The wood,22 centimetres long and two centimetres wide is inside a display case with an inscription believed to have been written by the sister of botanist Sir Joseph Banks.
The First World War may be the stupidest ever waged. So how do we revere the sacrifice without glorifying the war that demanded it?
January 26 will always be a problematic date for a national celebration because of the event it commemorates.
Contention continues to swirl around Australia Day. Why has it become a focal point for ongoing culture wars?
A historian challenges Scott Morrison’s interpretation of January 26,but also argues we’ve become a better society because Australia Day is a day of contention rather than unity.
Endeavour Voyage at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra is the most comprehensive and best of the 250th anniversary shows.
There's a petition going around Queensland calling for the rebadging of places named after those who supported slavery.
The $50 million redevelopment of the site where Captain Cook first clashed with Aboriginal Australians is at the centre of a government push to incorporate Indigenous culture into public spaces.
Artist Jenna Lee,who refashioned a Ladybird book about James Cook,is one of the winners of Australia's longest running Indigenous art awards.
The gesture of the tribal elder,and the broken spear he proffered,should be our national motif.
"Statue parks provide an opportunity for society to deal with discredited vestiges of the past."