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 ...

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As we approach the dreaded date of January 26, a pervasive question is floating around among the people in my social circle. Though phrased in different ways, most people seem to be wondering, “What ...

Every inch of Australia is written in song. Songs track lines along the continent, with every jutting rock or bowing tree being represented by a line or a verse. The cadence, the rhythm, and the ...

At the outbreak of war in August 1914, thousands of men from across the nation flocked to recruiting centres to sign up to serve in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). This figure includes ...

What killed the Tasmanian Aborigines? When British colonists arrived in 1803, the island’s indigenous people numbered a few thousand. Thirty years later, about 100 remained. Most historians blame ...

Humans have been painting on rocks and in caves for tens of thousands of years. Some of the oldest rock art made by people could be as much as 73,000 years old, while the oldest cave art has been ...

A groundbreaking Australian play has come to New York for a few weeks. It’s called "The Visitors," and it tells an important ...

TNC’s March 2003 issue featured Keith Windschuttle’s Rabbit-Proof Fence: a true story, which took on the premise of Phillip Noyce’s film–that administrative policy in Western Australia from the 1930s ...

Humans used the now-destroyed rockshelter throughout the last ice age until just a few decades ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

It also affirms Aboriginal peoples’ contemporary connections to the sea, and underscores why sea country should be protected. Since the last ice age, sea levels have risen 130 meters in Australia; ...