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ANU School of Art & Design Satellite Selfie of solidarity
By Evana Ho On the grassy roundabout in front of the heritage-listed School of Art & Design building, in fresh orange and white paint, are the letters BLM. The acronym for Black Lives Matter. The School has chosen to make a bold statement of solidarity as part of Canberra's…
Indigenous banana cultivation dates back over 2,000 years
ANU archaeologists from the ANU Achool of Archaeology and Anthropology have found the earliest evidence of Indigenous communities cultivating bananas more than 2,000 years ago. The evidence of cultivation and plant management dates back 2,145 years and was found at Wagadagam on the tiny island of…
ANU Classics Museum goes digital
By Evana Ho The ANU Classics Museum, established in 1962, has long been a treasured part of the University. For months when the Coronavirus crisis caused the campus to close, its esteemed collection sat unvisited and unseen behind glass. Now, all the items have been made available online…
Brando’s atoll was holiday getaway for Tahitian royalty
A paradise lost has been re-discovered by on the tiny Pacific atoll of Teti'aroa, once owned by Hollywood icon Marlon Brando. The finds from ANU include two rarely-seen archery platforms and a huge open-air altar, likely used for ceremonial purposes and ritual offerings…
Archaeology at home: The Garbage Project
By Evana Ho You’ve no doubt seen it in a film or TV show: the private investigator combing through a suspect’s rubbish that was left out on the curb. And it’s no wonder TV detectives do this. It’s a great way to gain insight into a person. Welcome to modern archaeology. Instead of…
COVID-19 could see thousands of women miss out on having kids, creating a demographic disaster for Australia
COVID-19 lockdowns have led to suggestions there could be a “coronial” baby boom. But while a baby boom as a side effect of the devastating pandemic sounds kind of nice, it is probably too good to be true. What is more likely is that Australians will delay or forego having children because of…
Stress and finances worse off during pandemic
Almost one in two Australians, 47 per cent, say they are more stressed because of the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data from The Australian National University (ANU). The findings also show three in 10 Australians say their finances have worsened during the pandemic. The report is based on a…