»A pair of severed bronze feet« and a lie about extinction ... #colonialism#colonialcollecting#repatriation

William Crowther: A severed statue divides an Australian city

Hobart is grappling with the legacy of a surgeon who allegedly mutilated an Aboriginal man's remains.

»Chocolatey brown, obscenely fluffy, and towering a head above his own foster parents – plus weighing more than both combined - is Pesto.« #penguin

Meet Pesto: the fat baby penguin and viral superstar

The obscenely fluffy nine-month-old chick weighs more than both of his foster parents combined.

»Australia’s largest state has now made education about Aboriginal Cultures and Histories mandatory in every compulsory year of school education.«

Australia: Aboriginal cultures and histories now central to education

Australia’s largest state has now made education about Aboriginal Cultures and Histories mandatory in every compulsory year of school education. The New South Wales Education Standards Authority…

Leaving a mark: »Ralph Ohlmeyer put pennies in wet concrete in 1958 to leave his mark at his former workplace and regional community.«

How two little pennies left in concrete strengthened one man's connection to his home town

Ralph Ohlmeyer has made his mark in Waikerie's history in the form of two pennies. Historians say leaving something for the future strengthens the connection between people and place.

»Increasingly, however, all politics is history.«

America is on the verge of something fateful, but it cannot escape history

Of all the schisms that cleave contemporary America, few are more stark than the divide between those who consider themselves to be victims of US history and those who fear they will be casualties of…

»Australia plans to significantly restrict children's access to social media. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that legislation will be introduced in Parliament by the end of 2024 to prohibit young people below a certain age from using social media platforms.«

»The Australian Institute of Criminology has found that approximately 1 in 20 Australians has been a victim of doxxing, with younger people being particularly affected by this practice.«

Härtere Bestrafung von Doxxing: Australien will Täter bis zu sieben Jahre ins Gefängnis schicken

Nachdem Daten einer jüdischen Whatsapp-Gruppe im Internet gelandet sind und dies zu Drohungen und Beschimpfungen gegen die Betroffenen geführt hat, will Australien hart durchgreifen. Das sogenannte…

»An Australian climate scientist apparently views the #GreatBarrierReef as already lost. Joëlle Gergis from the University of Melbourne said the coral reef has likely ›received its death blow‹«

Great Barrier Reef in Australien hat „seinen Todesstoß erhalten“ – Forscherin

Noch nie sollen die Schäden am größten Korallenriff der Welt so weit ausgebreitet gewesen sein. Eine australische Forscherin glaubt: Es ist nicht mehr zu retten.

»Yes, we have stories about the British explorer, but what we really want to talk about is truth telling«

We retraced Captain Cook’s journey along the east coast of Australia, seeking the other side of history. It was life changing

We wanted to understand First Nations stories of first contact with the British explorer rarely told in history books, and so we asked

»As Great Britain took possession through conquest of its continents, it naturally meant that it introduced the system of governments, public life and civic rules that were based on their own practice«