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Mungo Man moves to National Museum, but he's still not home

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe 40,000-year-old remains of Mungo Man were discovered in 1974 on the southern sector of the eroding Lake Mungo shoreline.Jim Bowler , Author provided

The figure of Mungo Man has emerged with iconic status, not only for Aboriginal history, but as a defining figure amplifying the very notion of how we see ourselves as Australian.

For many years,...

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Fruity, with a hint of gobbledygook: it's time to give up on wine wankery

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageMost people appear happy to describe wine in one or two words. And yet ... John

Barnyardy. Herbacious. Unctuous. Chewy. Hedonistic. Ponderous. Shallow. Backward. The wine industry has been using evocative descriptors to characterise the taste and aroma of its products for generations. But how does the industry justify such precise language to...

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