The ABC gets a rare look at the Aboriginal History Archive, a little-known collection of thousands of items collected by the ...

Rottnest Island, or Wadjemup, is famous for its beautiful beaches and cuddly quokkas. However, the isle has a dark history, and for 93 years was a prison for Aboriginal men and boys.

Archaeologists exploring the waters near Western Australia’s Murujuga are finding ancient sites a short dive below the sea’s surface Clare Watson, Hakai Magazine Archaeologists exploring the submerged ...

As a preview to the Sydney Olympic Games last September, The Wall Street Journal ran a front-page story about the great issue it said was dividing the Australian nation, the treatment of its ...

Hidden on the edge of a cliff in Australia's Blue Mountains, tucked away in the woods, a wallaby has been painstakingly carved into rock. It’s ancient, estimated to be at least 7,000 years old, and ...

The known timeline of the Aboriginal occupation of South Australia's Riverland region has been vastly extended by new research. Radiocarbon dating of shell middens - remnants of meals eaten long ago - ...

In 1989, Zhou Xiaoping was a 29-year-old Chinese artist travelling around Australia pursuing his passion for Aboriginal culture. He had explored the desert town of Alice Springs and the tropical ...

The way New South Wales students learn about Australian history is about to have a major shake-up. The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) has unveiled a new syllabus that will see students in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The NSW Education Standards Authority has announced that teaching of the Aboriginal past prior to European arrival will be ...