In the 1860s, Surveyor-General George Goyder rode across South Australia studying drought, soil, and rainfall.

When he returned, he drew a simple line across the map.

South of the line, farming would usually succeed.North of it, the country was better suited to grazing.

More than 150 years later, Goyder’s Line still marks the boundary between reliable farming country and the dry pastoral land beyond.

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Out on Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory, a group of Gurindji stockmen once walked away from their work.

They walked off the station, but they didn’t walk away from the land.

Led by Vincent Lingiari, their stand began in 1966 as a protest over wages, but it grew into something much larger — a long and patient claim for land and recognition.

Many Australians later came to know the story through the song From Little Things Big Things Grow by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody.

This is the story of that place — and the man who stood there.

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On a quiet night in January 1975, a bulk carrier struck the Tasman Bridge in Hobart.

In seconds, a section of the bridge collapsed into the Derwent River. Cars plunged into the dark. A ship lay broken across the channel. The city was suddenly cut in two.

This is the story of what happened — and what followed.

Not a technical investigation, but a human one:the people driving home,the first rescuers,the divers in the water,and a city waking up to a new reality.

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