Revealing snapshot of our Indigenous nations
Who are the Aboriginal peoples? Are they faithful to their sacred sites? Poverty-prone or proud house-owners? The answers would surprise most of us.
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Curriculum swings the pendulum too far
Students should learn about Aboriginal history, but they should also study Greece and Rome, the mainsprings of the civilisation.
ANU head has explaining to do
Enough with the guilt and shame. There is much to praise in Western civilisation.
Oz Day doubters misread past
History’s dark spots are a poor pretext for black armbands.
Dry rot
The social values gulf between the land and the city is wider than at any time in the past 150 years.
Let’s reclaim history not distort it
Surely the Aboriginal contribution to early Australia deserves a monument?
After the gold rush
19th century Australians led the way in giving the vote to the people.
Follow the leader
JOHN Howard’s new book on the Menzies era reveals much about how — and how not — to govern a nation.
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