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Hunt for source of WA’s Ming Dynasty Buddha reveals new shipwreck mysteries
Shipwreck Hunters on Disney+ has followed the UK’s Antiques Roadshow in featuring a bronze baby Buddha found by two Shark Bay locals wielding metal detectors.
- Emma Young
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London’s most magnificent royal church is a trove of delights
The stones, bones and thrones of the famed Westminster Abbey provide a wonderfully cluttered walk through its religious, royal and architectural past.
- Brian Johnston
From Mr Puss on the First Fleet to Sergeant Smokey the feline digger: Tales from a ‘cat historian’
Revered or reviled, feral or emotional-support essentials ... Cats have a “complicated” history in Australia, says researcher Jodie Stewart.
- Sue Williams
The idyllic German city turning further to the right
Fed up with the dominant political parties, many German voters are backing new leaders who have been labelled extreme.
- David Crowe
They were on opposing sides at Hiroshima in 1945. Now, they’re campaigning together
Nearly 80 years after the US dropped an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, two survivors warn of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war.
- Victoria Laurie
From mayoral robes to urinals: The hidden treasure chest that helped shape Melbourne
Old parking meters and Moomba crowns are some of the weird and wonderful items that hold Melbourne’s memory. From Sunday, the public can go behind the scenes.
- Rachael Dexter
Winston the platypus was shipped to England. Has his mystery death at sea been solved?
Platypus diplomacy by Australia to woo foreign countries caused intrigue and headlines. But it didn’t always end well for the species.
- Julie Power
History’s booming in podcasts – but many of its academics are out of a job
We live in momentous times. History podcasts and books are more popular than ever. So why is academic history in crisis?
- Nick Bryant
Who killed Sydney heiress Juanita Nielsen? ‘Mr Sin’ points finger from the grave
For the first time in 33 years, Saffron’s evidence before an in-camera parliamentary inquiry can be revealed.
- Peter Rees and Neil Mercer
How a Melbourne newspaper tycoon ended up buried in an Egyptian tomb
The imposing Kew mausoleum, with its tall columns, stone pythons and scarabs, was built for an Egyptophile with a penchant for seances.
- Cara Waters