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.

How heroes are made

Finding the beauty in bogs

Australian Geographic

The healing power of music

Microburst

A 550-million-year-old meal • offers insight into gut evolution

Teal crowned Australia’s Word of the Year for 2022

Clean Up Australia Day 2023

Place names

Top of the hops

Ghosts of Christmases past: Where are all the Christmas beetles?

The Silence

Good news for coral

Wild Diary

Australian birds take flight in smash-hit board game

Australian Museum opens new permanent Minerals Gallery

Sammy Wilson (Tjama Uluru) • Anangu, Custodian of Uluru.

Sharing the planet with 8 billion • A global human population that’s doubled since 1974 is wreaking havoc on natural environments.

The Aquarius Festival 50 years on • Nicky Catley looks back on the event that gave birth to Nimbin and Australia’s own counterculture.

The NDIS begins • 2013: Disabled Australians get a national insurance support scheme.

The “flabbit” hoax

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

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE • The 2023 Australian of the Year Award will be announced on 25 January. We examine how this annual honour has reflected the spirit of the times over seven decades.

AUSSIE OF THE YEAR BY THE NUMBERS

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

Your essential elements

Oz Words

Nature’s magnifying glass

Looking up

Society update

Awards night memories • The Australian Geographic Society Awards scrapbook

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BOGS OF BOUNTY • High in the Victorian Alps, the earthy depths of a pristine wetland ecosystem survive unaffected by bushfires and shielded from invasive species.

Receive 2 bonus issues and save up to $56 WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE OR RENEW TODAY • As a subscriber you automatically become a member of our charitable foundation, the Australian Geographic Society, which supports conservation, scientific and environmental research, community projects and our Australian adventurers.

SOUNDTRACK TO A NEW LIFE • Dulcie Holland is best known for her books on music theory. But in a career spanning nearly 70 years, she also composed music for documentaries promoting Australia’s postwar immigration strategy.

Popular films with music scored by Dulcie Holland

LIVING THE GOOD LIFE • Margaret River pulls back its velvet curtain to reveal a surprising and inspiring commitment to eco-conscious survival – and it’s working.

LEARNING TO LIVE WITH A CARNIVORE • Not so long ago saltwater crocodiles were considered vermin in Australia and shot on sight. Now the reptiles are appreciated as a valuable commodity in the country’s far north…and they’re thriving.

FASHION VICTIMS

Crocodile distribution

Survival tactics • Crocodiles have survived virtually unchanged for 150–200 million years. Much of the understanding of the physiological and behavioural adaptations underpinning such an extraordinary survival story has come from observations made in captivity. Now that saltwater croc numbers are returning to normal levels in Australia, researchers can gather more data on the species’ life in wild conditions.

VICTORIA’S WILD WESTERN WALK • From rocky sea cliffs and wild beaches to...