So when did Australia become its own continent? Australia's continental landmass measures about 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) from north to south and 2,485 miles (4,000 km) from east to west.

Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The ...

Many countries — including Australia — produce maps and measurements with the lines of longitude and latitude fixed to their continent.

A crumbling 17th century map of Australia—sketched more than 100 years before James Cook made his famed voyage to the continent—has been restored after a painstaking conservation project. And ...

Among the seven continents, Australia is the smallest, spanning over 8 million square kilometers, according to National Geographic.

The size-comparison map tool that's available on mylifeelsewhere.com offers a geography lesson like no other, enabling users to places maps of countries directly over other landmasses.

DigitalGlobe has delivered the first phase of the initiative to PSMA Australia, covering a large area of South Australia that includes Adelaide.

Enter Zealandia, a long-lost land to the southeast of Australia, otherwise known as the planet's forgotten eighth continent.