Stories

On 29 April 1770, the Gweagal people of Kamay (Botany Bay) discovered James Cook and his crew as they sailed into the bay and came ashore. The eight days that followed changed the course of Australia’s history. 250 years later the events of those eight days and their continuing impact are still being debated, contested, felt.

Sydney writer and naturalist Ella McFadyen combined a love of nature, folklore and poetry. 

Stan didn’t look good at all. I could see him in the garden, through a window. Hunched forward, sucking on a cigarette, mistaking it for a sign of life.

In difficult times, Australian expatriate artist George Lambert challenged himself to paint a distorted reflection.