| Article |
Appeared |
Hook |
QPQ |
|---|
| Robert Brodribb Hammond |
23 May 2025 |
... that Robert Brodribb Hammond established the Sydney suburb of Hammondville to house families made homeless by the Great Depression? |
N/A |
| The Hand That Signed the Paper |
30 June 2025 |
... that despite winning Australia's top literary prize, The Hand That Signed the Paper has since been labelled a hoax? |
N/A |
| Wild Australia Show |
26 September 2025 |
... that one anthropologist has described scenes in the 1893 Wild Australia Show as examples of "settler denialism" and "colonial fantasy"? |
N/A |
| Mary Fortune |
12 October 2025 |
... that the son of Mary Fortune—one of the earliest female writers of detective fiction—was a career criminal? |
N/A |
| Catherine Helen Spence |
26 December 2025 |
... that the final novel by Catherine Helen Spence (pictured) remained unpublished for over a century after being labelled "socialistic" and "dangerous"? |
N/A |
| Caroline Hodgson |
9 December 2025 |
... that one newspaper labelled Caroline Hodgson the "wickedest woman in Melbourne"? |
N/A |
| Australian Church |
11 December 2025 |
... that Charles Strong founded the Australian Church (building pictured) after facing heresy charges, and attracted many elite congregants including a future prime minister? |
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| Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme |
15 December 2025 |
... that the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme has been criticised for placing workers at risk of modern slavery? |
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| Truganini |
16 December 2025 |
... that, upon the death of Truganini (pictured), the Aboriginal population of Tasmania was declared to be extinct? |
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| Rachel Henning |
7 January 2026 |
... that according to one scholar, the letters of Rachel Henning (pictured) were "deleted, distorted, and defaced" by their editor? |
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| Colleen McCullough |
24 February 2026 |
... that Colleen McCullough described the television adaptation of her best-known novel as "instant vomit"? |
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| Fanny Cochrane Smith |
26 February 2026 |
... that recordings of the voice of Fanny Cochrane Smith (pictured) were used in the development of a modern Aboriginal Tasmanian constructed language? |
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| Mary Theresa Vidal |
1 March 2026 |
... that Mary Theresa Vidal began her writing career with a collection of Christian moral tales intended to educate convicts and servants? |
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| Adelaide Ironside |
11 March 2026 |
... that a painting by Adelaide Ironside modelled its depiction of Christ on the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi? |
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| Matilda Jane Evans |
8 March 2026 |
... that Matilda Jane Evans' novels presented women's proper management of their homes as essential to maintaining civilisation in the Australian colonies? |
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| Winifred Lewellin James |
15 March 2026 |
... that after divorcing her husband, Winifred Lewellin James was required to report to a police station each time she went more than 5 miles (8 km) from her home? |
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| Rosa Campbell Praed |
15 March 2026 |
... that the novelist Rosa Praed believed that she and her medium were the reincarnations of an ancient Roman slave girl and slave mistress? |
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| Robert Willson (bishop) |
3 April 2026 |
... that the remains of the first Catholic bishop in Tasmania were not returned to the island until 150 years after his death? |
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| Mabel Forrest |
24 March 2026 |
... that Mabel Forrest wrote poetry that combined the Australian bush landscape with symbols of witchcraft and Celtic mythology? |
Template:Did you know nominations/Edward W. Hawthorne |
| Mary Hannay Foott |
24 March 2026 |
... that Mary Hannay Foott's best-known poem was inspired by the true story of two men who disappeared in the Australian outback in 1877? |
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| Liane Moriarty |
26 March 2026 |
... that Liane Moriarty has said that she embraces the labelling of her novels as women's fiction? |
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| Ada Cambridge |
25 March 2026 |
... that despite being the wife of a priest, Ada Cambridge (pictured) was a fierce critic of organised religion? |
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| Chinese Australian Herald |
27 March 2026 |
... that the Chinese Australian Herald was distributed as far away as London, the Pacific Islands, and the Philippines? |
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| Jessie Catherine Couvreur |
15 April 2026 |
... that Jessie Catherine Couvreur became so famous for her public lectures about Australia that she was invited to a private meeting with King Leopold II of Belgium? |
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| Emily Manning |
20 April 2026 |
... that Emily Manning used a poetic dialogue between a husband and his clairvoyant wife to examine Victorian gender roles? |
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| Mawson Peak |
26 April 2026 |
... that Australia's only active volcanoes, including Mawson Peak (pictured), are located about 4,000 km (2,500 mi) from the mainland? |
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| Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
18 April 2026 |
... that Australia allows some Indonesian fishers to operate near the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, but only if their boats have no motor or engine? |
Template:Did you know nominations/Lou Nicholson |
| Coral Sea Islands |
22 April 2026 |
... that the Coral Sea Islands were once proclaimed to be an independent nation known as the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands? |
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| John Naish (writer) |
28 May 2026 |
... that author and sugarcane cutter John Naish was critical of the sugar industry's role in the oppression of Indigenous Australians? |
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| The Poison of Polygamy |
10 May 2026 |
... that the novel The Poison of Polygamy was rediscovered almost a century after its publication by a researcher studying early Chinese-language Australian newspapers? |
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| Black Words, White Page |
9 May 2026 |
... that the author of one of the first studies of Indigenous Australian literature only arrived in Australia as a doctoral student? |
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| Australian Antarctic Territory |
Pending |
|
N/A |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
20 May 2026 |
... that the Trump administration imposed a 10-percent tariff on an uninhabited island territory home mostly to penguins (examples pictured)? |
Template:Did you know nominations/Victoria Hall (Petrolia) |
| David Unaipon |
Pending |
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