Articles

Image: Josephson’s ointment pot lid being excavated from a rubbish pit at the Boralga (Laura), Native Police camp, Cape York. Image credit: Flinders University.
The story of outback native mounted police
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An archaeological project led by Associate Professor Heather Burke at Flinders University is shedding new light on what is a contentious chapter in Australia’s…

Minyari artists camp (front from left) May Wokka Chapman, Thelma Judson, Mulyatingki Marney, Karen Rogers, Ngalangka Nola Taylor, Nancy Martu Jakulyukulyu (back) Renelle Simpson, Rachael Handley. National Museum of Australia Photo: Rebecca Dagnall.
Songlines—tracking the Seven Sisters
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The Songlines exhibition tracks the epic story of the Seven Sisters, through sections of five Indigenous songlines that traverse the Western and…

Image: Stock image—Acoustic guitar. Image credit: iStock.com/smirart.
Reigniting the Noongar language through song
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Dr Clint Bracknell, a musician and ethnomusicologist based at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, is using an ARC Discovery…

Image: Team leader Professor Chris Clarkson with site custodian May Nango. Photo reproduced courtesy of Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation. Photography by Dominic O’Brien.
Uncovering a new history of Australian habitation
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A discovery by researchers at The University of Queensland, in a project led by ARC Future Fellow, Professor Chris Clarkson, has revealed that Aboriginal…

Image: Associate Professor Melanie Randle, University of Wollongong. Image credit: University of Wollongong
Research increases foster carer placements
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Associate Professor Melanie Randle is an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award recipient, based at the University of Wollongong, who has been…

Image: Sallie Jones of Gippsland Jersey, Jindivick (Victoria), Photographer: Catherine Forge, Source: Museums Victoria.
Shining a light on the invisible farmer
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With ARC Linkage Projects scheme funding, Professor Joy Damousi—an ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow—and her research…

Image: Edith Cowan University researcher and grandmother Dr Donell Holloway. Image credit: Edith Cowan University.
Big data and social media—impacts on very young children
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A research group led by Professor Lelia Green at Edith Cowan University, is using ARC Discovery Projects scheme funding to explore the…

Image: Andrew Whitehouse, Professor of Autism Research at The University of Western Australia and Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research at the Telethon Kids Institute. Image credit: Telethon Kids Institute.
Helping children with autism reach their full potential
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Professor Andrew Whitehouse from The University of Western Australia and Telethon Kids Institute has dedicated his research career to discovering the causes of…

Image credit: Harbord Primary School and NSW Department of Education
Designing the classrooms to match 21st century teaching
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Educational researchers at The University of Melbourne are using funding from the ARC Linkage Projects scheme to drive improvements in student…

Image: Curtin University Associate Professor Stuart Johnson. Image credit: Curtin University.
Staple cereal grain to help battle chronic disease
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Research at Curtin University, led by Dr Stuart Johnson and supported by ARC Linkage Projects scheme funding, has discovered that a grain used…

Image: Researchers from Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Dr Rangam Rajkhowa and Dr Ben Allardyce. Image courtesy: Deakin University.
Revolutionary silk membranes to repair perforated eardrums
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ARC-funded researchers at Deakin University and the Ear Science Institute of Australia (ESIA) have developed an innovative silk membrane implant that could…

Image: ‘Re-Timer’ glasses radiates a soft, green UV-free light. Image Credit: Flinders University.
Light therapy providing relief for troubled sleep patterns in teens
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ARC-funded researchers, led by Professor Michael Gradisar at Flinders University, are approaching sleep studies innovatively, by examining the troubled sleep…