Mural paints a different Pacific
Celebrated Indigenous Hawaiian artist Carl Pao is taking new ideas about the Pacific and committing them to canvas, painting a visually stunning and colourful mural at ANU. Mr Pao, the inaugural...
View ArticleCook returns to the high seas
Dr Alex Cook tells KATHARINE PIERCE how he braved wind, rain and sea sickness to retrace the steps of Captain Cook. The next time you’re having a bad day, spare a thought for the 18th century French...
View ArticleExhibition captures a slice of island life
A new exhibition at ANU portrays the culture and landscapes of the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea. The exhibition, The Art of Ethnography: Images from Trobriand Islands Fieldwork, is a...
View ArticleVanuatu experts elected honorary curators
Professors Matthew Spriggs and Stuart Bedford have been appointed Honorary Curators of Archaeology at the Vanuatu Kaljol Senta by the Natural Cultural Council in Vanuatu. Professor Spriggs, from the...
View ArticleCelebration of Pacific culture
The third annual Pacific Appreciation Day showcasing the cultural diversity of the region was held on 5 October. During the day, spectators in Union Court were entertained by several dance troupes...
View ArticleFrench Pacific writers celebrated at festival
The University played a key role in the 50th anniversary of the Brisbane Writers Festival in September, organising several symposia devoted to Pacific writing. ANU academics were involved in setting...
View ArticleLanguage’s digital lifeline
One of the world’s most ancient languages is being brought into the digital age through the development of the first phone app for an Australian Indigenous language, writes MARTYN PEARCE. Try saying...
View ArticleHook, line and thinker
The ground-breaking discovery of the world’s oldest evidence of marine fishing has not just re-written the history books – it could shed new light on how humans first reached Australian shores, writes...
View ArticleRecolouring the Pacific
A visually stunning mural is painting a different picture of the Pacific and recasting our ideas about identity, writes JAMES GIGGACHER. Stand back and soak it in: the cool marine breeze, the...
View ArticleFiji’s Constitutional conundrum continues
Fiji’s political parties welcoming the country’s Draft Constitution will only serve to harden the ruling regime’s opposition to it, writes BRIJ LAL. Just before Christmas, the Fiji Constitution...
View ArticleClues to Southeast Asian civilisation unearthed
An archaeological dig led by Dr Marc Oxenham from The Australian National University’s School of Archaeology and Anthropology has uncovered possibly the earliest cemetery site in Southeast Asia. More...
View ArticleWhaling case heads to international court
Hearings for the case against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean are set to take place at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, on 26 June until 16 July. Professor...
View ArticleLatin American trade bloc in spotlight
Ambassadors from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru are on campus today for the Pacific Alliance Forum at the Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies (ANCLAS). The Forum will bring together...
View ArticleBucks and boats best for the Pacific
Australia needs to give more aid to the Pacific and provide greater opportunities for the region’s people, says a leading ANU scholar. Professor Stewart Firth, a Pacific history and politics expert...
View ArticleAustralia’s place corrected in tectonic breakup
A new study has used computer modelling to show the ancient movements of the Australian, Indian and Antarctic tectonic plates are not as we thought. The international team of researchers from The...
View ArticleAustralia’s place corrected in tectonic breakup
Researchers have used computer modelling to correct our understanding of the ancient movements of tectonic plates, which will help accurately locate oil and gas resources in our region. “The location...
View ArticleLaureate to tackle mystery of world’s languages
The tongue-twisting riddle of why the world has so many languages may soon have an answer, thanks to a major funding win by one of the world’s top linguists. Distinguished Professor Nicholas Evans from...
View ArticleFrom Dengue to dinner: climate change and health
It’s not just low-lying island nations and monsoonal areas that will be affected by climate change. Urban areas will feel the heat too, in ways many might not expect. With the vast majority of the...
View ArticleMystery island
Five hundred years ago, the rock islands off Palau were thriving with human life. So why are they now abandoned? JENNIFER TANNER reports. Large stone platforms are scattered around, providing shelter...
View ArticleInside the hermit kingdom
A young girl eating ice-cream. City balconies decorated with flowers and plants. People with pets, people having love affairs, people getting drunk. Proud family members watching on as ordinary...
View Article
