Australian Geographic

Australian Geographic, Australia’s premier geographic journal, brings you the best of the country from those who know it best. Discover Australia’s rich cultural heritage, its beautiful landscapes, its unique and diverse plants and wildlife, and explore outback towns and the true-blue characters who call them home.

A celebration of Australia

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Eastern bettong

Impelled by curiosity

Australian Geographic

Beetle bounty

Talkb@ck • In July, this darling little dozing brown antechinus delighted our online audience so much that hundreds of people shared their thoughts on its “adorable meditation” pose.

Puppet power

Desert Mob returns

Busting myrtle rust

Gouldian finch habitat under threat

Placenames

Tracking greater gliders

WWII service records available online

New soil database takes root

Roaring family fun

Do frogs have accents?

Wild Diary

Meet the carnivorous sponges new to science

The Australian Geographic Book Club • Latest releases from Australian Geographic and our retail partner, QBD Books

Smooth sailing to victory • Forty years ago, Australia won the America’s Cup. It was followed by celebrations – and controversy.

Gravity hills

Talking Australia • Subscribe and never miss an episode of our entertaining podcast.

Penicillin breakthrough • 1945: Australian Howard Florey shares in Nobel Prize for developing penicillin.

Why the Voice to Parliament will help close the gap • In this edited extract from Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien’s The Voice to Parliament Handbook, Marcia Langton and Fiona Stanley explain why Australia should vote Yes.

Damping the deafening din • Marine noise pollution possibly linked to whale strandings is in the spotlight again.

Sniffing out Parkinson’s disease

Oz Words • That anonymous bar of soap

A meteor mystery solved

Looking up

Comet Encke returns!

Brighter future for squirrel gliders

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OUT ON A LIMB • Wilderness photographer Rob Blakers is making a stand for swift parrots.

OUR WAR AGAINST DUNG • Exotic dung beetles were introduced to Australia to clear away huge quantities of livestock poo. The man who proposed the idea left a legacy greater than dung beetles.

Sharing beetles

Adventure • Your source of inspiring adventure travel, expert advice, and the latest gear reviews.

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THE FISHERMEN AND THE SHARKS • An Australian-led conservation project in Lombok, Indonesia, is replacing shark fishing with tourism.

BROUGHTON’S INCONVENIENT ALLURE • Work is underway to conserve the natural and cultural histories of this dramatically beautiful island, just off the northern NSW coast, and to retrieve what it’s already lost.

NATURE AT HER BEST • It’s a landmark year for the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition.

A JOURNEY OF FAITH • Aspiring pilgrims don’t need to travel to Europe’s great caminos. Our Aussie Camino offers just as much natural beauty, physical challenge – and spiritual healing.

Aussie Camino

The calling of MARY MACKILLOP

THE MIGHTY McILWRAITH • An off-road adventure with Indigenous guides through the remote McIlwraith Range...