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A leading Aboriginal activist in the civil liberties movement of the 1960s, poet, educator, humanitarian, writer and artist, Oodgeroo Noonuccal is recognised as the first successful writer of Aboriginal descent. Her personal, cultural and political writings are legendary in Australian literature, In 1970, Oodgeroo (under the name Kathleen Walker) was appointed a [...]

Steve Irwin, better known as the “Crocodile Hunter” was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland, shooting a segment for a series called “Ocean’s Deadliest” when he swam too close to one of the stingrays.
Irwin showed for his enthusiasm for wildlife in his television first broadcast in Australia in 1992. The programme [...]

The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music stops. Robert Helpmann Every human society practices dance as a celebration of the emotional, mental, and physical human self.
If not for the strength and skill of the male dancer, ballet would not have moved from court entertainment to popular art form [...]