'On the slopes of Mount Everest 100 years ago, George Finch, from Orange in the central west of New South Wales, revealed his latest invention to his fellow adventurers.' (Introduction)
'Queensland's Gold Coast has rolled out the red carpet to Hollywood's A-listers at the Australian premiere of the new Elvis biopic.'
'Australian soap Neighbours has wrapped filming after 37 years on television at home and abroad.'
'Frances Rings doesn't remember a time when dance wasn't a part of her life.'
'Yorta Yorta/Gunaikurnai theatre maker Andrea James has been thinking a lot about her parents lately.'
'For the creators of the First Nations film We Are Still Here, the arrival of James Cook at Sydney’s Botany Bay 252 years ago is not the whole story.'
(Production summary)
'When Leah Purcell was filming the acclaimed movie Jindabyne in 2006, she would go up into the Snowy Mountains on her days off.' (Introduction)
'Australia's internationally celebrated children's show Bluey is making grown adults cry (again) for its representation of three new characters.'
'When Robert Sidler joined the Clunes Writers' Group, it was with a degree of trepidation. Now he is a published author whose works feature in an anthology from Australia's famed book town.' (Introduction)
'On July 31, 1969, Elvis Presley took to the stage of the International Hotel in Vegas for the first time, still riding the high of his electric 1968 TV special, which had revived his flagging career.' (Introduction)
'Elvis: he's everywhere and nowhere, a mononym as familiar as Coke and a cipher as abstract as the clichés he came to (dis)embody. Both the King of Rock 'n' Roll and a costume party punchline, the man born Elvis Presley left the building an icon, his image now so ubiquitous — and for so long — that it's easy to forget how seismically his appearance ruptured the culture in the 50s.'(Introduction)
