Paul Daley
Paul writes about Indigenous history, Australian culture and national identity for Guardian Australia. He has won a number of journalism prizes including two Walkley awards, the Paul Lyneham award for political journalism and two Kennedy awards. He is a novelist and playwright whose books have been shortlisted in major literary prizes and is the author of the political novel Challenge
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Decolonising the dictionary: reclaiming Australian history for the forgottenAn upgrade of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is long overdue – it’s time to include the many women and Indigenous leaders time forgot
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Christmas has become a time of ghosts. Of my parents, of children who became adults, of dogs passedWhat is Christmas about but memories as we age?
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Abbott should read up on the importance of Indigenous connection to country after his latest opportunistic - or wilfully ignorant - stuntTony Abbott’s lament that prayer needs a greater role ignores a history of Christian invasion -
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Whether it’s the hardware store or Ikea – AKA the divorce factory – there are harsh realities to be confrontedEvery time I go to Bunnings I feel like I’ve left a little bit of my soul behind -
The story of us: how the inflated Anzac myth obscures our national identityIn this extract from his book On Patriotism, Paul Daley traces the arc of a once quiet and dignified commemoration to a modern sound-and-light show -
Thirty years after its creation the memorial is more important than ever in its service of national memory
'A presence on our terms': the Aboriginal Memorial is artwork and political statement -
A sensitive documentary shows the theft and eventual return of human bones to Arnhem LandEtched in Bone – chronicling Australia's shameful trade in Indigenous remains
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Win or lose this Saturday, to me and thousands of other fiercely tribal Collingwood fans it will be about so much more than the gameAs I prepare to watch my Magpies play, I ponder history and family, football and life -
Colonial Australia’s foundation is stained with the profits of British slaveryA dive into the hidden histories of Australia’s early settlers shows the country wasn’t just built on the sheep’s back


Sydney moves to autumn without a drumroll – surprising for this drama queen of a city