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Liz Cameron was 18 years old when a stranger approached her in a book shop. It was the beg... more

Tom Robinson was a 14-year-old living in the Brisbane suburbs when he made a promise to hi... more

The bestselling Irish author grew up on a farm set on “50 acres on the side of a hill”. Gr... more

When artist Vincent Fantauzzo was a boy he was a street-fighting petty criminal with dysle... more

How a boy from Glasgow named Norman Swirsky grew up to become Australia's most famous doct... more

The author and actor thinks summer in Australia is done bigger, better and weirder than an... more

Journalist and author, Brigid Delaney looked into the ancient philosophy during an assignm... more

Cult survivor and psychotherapist Dr Martina Zangger on her ten years devoted to an Indian... more

When Helen Garner began following her grandson Amby's under-16s football team, it was a ch... more

At the very end of World War Two, Australian soldiers were sent to Borneo to dislodge the ... more

While fighting anorexia Lexi Crouch was admitted to hospital 25 times and placed in an ind... more

Mark Winterbottom grew up in outer Western Sydney, in a family with not much money to spen... more

Heather's brother and grandfather died in a tragic drowning accident when she was 12 and f... more

Louise O'Sullivan spent 10 years with the ADF, including deployments with the Special Forc... more

After the death of her father, a spiritual moment with the life-size wooden statue of Bob ... more

Tens of thousands of 'van lifers' and 'grey nomads' drive around Australia each year. But ... more

Despite being a stand-out young player, many NRL clubs initially rejected Johnathan Thurst... more

Artist, author and Stolen Generations survivor, Rhonda Collard-Spratt, on bush hugs, beehi... more

Dr James Loxton on how modern democracies can crumble as authoritarian regimes take hold, ... more

Eric Philips has always loved cold weather and from young age became fixated on the idea o... more