By Nicole Townsend, Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW Sydney
110 years ago this week, Anzac Day was held for the first time. It has been observed annually ever since.
Today, Anzac Day has emerged as an unofficial national day. But what do Australians think about the most significant event in the national commemorative calendar?
Anzac Day important, but engagement levels lag behind
Last year, the War Studies Research Group…
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By John Maynard, Director/Chair of Aboriginal History - The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle
More than 1,000 Aboriginal Australians served in WWI – but unlike white soldiers, they weren’t feted as heroes. They responded with collective activism.
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By Marg Rogers, Associate Professor in the Early Childhood Education, University of New England
Amy Johnson, Senior Lecturer and Military Families Researcher, CQUniversity Australia
Einar Thorsteinsson, Professor and Head of Psychology School, University of New England
Let kids know beforehand what to expect in a service. A quiet warning before a loud noise, like a bugle call, can also help.
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By Chris Wallace, Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
The affair is a cautionary tale of what happens when negative campaigning, misinformation and clumsy politicking collide to kill policy – and political careers.
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By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
Anthropic’s latest model – Mythos – has spooked the world of finance. So it’s a good idea to keep your computer and banking apps updated.
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By Chris Wright, PhD Candidate in Environmental Policy, Macquarie University
For more than a decade, Australia’s emissions reductions have been driven not by the federal government but by the states and territories, often in relative obscurity.
State governments took the lead in driving rapid uptake of renewable energy, driving emissions down even as the federal “climate wars” raged.
But the heavy-lifting era of the states may be coming to an end. Reaching…
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By Stephen Gallagher, Associate Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Every year, millions of visitors stand at the clifftop lookouts along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road and gaze out at the Twelve Apostles. These towering limestone stacks, rising up to 70 metres above the Southern Ocean, are some of Australia’s most recognisable landmarks.
Yet despite their fame, no-one has ever really understood how they came to be. Until now.
In new research published in the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, my colleagues and I finally answer that question – and the story involves…
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By Yvette Grant, PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne
Christine de Matos, Adjunct Researcher, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Notre Dame Australia
The story of the Anzacs has been represented through art from the beginning.
The film Hero of the Dardanelles (1915) recreates the landing at Gallipoli. Official war artists were commissioned to document the conflict. One of the most powerful paintings was the ghostly Midnight at Menin Gate (1927) by Will Longstaff.
Banjo Paterson penned an ode to Gallipoli, We’re All Australians Now, in 1915, and novels abound exploring the impacts of war on soldiers and society.
What about dance? As in film, the human body can convey events past. Like fiction, it can present…
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By Tanja Luckins, Historian, Department of Archeology and History, La Trobe University
Mourning black has never been considered a natural part of Anzac Day history and tradition. But 110 years ago it was a stark reminder of death in war.
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By Wayne Unger, Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
The recent publication of confidential Supreme Court memoranda by The New York Times has brought to light a pivotal moment in the court’s history. “The birth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket has long been a mystery,” wrote reporters Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak. “Until now.”
Originally coined by legal scholar William Baude, the term “shadow…
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