Tag: Australian history
Chloé: how a 19th-century French nude ended up in a Melbourne pub – and became an icon for Australian soldiers
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Chloé, the French nude by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, is an Australian cultural icon.
Chloé made its debut at the 1875 Paris Salon and won medals...
Mount Kosciuszko: how Australia’s highest peak came to be named for a freedom fighter against Russian aggression
Eugene von Guérard, Mount Kosciusko, seen from the Victorian border (Mount Hope Ranges) 1866. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1870 Photo: National Gallery of...
The story of ‘us’: there’s a great tale Labor could tell about how it would govern – it just needs to start telling it
Image: AAP/Lukas Coch
Election campaigns are exercises in storytelling. Yes, they are about images, but these are usually attached to words. The stories are not...
Sunday essay: ‘fair game’, racial shame and the women who demanded more
Image: Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club last month. Mick Tsikas/AAP
Sexual politics is difficult terrain for young people to navigate. Desire,...
The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage
Image: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the...
Makeshift screens, censored films and ASIO: how the Melbourne International Film Festival began 70 years ago
Featured picture: Author provided.
On the Australia Day weekend in 1952, a group of die-hard film buffs put on a film festival. They had selected...