Australian Geographic

Australian Geographic, Australia’s premier geographic journal, brings you the best of the country from those who know it best. Discover Australia’s rich cultural heritage, its beautiful landscapes, its unique and diverse plants and wildlife, and explore outback towns and the true-blue characters who call them home.

Backbone of our country

Help save Gilbert’s potoroo

The highs and lows of reporting

Australian Geographic

AG Your say • November–December 2022

Our impact, writ large

Our Country: Immersive Experience

Rock of ages

Award-winning photo series published in new anthology

Place names

40 years of Antarctic Australian-made igloos

Eastern Australia drenched in wettest year on record

Hidden in plain sight

Wild Diary

Evolutionary rat race

FrogID Week

Megatrends shaping Australia’s future • From climate and sustainability to geopolitics and pandemics, scientific soothsayers have projected the global trends that will impact us most in the next two decades.

THE DAKOTA DIAMOND MYSTERY • In 1942 a Dakota aircraft crashed on a remote beach in Western Australia carrying millions of dollars’ worth of cut diamonds. Where are they now?

Drunk animals

Oz Words

Large scale irrigation begins • 1887: The Murray River’s resources are tapped.

“Monegeetta Monster”

Talking Australia • Subscribe and never miss an episode of our entertaining podcast.

The Australian Geographic Book Club • Latest releases from our retail partner, QBD Books

Spider eyes on the skies

Looking up

Honouring an adventurous spirit • Australian Geographic Society news and events November • December 2022

Society sponsorship news • These are just some of the projects to receive Society funding in 2022.

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FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH • Far beyond scones and jam, the influence of the Country Women’s Association has been at the frontline of Australia’s regional communities for 100 years, supporting rural women, advancing social justice and lobbying governments.

Bush Tomato and Herb Muffins

OUR WILDLIFE EXTINCTION CRISIS • As the nation’s shocking record of extinctions continues unabated, Australia’s senior ecologists and conservation biologists demand urgent action.

BILLABONG OF ANCIENT LIFE • Fossils found in a field on a farm in New South Wales are yielding a remarkable insight into life 15 million years ago in eastern Australia.

LIFE IN THE MIOCENE • Ancient fossils found in the 15-million-year-old McGraths Flat billabong site have modern connections.

WORLD BEATER • Enormous skill, an indomitable spirit and a passion for the planet sailed this unassuming woman from the Sunshine Coast forever into the record books.

AROUND THE END OF THE WORLD IN 92 DAYS • Lisa Blair sailed into the record books aboard Climate Action Now, sailing solo more than 16,000nm around Antarctica.

HEROES ALL • The 2022 cohort of Australian Geographic Society winners hails from right around the nation and across all generations – from a young Everest summiteer to a seasoned polar explorer, and from a legendary battler for our native creatures to a revolutionary young farmer at the forefront of climate-change action. We honour them all.

CAPTURING CHANGE IN THE WIMMERA • A team of photographers documents decline in this western Victorian rural stronghold where agriculture is thriving but the towns are dying.

COMPROMISING THE NATURAL STATE? • Increasing development in Tasmania’s national parks is...