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 ...

Aboriginal people lived in Australia up to 18,000 years earlier than once thought, when now-extinct giant kangaroos and wombats roamed the land. A team of archaeologists have uncovered a treasure ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...