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Transforming the national imagination: The ‘Dark Emu’ debate
WEBJul 1, 2021 · It is strange that, for someone with Tasmanian Aboriginal ancestry, Bruce Pascoe largely ignores Tasmania when reimagining pre-conquest Aboriginal life in his publishing sensation, Dark Emu. It is difficult to know how Pascoe would depict ancestors who shared few of the technologies he celebrates as markers of …
Scott Morrison’s quiet Australians - The Monthly
WEBJul 2, 2019 · For better or worse, some phrases stick. The more memorable examples, from prime ministers over recent decades, makes for a rather bracing display of what is the true centre of Australian politics – conservative Australia’s grandest ambitions and deepest fears in free verse. “Life wasn’t meant to be easy.” “An Australian nation that feels comfortable and relaxed about three things ...
Return of the devil | The Monthly
WEBSep 1, 2021 · When seven Tasmanian devils were born north of Sydney in May, they were the first born on the Australian mainland in 3000 years. Fossil records show that Sarcophilus harrisii were once found across much of south-east and central Australia, and as far west as the Kimberley, where they are depicted in rock paintings. Until sea levels rose between 8000 and 11,000 years ago, a land bridge ...
Dangerous precedents - The Monthly
WEBApr 1, 2021 · It was a spectacularly ironic day. On March 3, Grace Tame delivered her address to the National Press Club in Canberra. Calling for reform, conversation and courage, the Australian of the Year delivered a powerful oration that garnered a standing ovation. Just hours later, the federal attorney-general, Christian Porter, gave a press conference in Perth to deny allegations that he had sexually ...
Somerton Man: the science and the myths - The Monthly
WEBSep 1, 2022 · At last, the identity of Somerton Man, found dead on an Adelaide beach 73 years ago, has been discovered. Thanks to a DNA study of a hair shaft and a long process of elimination, a team led by Adelaide University Professor Derek Abbott and forensic genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick has revealed that the mystery man was, with 99.9 per cent certainty, Carl “Charles” Webb, who was visiting ...
Coming to the parity - The Monthly
WEBApr 1, 2024 · I am not someone who finds chatbots or bots of any kind particularly useful, but there is one I’d love to see pop up on my social feed more often: the Gender Pay Gap Bot. It is an automatic Twitter/X account engaging in some constructive shaming of organisations in the United Kingdom that tweet key phrases on International Women’s Day. The bot automatically responds with the organisation ...
Listening to country: ‘Fractures & Frequencies’ and ‘Infractions’
WEBMar 1, 2021 · The bush stone-curlew is a ground-dwelling, brownish bird with drooping tail feathers and spindly, L-shaped legs. Its most distinctive characteristic is its descending, doleful call – “a ghost-like ‘weer-lo’ sound”, writes artist Megan Cope – often heard at dusk or at night. This call forms the basis of Cope’s sound sculpture Untitled (Death Song), on show in Fractures ...
Shades of grey: Kerstin Thompson Architects | The Monthly
WEBJul 1, 2022 · Completed in 2019, the redesign of Town Hall Broadmeadows has since garnered a number of significant awards, including the 2020 Victorian Architecture Medal and the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Design Award for Architecture. Born in Melbourne in 1965 and educated at RMIT, Kerstin Thompson is one of …
The silence of the lambs - The Monthly
WEBNov 1, 2021 · This year, Australian charities have been fighting a federal government attempt to silence them. This is not the first time, and it’s a battle Tim Costello, for one, has fought his entire career. Repeatedly dismissed as “that leftist cleric” by Victorian premier Jeff Kennett during the 1990s, Costello, a lawyer and Baptist minister, is known for his public criticism of state and federal ...
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