Most of the forests and woodlands that existed prior to European invasion in the lands now known as NSW are gone. Numerous threatened species, such as gliders, owls, koalas and quolls, are at heightened risk due to logging. Bushfires are becoming more severe because of climate change, and logged native forests are more flammable than unlogged forests. Native forest logging mostly produces woodchips and pulp rather than higher value sawn timber and operates at a loss to the taxpayer.
There is a certain poignance, laced with nostalgia, in this, the Genesian’s last production at its charming Kent Street home, before its relocation to Rozelle. Director Ali Bendall’s excellent adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s passionate novel about a young orphan’s quest to survive and find love still resonates with modern audiences (if the lists of favourite reads are to be believed), nearly two hundred years after it was written.
One Another contains two parallel and interrelated stories – one about Joseph Conrad, his life and writing, and the other about Helen, Tasmanian student of literature in Cambridge, who is writing a thesis about him.
The Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney has won the 2024 International Council of Museums (ICOM) Australia Institution Award. It is the first university museum to receive this award.
If, as a species, we are to survive the next century or two, we must take a much longer view of our history than is our habit. But for today, let’s go back only as far as Adam and Eve, our civilisation’s origin story.
King Street Gallery on William was abuzz for the opening of Shadows, a new collection of paintings by Malabar-based artist and musician Peter O’Doherty.
National treasure Ken Done, 2022 Archibald Prize winner Blak Douglas and designer Sarah Munro, from Sarah & Sebastian, will unveil their artworks that were inspired by the winners of the Fantastical Shark & Rays children’s art competition at the Australian Museum from Saturday September 7.
Held at Redfern Community Centre on August 17, the 2024 Indigenous Science Experience Community Day gave visitors the chance to learn about everything from Indigenous astronomy and bush medicine to the physics behind traditional tools.
If, as a species, we are to survive the next century or two, we must take a much longer view of our history than is our habit. But for today, let’s go back only as far as Adam and Eve, our civilisation’s origin story.
Volunteers who campaigned in support of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament recently met at the Redfern Community Centre to hear about the way forward from the outgoing Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney and Indigenous author and activist, Thomas Mayo.
Held at Redfern Community Centre on August 17, the 2024 Indigenous Science Experience Community Day gave visitors the chance to learn about everything from Indigenous astronomy and bush medicine to the physics behind traditional tools.
REDFERN: On July 21, I was lucky enough to attend the launch of the new website for Native Botanical Brewery (NBB), and to talk to the team behind this new and innovative business.
There is a certain poignance, laced with nostalgia, in this, the Genesian’s last production at its charming Kent Street home, before its relocation to Rozelle. Director Ali Bendall’s excellent adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s passionate novel about a young orphan’s quest to survive and find love still resonates with modern audiences (if the lists of favourite reads are to be believed), nearly two hundred years after it was written.
Carmel Dean’s Well-Behaved Women is a musical journey through the ages that highlights women’s experiences and balances both comedy and tragedy perfectly.
