The story of Australia usually begins in the late 18th century, when shiploads of imprisoned people from England began arriving as forced laborers to build the foundations of a new colony. For the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Two monuments symbolizing Australia's colonial past were damaged by protesters on Thursday ahead of an increasingly polarizing national holiday that marks the anniversary of ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An engraved silver disc believed to be colonial Australia's first work of art was sold at auction on Tuesday for A$873,750 (almost $857,000) to an Australian museum, the ...

During the 18th century, England sought out remote locations to house prisoners as a solution to its overcrowded jails. In 1788, England's First Fleet arrived in the Eora nation—now known as Sydney, ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of aborigines are estimated to have been murdered in 500 massacres across Australia from European settlement in 1788 until the mid-20th century, researchers said on Friday ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two statues of colonial figures were vandalised overnight in the Australian city of Melbourne, ahead of a contentious national holiday on Friday marking the arrival of the British ...

China condemned Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday for "colonial-style arrogance" and poor treatment of Indigenous people ...

In one of the first studies of its kind, Australian scientists have investigated the health and economic status of a group of migrant settlers to colonial South Australia from an examination of ...

Set in early 1930s colonial Australia, in and around the fictional town of Henry, Warwick Thornton's "Wolfram" is divided into four chapters, all taking place in the same tough and sparsely populated ...

Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A statue in Melbourne of British naval officer James Cook, who in 1770 charted Sydney’s coast, was ...