<p><em>‘I buy this piece of ground here’</em> is a group biography that examines the lives and work of a cohort of Italian migrant families from the Veneto region who arrived in Australia in the 1920s...

The ABC is pleased to introduce the 2025 winners in Science, Humanities and Arts Top5 programs.The successful applicants will spend two weeks in residence at ABC Radio National.

Richard Fotheringham’s research on entertainer Jenny Howard leads him to the idea of ‘echoic biography’.

Kerrie Davies will be in conversation with Michelle Staff on her new book Miles Franklin Undercover The little-known years when she created her own brilliant career – A powerful story of a young woman...

The Nationals' split from the Coalition marks a break in a century-long tradition, but it's not the first time tensions have forced the parties apart. The history books offer some insights as to what ...

Mr Squiggle and His Friends is a world-first exhibition of the Norman Hetherington collection acquired by the National Museum of Australia in 2024.

Time for the Libs and Nats to take a breather from the Coalition? History suggests otherwise

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Joel Stephen Birnie chats with Gabriella about My People’s Songs: How an Indigenous Family Survived Colonial Tasmania, his historical biography of Taren...

On 28 March 2025, during Women’s History Month, a one-day workshop on ‘The Privilege of Trailblazing’ was held, with support from the ANU Gender Institute. Organised by Dr Karen Fox, Professor Kim Rub...

Frank Arkell (1929–1998) was the most successful politician of his generation; an Independent who served as Wollongong’s Lord Mayor (1974–1991) and...