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.

Hard truths

Battling for the eastern barred bandicoot

It’s good to talk

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More tales of ball lightning

Geobuzz

Dinosaur embryo revealed

Wild Diary

Lest we forget • Cutting-edge science coupled with old-fashioned detective work is helping reunite families with the remains of loved ones lost in action during all conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries.

A scourge begins • 1859: Rabbits introduced into Australia.

Talking Australia

Of monsters, screams and birds

How to reduce your personal carbon footprint • In this first part of a new series, sustainability expert Geoff Ebbs offers practical advice and information on how to reduce your own contribution to climate change.

The Australian Geographic Book Club

A case of gravity in the extreme

Looking up

Vaccine victory via chickens • If the COVID crisis worsens, the humble chook could be our saviour.

“The Coathanger” is open • Since its grand debut 90 years ago, Sydney’s now world-famous harbour crossing has hosted creatures great and small.

Animal navigation

Oz Words

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Back in the black • Australian Geographic Society news and events

Little diggers rebound • Previously labelled extinct in Victoria, eastern barred bandicoots are now starting to flourish across the state in a historic conservation first.

EASTERN BARRED BANDICOOT

Early encounters • Long before James Cook arrived at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770, countless expeditions from Europe and Asia had reached the shores of the continent that would become known as Australia.

THE FUTURE IS FUNGI • For more than a billion years, fungi have been the natural world’s architects and alchemists. Could they now help rewrite humanity’s future?

The apple of the isle • Tasmania’s Huon Valley, once Australia’s premier apple-growing region, remains rich in heritage and beauty.

The Huon Valley • This heritage-rich agricultural region lies just 30 minutes drive south of Hobart.

Homes away from home • Huts built to house fruit-pickers and their families, sometimes for many weeks at a time, once dotted the Huon Valley.

A celebration of apples

When cats are not so cute • Millions of feral moggies devour billions of native Australian animals each year, bringing species to the edge of extinction. It’s a diabolical problem needing radical answers.

Cats on the march

Minimising the impact of pet cats

Deadly toll

Pioneering cat crusader

A MINE TRAGEDY REMEMBERED • At 9.25am precisely on Monday 19 September 1921, a deadly explosion at the Mount Mulligan colliery in Queensland ushered in changes to Australia’s mining sector that continue to help save lives in a hazardous industry.

AUSTRALIA’S WORST MINE DISASTERS • Lessons learnt from mining accidents have improved the life expectancy of modern miners, but theirs remains a hard and risky occupation.

Here be dragons • The remarkable marine iguanas of the Galápagos are testament to the extraordinary powers of natural selection, and resilient proof of evolution in action.

MARINE IGUANA

Travel with us • Unique expeditions and experiences from Australian Geographic and our trusted travel partners

Antarctica by air

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