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Tuesday, July 16

The South Australian menu has always been seasonal

Artist James Tylor gives context to SA Food Month in light of the state’s first food culture with a short encyclopedia of indigenous edible foods and agriculture in the Tarntanya Adelaide region.

Australia's forgotten heroes: 'They were fighting two wars'

Stories of heroism, mateship, discrimination and heartbreak are shared in an exhibition that uses family histories, photos, objects and art to highlight the war experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Film Festival review: She Who Must Be Loved

She Who Must Be Loved – about Aboriginal media pioneer Freda Glynn – sheds light on both an epic life story and the lasting impact of Australia’s social history.

The epic story of an unlikely wartime friendship

The extraordinary story of a Ngarrindjeri Digger and a Jewish German ethnologist who became lifelong friends after meeting in a World War I POW camp is being brought to life in a new South Australian play which will have its first readings this month.

NT find tells a new history of humans in Australia

A new study pushes back the first known evidence of human activity in Australia – to 65,000 years ago. Here the research team – including Chris Clarkson from The University of Queensland – describe the significance of their discoveries.