River of Gold by Hector Holthouse

River of Gold by Hector Holthousethe Wild Days of the Palmer River Gold Rush"What with cannibal blacks, pig tailed Chinamen in thousands, lynch law hangings, gambling dens, shanty towns, murders, grog shops and Italian opera singers, the Palmer River Goldfields properly spun out should provide enough television material for general exhibition for the next ten years. this one book, River of Gold, could easily be used as the jumping off ground for the lot. Read it with Hector

but the vibrancy of each image is startling

she yearns after an education that is closed to her by her sex

Christos Tsiolkas

child of the Earth and stars

Kiva is desperate to know if her friends and family are safe

and tells a tale of secret doors

Renowned music journalist Stuart Coupe examines the life of an Australian music icon - honest

A is for artichokes and long spears of asparagus

rusty corrugated-iron fortress in the middle of nowhere

to the Pilbara Strike of 1946

Chanel Contos posted on Instagram asking people to share their stories of sexual assault during their schooling years

breathlessness and a confessional style that makes you feel as if you're sharing intimacies with an old friend