Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in half, according to our new study published in Science of fossil pollen trapped ...

Anna Clark could have titled her book “Remaking Australian History”, for that is its narrative arc. She celebrates a change in the stories Australians can tell of their nation: from a heroic tale of ...

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Australia is described as the lucky country. A simple internet search will tell you it is celebrated by those near and far for its beautiful scenery, its beaches, animals, laid-back culture, climate ...

The book and documentary were officially launched by Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of Australia with remarks by the Honourable Chris Minns, Premier of New South ...

In February 1907, Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club was founded, making it Australia’s first surf lifesaving club. Australia’s beach culture is world-famous today, but it took British colonials ...

A "boisterous egalitarianism" was tearing down social barriers as the diggers "enjoy[ed] a new liberty, of which they never dreamed before". One visiting British aristocrat, Lord Robert Cecil – the ...

There have been calls to change the date of Australia Day/Invasion Day since as far back as 1938. January 26 marks the day in 1788 when the First Fleet landed in Australia to establish the colony of ...

To date, only three Aboriginal Australian whole genome sequences have been described—one deriving from a historical tuft of hair from Australia’s Western Desert 8 and two others from cell lines with ...

This year’s Aus–PNG Network Emerging Leaders Dialogue brought together a diverse cohort of policymakers, business leaders, and civil society representatives to reflect on the evolving relationship ...