Australian artists on show in major London exhibition

Sally Pryor Australian art lovers have always been fans of England, and now the love is about to be reciprocated.

A Salvo face that's launched $3 million

Sally Pryor Arts Editor In a city where change seems as swift and inevitable as the seasons, there seem to be few things from the past that Canberrans can cling to for comfort.

Plenty to protest about, so maintain the rage, young people urged

Sally Pryor When Clive Hamilton was a teenager, he was among hundreds of schoolkids arrested for protesting against the Vietnam War.

We want you! Archive makes birthday wish to open up the time capital

Sally Pryor Are any of these photos you looking stylish in your youth? The National Film and Sound Archive wants to hear from you.

Regard for the fallen crosses generations

Sally Pryor The Australian men who fell on the Western Front might have been dead for nearly a century, but it's never too late to say thank you.

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The word on the street

Sally Pryor Private Capital: Canberra’s long-time street mag BMA Magazine is celebrating its 21st birthday.

Sun up, sun down … a perfect day around the clock

Sally Pryor, Fleta Page and Lisa Cox Build it and they will come.

Hot air balloon hit National Gallery sculpture

Sally Pryor The Parliamentary Triangle can be a tricky place when you’re navigating a hot air balloon.

From birth of a city to death of innocence

Sally Pryor Centenary Reporter It was a day filled with optimism and excitement, fancy dress, dignitaries, and soldiers on horseback.

Original culture a key part of history

Sally Pryor Centenary Reporter When Canberra was named as Australia's capital 100 years ago, the area's Aborigines, who had been here for thousands of years, were notably absent.

Close to Perfection maybe, but happily we're just Canberra (without the Climax)

Sally Pryor Imagine if our city had been called Federalia. Or Acacia, Harmony, Labourville, Cooksturta or even Frontierland.

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A majestic folly soars

Sally Pryor It's only 8am, but Jon Stanhope has been up for hours. Something about the light, he says, and force of habit.

War of the workshop is over as printers make a statement

Sally Pryor A long-running dispute about one of Canberra's oldest buildings is over - and just in time for Christmas.

Megalo surrenders in war for Fitters Workshop

Sally Pryor A long-running dispute about one of Canberra oldest buildings is over – and just in time for Christmas.

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Re-Turner: the master is back to warm a capital winter

Sally Pryor He has captured Canberra's heart before, and now the master of Romantic landscapes, J. M. W. Turner, will be back to rekindle the love for the capital's 100th winter.

Digger dodged death as bullet hit Bible

Sally Pryor It was probably superstition that led 22-year-old Lance-Corporal Elvas Jenkins to tuck his Bible into his left shirt pocket at Gallipoli on May 7, 1915.