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07 Mar
History

Ukraine as a ‘borderland’: A brief history of Ukraine’s place between Europe and Russia

  • 07/03/2022
  • By author-avatar Sheila Fitzpatrick
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One interpretation of the name 'Ukraine' is borderland. This needs to be taken seriously. Borderlands are all about diversity and co...

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01 Mar
History

Ukraine crisis: The Russian leader’s vision of the past

  • 01/03/2022
  • By author-avatar Paul Monk
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The day that Vladimir Putin sent Russian forces into Ukraine, President Biden spoke publicly about the sheer mendacity of Putin’s propa...

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20 Jan
History

Why I won’t be celebrating Australia Day on 26 January

  • 22/01/2022
  • By author-avatar Ian Robinson
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Most nations – the United States, Greece, Finland, India, Indonesia and many others – celebrate their national day on the day they stop...

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24 Dec
History

The sordid underbelly of Christmas past

  • 24/12/2021
  • By author-avatar James A. T. Lancaster
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When English Puritans outlawed Christmas in 1647, it was not without good reason. When American Puritans, in turn, outlawed Christmas i...

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05 Nov
History

Tolstoy’s last years

  • 05/11/2021
  • By author-avatar Reg Naulty
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Tolstoy’s death in 1910 occurred just seven years before the Russian Revolution. His last two essays What’s To Be Done? and I Cannot B...

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03 Nov
History

How do you spot a witch? A notorious 15th-century book gave instructions

  • 14/11/2021
  • By author-avatar Melissa Chim
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Books have always had the power to cast a spell over their readers – figuratively. But one book that was quite popular from the 15th to...

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05 Jul
History

My time: The experiences of an ordinary soldier in Papua New Guinea

  • 02/10/2021
  • By author-avatar Stephen Mooney
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The overwhelming majority of Australians who have served in war zones have been volunteers. However, during the Vietnam war, 63,735 mal...

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30 Jun
History

Not just the Sphinx: Ancient Egyptians and their treasured felines

  • 02/10/2021
  • By author-avatar Melissa Bailey
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Ancient Egyptian culture and practices have intrigued historians and archaeologists for years. Thought to be the pre-eminent civilisati...

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15 Jun
History

Memories of the factory: The extraordinary war stories of some ‘new Australians’

  • 02/10/2021
  • By author-avatar Reg Naulty
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It was Litchfield Engineering Company, Croyden Park Extension, then an outer suburb of Adelaide, in 1960. My father, who was in charge ...

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