26 January 1788: A convict settlement is establish at Sydney Cove.

A barbecue, a protest … or a good book? We asked some of our leading historians to choose an illuminating Australia Day read.

Australia’s First Nations population, the Aboriginal Australians, say that they have always been in Australia. The evidence suggests that they are right. Indigenous Australians arrived on the ...

We’re a long way from the lavender fields, sunflowers, mountains and medieval villages of southern France where she grew up.

The Swan District Hospital in Perth's east closed in 2015 but now sits derelict, heavily vandalised and requiring 24-hour ...

His memorials have been the focus of Australia Day protests in recent years but Captain James Cook's life and death show he ...

New Zealand's Department of Conservation is looking for human representation for Taranaki Maunga after the Crown agreed to ...

From the times of the last Ice Age, when sea levels rose and virtually plunged Aboriginal peoples into a state of complete ...

The Australian Public Service in the 1970s saw a period of economic restraint – and major technology and social change.

Australian Open 2025: World number 219 Hady Habib puts Lebanon on the map With fans chanting his name, the Texas-born 26-year-old raised his racket at the crowd and held up a Lebanese flag after ...

The Australian Open is a Grand Slam tournament held live from Melbourne for two weeks in January, finishing on Australia Day. Founded in 1905, women have been competing in the Aussie Open since 1922.

MELBOURNE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Lebanese qualifier Hady Habib broke new ground for the strife-torn nation on Sunday as he beat China's Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(6) to reach the second round of ...