May 1, 2018
‘Deep Time Dreaming’ by Billy Griffiths
Culture
This history of archaeology in Australia charts our changing relationship with the past
Robyn Davidson
By this author
November 1, 2015
Eddie’s son
Society
Farewell to a man who tried to connect indigenous and non-indigenous Australia
November 1, 2012
Meth and Madness
Television
‘Breaking Bad’
October 4, 2012
Leaving ’Tracks’ behind
Aboriginal people
The past caves away and dissolves behind us, leaving a few clues with which we try to reconstruct it. Hopeless task. History lives in the present. It is over 30 years since I walked across half of Australia with my dear camels and dog. If I concentrate, …
May 3, 2012
Bird-brained
Tim Birkhead’s 'Bird Sense: What It’s Like to Be a Bird'
October 6, 2011
Garage alchemists
Culture
A dining experience at Hobart’s Garagistes
June 30, 2011
Couch habit
Culture
‘In Treatment: Season Three’
May 5, 2011
Tide of improvement
Society
Health retreats
February 3, 2011
Into the beehive
Culture
The destruction of Burrup rock art
June 2, 2010
Body of work
Culture
Antony Gormley’s 'Firmament IV'
November 5, 2008
A new desert
Society
Trekking in the Simpson
August 6, 2008
The wanderer
Society
“‘So what of this notion of exile?’ ‘No,’ he says, ‘exile is too pretty a word. Can you reframe that?’ ‘Homelessness?’ ‘No, that's wrong - because I have a home.’ ‘Metaphorically speaking, I meant.’ ‘No. It's very …