A sweeping, character-driven tale of survival, healing, and the voices colonialism tried to silence. “Healing in silence: After brutality, Jimmy is cared for by Ngarra, a Munarrakalai elder, while ...

British colonisation of Australia, together with the effects climate change, is likely to have contributed to the recent catastrophic wildfires in southeast Australia, a new study has found. An ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dingoes are no ordinary dogs. They trace their roots back to an ancient Asian lineage and made their way to Australia more than ...

SYDNEY — Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds Friday urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on 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 ...

A study examines rodent extinction following European settlement of Australia. Since European colonization of Australia in 1788, the continent has recorded 34 terrestrial species lost to extinction, ...

The novel depicted historical violence of colonisation and intergenerational trauma inflicted upon the Aboriginal people. Brisbane-based Lucashenko was awarded the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award ...

26 January 1788: A convict settlement is establish at Sydney Cove. Captain Arthur Phillip RN was commander of the First Fleet of 11 ships that sailed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in January 1788.

The backlash was swift after John Howard made the remarks ahead of a referendum on Aboriginal representation in the government. By Natasha Frost A former prime minister of Australia has stirred a ...

In a speech to the Solomon Islands’ parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare denounced the Australian government’s attempt to oust him from power and condemned its neo-colonial ...

An experiment to preserve the western swamp tortoise is the latest flash point in a debate over how far humans should go to protect nature as the world warms. By Yan Zhuang Photographs by Matthew ...