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Traffic island breaks era of silence in Indigenous history
In a first for the ACT, an unobtrusive traffic island in the Canberra suburb of Griffith has been granted heritage status based on its importance for the region's Indigenous history. The area, known as the Red Hill Campsite, bordered by Flinders Way, Durville Crescent and Hayes Crescent, has been…
New study finds family violence is often poorly understood in faith communities
By Dr Mandy Truong, Dr Bianca Calabria, Dr Mienah Zulfacar Sharif, and Associate Professor Naomi Priest, all of ANU.We learned this month that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged A$10 million in the federal budget for couples counselling and mediation for families impacted by…
Mapping Greek myths
The Greek mythic world is a messy place. Depending on which account you read, the twin gods Apollo and Artemis were born on the islands of either Delos, Ortygia, or Paximadia. Helen of Troy had two tombs – one near Sparta, the other on Rhodes – and she was also said to live as an immortal on the…
New ADB biographies illuminate Australia’s age of activism
From women's rights advocates to gay activists, prominent Australians who gave a voice to the silenced and drove a new wave of activism have been immortalised in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB).Based at ANU, the ADB has published 61 new profiles of significant Australians who died in…
Looking for a Game of Thrones expert? ANU has you covered
The much anticipated final season of Game of Thrones premieres in Australia on Monday 15 April. Tania Evans, a researcher in the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, will be available to talk about the hit series, and how George RR Martin's universe portrays violence and…
ANU researchers challenge status quo of traditional research outputs
Back in 2012 at a conference at Yale University, Dr Erin Helyard was shown a sheet of music from an 18th century songbook. The person discussing the music dismissed it as not very good – repeating what was a common opinion of the songbook at the time. Dr Helyard, an acclaimed musicologist,…
New species of early human found in the Philippines
An international team of researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in the Philippines, proving the region played a key role in hominin evolutionary history. The new species, Homo luzonensis is named after Luzon Island, where the more than 50,000 year old fossils were found…