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Synchronicity and the legacy of colonial killings

A shocking coincidence uncovers a family link to Australia’s hidden history of massacres, ...  
Colonial killings hidden in code spark truth-telling debate

A settler’s coded diary of killings is challenging Australia's comfort with its colonial past ...  
Myall Creek Memorial marks 25 years amid ongoing silence on Frontier Wars

On its 25th anniversary, the Myall Creek Memorial stands as a quiet rebuke to the national silence ...  
Systemic cruelty against First Nations children not confined to history

With states jostling to prove their tough-on-crime credentials by introducing racist laws, will ...  
Kate Grenville re-examines our nation's origins in 'Unsettled'

Kate Grenville retraces her ancestors’ colonial paths across Australia, confronting the legacy ...  
The Coalition marriage breakup: A nuclear meltdown

The Liberal and National parties are "on a break", but what does this mean for Australia's poli ...  
Weaponising fear is an age-old tradition for the Liberal Party

Fear-driven politics aimed at ageing voters has long been the strategy of Australia's Liberal Part ...  
A digger walks 'to remember them'

A digger walks back through the city on Anzac Day after taking part in the march to Melbourne's ...  
Anzac Day a family affair

A young boy, complete with slouch hat, salutes in front of Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance on A ...  
Compulsory Anzac Day services an attack on freedom

Forcing children to participate in school Anzac Day services is an attack on freedom and should be ...  
Lotus May Thompson and the Acid Girl legacy

A century ago, on 1 February 1925, Australian silent film star Lotus May Thompson made headlines ...  
Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions tells an important piece of Indigenous history

A new book by acclaimed author Clare Wright examines how the people of Yirrkala changed the course ...  
Night light shows off Melbourne icon

This image of a soldier admiring Melbourne’s iconic exhibition building at night is a prime ...  
QUIZ: IA Interrogates! #6

Take our 20-question Invasion Day and general knowledge quiz and test your trivia knowledge.  
The life and crimes of Australia's most daring fugitive

A new book detailing the life of one of Australia's most charismatic criminals also serves as a ...  
Reclaiming the radical spirit of the Eureka Rebellion

Many democratic liberties we celebrate today are the result of the sacrifice of the rebels who ...  
War Memorial makes little effort to recognise Frontier Wars

The Australian War Memorial is still failing to acknowledge the Frontier Wars as an important part ...  
Historic strike remembered as Victorian police dispute escalates

As the Victorian Police pay dispute continues, fears arise of a similar situation that erupted in ...  
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