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The Red, Black and Gold of the Indigenous Australian Flag sprang from passionate times.
It was a symbol of race and identity in the Land Rights struggles of the 1970s, when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people fought their exclusion from proper education, health care, housing and employment.
For those who know the history of this [...]

They have been spotted in every Australian state, huge black catlike creatures that prowl the remote regions of our vast mountain ranges and hidden valleys.
Sightings have multiplied of late, perhaps because of the pressures on animal habitats in these last long years of the drought. Scattered farming communities are terrorised, cows mysteriously mauled [...]

He lived fast, died young and left a beautiful corpse.
The immortal Phar Lap, winner of the 1930 Cup won the hearts of the nation in the Great Depression, winning the coveted trophy while carrying a 68kg (10 stone) handicap.
Phar Lap was foaled among the rich sweet grass of New Zealand in 1926. He stood at [...]