History
‘Barbenheimer’ memes trigger backlash in Japan, scene of real atomic explosions
One critical posting said many victims who died under the mushroom clouds were children the same age as those playing with Barbie dolls.
- by Mari Yamaguchi
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Indigenous experience of colonisation mandatory under school history overhaul
Indigenous Australians’ perspective of European colonisation will be taught to all year 7 to 10 students under proposed changes to the NSW history syllabus.
- by Lucy Carroll
Spain identifies 357 foreign fighters who went missing during the Spanish Civil War
Researchers confirmed the names of 212 fighters from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands who went missing during the conflict that foreshadowed World War II.
- by David Brunat
Americans had shelved the A-bomb until an Australian broke ranks
Oppenheimer is a brilliant historical thriller, but it fails to tell the full story - and one Australian’s crucial part in it.
- by Brett Mason
Archaeologists find theatre where ‘Nero fiddled’ while Rome burnt
The imperial theatre, referred to in ancient Roman texts but never found, has been discovered under the garden of a future Four Seasons Hotel, steps from the Vatican.
- by Nicole Winfield
‘Denialism erases nothing’: Biden hits out at book bans and whitewashing of history
The US president has honoured the memory of Emmett Till and used his story to weigh in on the growing political battle over book bans and how history is taught in schools.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Blown out of proportion’: How Robert Oppenheimer knew the atomic bomb test wouldn’t end the world
The long, strange history of what came to be known as the “atmospheric ignition” scenario has been distorted over the years, and the movie distorts it further.
- by Mark Johnson
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Indigenous justice
We all know about the stolen generations. We didn’t always hear about those who opposed the law at the time
An ambitious truth-telling project outlines the ‘bucketloads of law’ that dispossessed First Nations people – and also the white dissenters at the time.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Scenes from a fallen empire: Abandoned Russian bases dot Mongolia’s border
Wary of growing Chinese power, Mongolian ties to Moscow still run deep, even as its influence crumbles into the landscape.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Anand Tumurtogoo
‘I am alive because of upstanders’: Holocaust survivors share stories at revamped museum
The Age has a sneak peek of the redeveloped Melbourne Holocaust Museum, which will soon open to the public.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Major art commission axed at world heritage listed Hyde Park Barracks
Artist Alex Seton’s concept to build a moat around the Hyde Park Barracks next year has been cancelled.
- by Linda Morris