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The Improving Macquaries: Lachlan
<p>This walk will help you re-imagine early nineteenth-century Sydney Town and the task of governing the colony of convicts. Colonel Macquarie had to bring order to a society riven by conflicts. How
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The Colourful Victorians - Art, Design and Jewellery
<p>Our image of the Victorian era is Queen Victoria in black. But the Victorians loved colour – electric purples, green and yellows. A 2024 exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford explored this
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The Colourful Victorians - Art, Design and Jewellery
<p>Our image of the Victorian era is Queen Victoria in black. But the Victorians loved colour – electric purples, green and yellows. A 2024 exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford explored this
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A Brief History of Opera
<p>Get more out of opera! Explore its development through history, where it came from and how it developed through experimentation and trial and error. From the late Renaissance revival of Ancient
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Indoor Plants for Healthy Living
<p>Plants improve our health. We might exercise regularly and have a balanced diet but plants in our home and workplace not only improve air quality but also have a positive psychological effect.
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Ancient Mesopotamia - Rise of Civilisation
<p>Mesopotamia was the cradle for one of the world's great ancient civilisations, that of the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians. Based in the fertile plain created by the Euphrates and Tigris
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The Longest Journey: Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
<p>Dostoyevsky's <em>Crime and Punishment</em> is a compelling, totally unforgettable study of courage, freedom, consequentialism, justice, happiness, love and forgiveness. We examine its key ideas
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Victorian and Federation Sydney - Sydney CBD Walking Tour
<p>The story of the founding of colonial Sydney is well known, but what is less well known is the Victorian and Federation period, where the city we know today really took shape. Between 1850 and 1900
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Australia's Wartime Prime Ministers
<p>The 1940s was a decade of huge events and change in Australia. It began with the newly declared war against Germany, later followed by Italy and Japan. It also began with a time of great political
...Australia's Wartime Prime Ministers
<p>The 1940s was a decade of huge events and change in Australia. It began with the newly declared war against Germany, later followed by Italy and Japan. It also began with a time of great political
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Exploring Southern Iceland
<p>Iceland is most famous for its rugged landscapes and scenery. The Northern Lights, Blue Lagoon, volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls top the list of must-sees. Iceland is also famous for its history
...Exploring Southern Iceland
<p>Iceland is most famous for its rugged landscapes and scenery. The Northern Lights, Blue Lagoon, volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls top the list of must-sees. Iceland is also famous for its history
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How Writings of the Ancient World survived to the Present Day
<p>In this course we examine the efforts of 15th century renaissance scholars to find and return to prominence key texts of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. These texts, which had been preserved
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