As new agricultural areas opened across Australia, wheat became our primary crop and eventually an export commodity.

Ningaloo and some remote northern reefs had largely escaped the worst effects of coral bleaching – but now a severe marine heatwave is taking its toll.

For centuries in Australia, our geographical remoteness has shaped our history and identity. This was outlined famously in Geoffrey Blainey’s seminal book, The Tyranny of Distance. And in our regions, ...