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 plea from the heart

It never rains

Australian Geographic

AG Your say • September-October 2022

Urban Animals

Wandering back from the brink of extinction

Not-so-silent stingrays

First Nations storytellers celebrated in new literature awards

Place names

Remembering Fred Hollows: 30 years on

One in a bullion: chance discovery of the Holtermann Nugget

Cat curfews

Software keeping cane toads in check

Wild Diary

The Aussie Backyard Bird Count returns

Tim Faulkner bares all in upcoming memoir

Will we at last get the environment laws we need? • Australia is losing more species than any other developed nation, but this year’s switch of government may herald legislative change to stem destruction.

King Tut’s forgotten man • As celebrations ramp up to mark 100 years since the most famous archaeological discovery of all time, meet the little-known Tasmanian Egyptologist who played a pivotal role.

Atmospheric rivers

Oz Words

Launch of Life. Be in it. • 1975: One of Australia’s most recognisable health campaigns begins.

“Bungonia Bear”

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

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

Deflecting an asteroid

Looking up

You are invited to the Australian Geographic Society Awards • Australian Geographic Society news and events

Society sponsorship news • These are just some of the projects to receive Society funding this year.

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Off with her head • Despite the dumping of Caroline Chisholm from the $5 note in 1990 in favour of the Queen, today we are the only country to feature a woman on every banknote.

An invitation to listen • Thomas Mayor, ambassador for the Uluru Statement from the Heart and advocate for a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution, invites us all to walk in a spirit of reconciliation with First Nations Australians as they strive for a better and brighter future.

Uluru Statement from the Heart • We, gathered at the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, coming from all points of the southern sky, make this statement from the heart:

The spirit of Curdimurka • Not all goes to plan as a legendary outback event is revived, but, with the irrepressible attitude for which Aussies are famous, these country partygoers find reason to celebrate.

An outback love story • With a romance forged along the tracks of the Ghan and cemented at the first Curdimurka Ball, the Kernicks couldn’t miss the event’s reprisal.

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE • Home to Victoria’s highest concentration of rock-art sites – and to world-class climbing – the Grampians National Park is truly spectacular, but also a site of conflict. In the face of widespread climbing bans, land managers are working to balance the interests of Traditional Owners and climbers.

THE GRAMPIANS

Best photos of the year • As COVID restrictions eased,...