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Indigenous artist Jonathan Jones at Dawes Point.

Ancient Indigenous heritage that makes Greeks and Romans look like Johnnies come lately

The heritage Olympics are coming to Australia – and it will result in a motion to acknowledge traditional Indigenous owners of lands around the world, and do more to recognise their unique contribution.

  • Julie Power

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SURVIVORS (clockwise from top left) Leosia Korn with daughter Anita, Leosia with husband Mundek and daughter Yvonne, Leosia, Oskar Schindler and Mundek in 1972, Leosia, her daughter-in-law Lini and great grandson Aaron. Background, the Schindler factory workers Holocaust survivors.

‘An Oscar for Oskar’: Schindler’s Ark families honour author Tom Keneally

The families of the Holocaust survivors saved by Oskar Schindler paid tribute to the Schindler’s Ark author this week.

  • Helen Pitt
Fanatic Heart is the latest novel from Tom Keneally.

Tom Keneally’s sparkling new novel is a book for our times

The acclaimed author is acutely aware of the risks associated with his novel about a controversial Irish nationalist.

  • Morag Fraser
Thomas Keneally displays his cheque and book, after he was awarded the 1982 Booker Prize.

From the Archives, 1982: Keneally’s Schindler’s Ark wins Booker Prize

40 years ago, Tom Keneally won the Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for fiction, for his book ‘Schindler’s Ark’. Keneally was the first Australian winner of the distinguished prize.

  • Janet Hawley
Tom Keneally says the filament between the past and the present is thin.

Keneally wins historical fiction prize and fires a shot for writers

Tom Keneally has won the $50,000 Historical Novel Prize and used some of his award to make a statement about the value of writers to Australia.

  • Jason Steger
Somewhere over the rainbow ... Manly coach Des Hasler and captain Daly Cherry-Evans sport their sponsor’s logo as they address the media about controversy over the pride jersey.

Have we missed the irony of the Manly jersey saga? You bet

Over and above the rainbow on Manly’s gay pride jersey is a logo for a sports betting company, so why isn’t that the real source of outrage?

  • Tim Costello
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Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler apologises on behalf of the club for its handling of pride jerseys.

‘One of the greatest speeches’: Hasler delivers mea culpa to end them all

Thomas Kenneally, who among other things penned Des Hasler’s biography, believes the Manly coach delivered one of the greatest speeches in league history.

  • Adrian Proszenko
Thomas Keneally says the reality that Australia is a country whose tales and myths cannot be defined entirely by economics.

Arts ministers watched on as Australian film and television suffered

In A Bloody Good Rant, Thomas Keneally says the arts must again be nurtured, funded and valued as an extension of our country’s identity.

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Thomas Keneally: “When I left prior to ordination, I was a bit of a lost soul, and so I started writing.”

Thomas Keneally: ‘If my wife didn’t sort me out, I wouldn’t be the bloke I am now’

“We’ve been married for 56 years. After that time you know what brought you together and what’s driven you apart.”

  • Robyn Doreian
Artist impressions of the new entrance to the Australian War Memorial.

Fresh spotlight on War Memorial expansion after National Gallery cuts

Public hearings into the controversial redevelopment begin in two weeks after the majority of submissions to a parliamentary inquiry opposed the project.

  • Josh Dye and Nick Galvin

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