A new exhibition at the State Library of NSW uses rare books to detail the gruesome cures of old such as bloodletting,emetics,leeches and enemas.
Australia and England will play for a new prize after deciding to retire the trophy with associations to Australia’s colonial history.
The first Indigenous artefacts ever taken by Europeans have returned to Sydney thanks to the hard work of the local Aboriginal community.
The temperature-controlled vaults house plants that can be used to solve crimes,track climate change and paint a picture of what Australia looked like decades ago.
An archaeological report has raised concerns about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s declaration that the final resting place of Captain Cook’s Endeavour has been found.
Novelist Thomas Keneally asks if Australia will become a wreck,like the Endeavour,with “HM” emblazoned on it?
The Australian National Maritime Museum said it confirmed five out of seven criteria to confirm wreckage off Newport Harbour,Rhode Island,in the US is that of the Endeavour.
Marine archaeologists say two critical measurements made by divers last September finally convinced them a particular wreck off Rhode Island was the Endeavour.
American scientists said it was premature of the Australian National Maritime Museum to announce the Endeavour was found,and called it “a breach of contract”.
A book taken on a famous voyage by explorer Matthew Flinders has sold to an Australian collector for $741,000.
An Indigenous visitor centre to be built at Kurnell is one of the highlights of an exhibition at the National Museum of Australia and online.