TAGGED: Australian history
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There was enormous public and media speculation about which group would be first to cross the continent's interior: the Victorian-backed Burke and Wills party or South Australia's Stuart exped

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Narrator Rachel Perkins sets the scene for the apology to the Stolen Generations given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13 February 2008.

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How did a New Zealand-born horse become one of Australia’s most loved and enduring icons?

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Narrator Rachel Perkins re-tells stories from the Dreamtime and historian Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation, historian Professor Janet McCalman and writer Bruce Pascoe of Boonwur

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The Great Strike is a rare censored film documenting one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts.

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Discover the stories behind some of Australia's beloved – and also lesser-known – national treasures.

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Take a road trip of discovery with Warren Brown as he reveals a fascinating mix of national treasures drawn from collections across Australia.

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Warren Brown reveals the emotional lives of Australian prime ministers through 12 objects they used every day or otherwise adored.

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The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history – including in Australia.

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The Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) has fought for the rights of Aboriginal people to be recognised in line with other civil rights movements