Aboriginals had the continent to themselves for 50,000 years. Today they make up less than 3 percent of the population, and ...

Content warning: This article discusses mass death, epidemics, frontier violence, and the structural violence experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. More than two million ...

Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 65,000 years, longer than previously thought, roaming the area alongside giant megafauna, scientists said in a finding that sheds fresh light on ...

Australia entered 2008 as one of the richest nations in the world. Far from fearing recession like Europe and America, the “Lucky Country” recently burst into its 17th year of uninterrupted economic ...

It's difficult to comprehend the scale of what happened to Australia's Indigenous population when Britain's First Fleet invaded in 1788. One reason for that, in the simplest terms, is we never knew ...

Aborigine Jackie Huggins remembers when she was regarded as part of Australia’s native wildlife. As a young girl, Huggins was not counted as part of the Australian population. Back then Aborigines ...

Longtime racial tensions are hindering a push to add an advisory body for Indigenous people’s issues to the Constitution, an Aboriginal activist says. By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly ...

Follow this section to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Personalized Content Follow this tag to personalize your feed and get ...

The tension between sacred mysteries that must be shielded from outsiders and those that can be revealed animates an exhibition at the Asia Society. By Arthur Lubow The Aboriginal art of northeast ...