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Anne Poelina, the daughter of a Timorese pearl diver and an Indigenous mother, has always been drawn back to her home town of Broome

Pat Lowe was working as a prison psychologist in Broome when she met the artist Jimmy Pike, who was serving a life sentence

Artist Davida Allen's true feelings about some of the trials of parenthood, bushwalking, and a raging attraction to actor Sam Neill have poured out through her paintbrush When Davida Allen was in her 30s and stuck at home looking after her four young children, she'd reward herself on a Sunday night by watching the TV series Reilly, Ace of Spies, starring Sam Neill. Davida is a painter, and around...

Now a wildly popular author, for many years Marian doubted her ability to write (R)

Helen Pitt on how the luminous shells of the Sydney Opera House nearly didn't get off the drawing board

Jaroslav Kovaricek was there for the violent crushing of the Prague Spring

David Coles is known as the 'pigment-whisperer'

The award-winning novelist lived many lives before her career as an author took off

Matt Haig's candour about his depression and anxiety has resonated around the world

Jimmy Shu's childhood in Sri Lanka planted the seeds for his later life as a legendary restaurateur

At 19, Colleen Gwynne rescued her mum from a violent marriage. Then she joined the police and solved one of Australia's most complicated murder cases

Michael Veitch's great-grandfather arrived in Australia on a ship dubbed 'the floating charnel house'

From painkiller addiction to parliament, Jacqui's life has been a rollercoaster

In 2017 Rupert Guinness, a veteran cycling journalist, embarked on a 5000 km endurance ride that would permanently change his outlook on a sport he loved

Lemn Sissay grew up in the UK as a child of the state. At 18 he was given a letter written in 1968 from his Ethiopian mother pleading for his return

George Megalogenis thinks that Australia's political leaders should learn from football

Rutger Bregman is calling for new thinking about the kind of world we want to live in

From Antarctica to Arnhem Land, the pages of the books of this prolific author and illustrator are fuelled by adventure

When the Japanese began bombing New Guinea, Peter Phelp's granddad was forced to trek through some of the most rugged terrain on earth, but he wasn't a soldier.

Rick Morton was growing up on a cattle station when his parents split up. His mum was left to raise three children in poverty

Tales ranging from growing up in 70s Queensland, to raising children as a single dad William is one of Australia's best-known storytellers and actors. As his children become adults, he's been reflecting on what it means to be a father. William’s dad was a gregarious character, a veteran of World War II who ran a hire business in Queensland. Despite the many colourful names his father coined for hi...

Dominic Rowe is asking how common degenerative brain diseases begin

Nic Newling believes sharing his story of living with mental illness will help others

Bruce Hopkins set out to walk the length of New Zealand, with the ashes of his father and brother

In 1975, Ivonne Ranisch’s brother Christoph disappeared from an East German hospital. Her parents now believe he was stolen by the state