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‘This Black Smoke rolling through the Mulga’: almost 70 years on, it’s time to remember the Atomic Tests at Emu Field

Liz Tynan, James Cook University. The name Emu Field does not have the same resonance as Maralinga in Australian history. It is usually a footnote to the much larger atomic test site in South Australia. However, the weapons testing that… Continue Reading →

From ‘Australia’s Titanic’ to Deadly Mutineers: Four Famous Shipwrecks found on the Great Barrier Reef

Maddy McAllister, James Cook University. The Great Barrier Reef is incredible, with turquoise water, stunning reefs and white sandy cays. Yet its name infers something quite different – a barrier: treacherous, dynamic and dangerous to navigate. For millennia, people navigated… Continue Reading →

One Hundred Years ago, this man discovered an exquisite Parrot thought to be Extinct. What came next is a Tragedy.

Russell McGregor, James Cook University. Exactly 100 years ago tomorrow, a bird that had been relegated to extinction made a comeback. The exquisitely beautiful paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a grazier from Gayndah in Queensland’s Burnett district, on… Continue Reading →

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