland, how he went from a career at KFC to studying male satin bowerbirds and why being a…
3 years, 8 months ago
My grandfather and his pet lion
Author Victoria Mackinlay with the story of how her grandfather, Francis came to have a pet lion, as a gift from an Indian Maharaja
3 years, 8 months ago