“Australia was first discovered by the Europeans in 1606, by Willem Janszoon. This means that the wall-map by Blaeu was made only 53 years later,” he said. Portrait of explorer Abel Tasman ...

It’s a fantastic item to have and there are no examples like it in Australia.” Martin also has some more modest cartographic acquisitions in his sights. “The early classroom wall maps of Australia and ...

INTERNATIONAL AUCTION HOUSE Sotheby’s has listed a rare surviving map of Australia, created by Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu in 1659. The large wall map – which includes Australia and outlying islands ...

A video of a map depicting Earth’s continents surrounded by an Antarctic “ice wall” is a creative interpretation from an online art forum. Some posts on social media have shared it with ...

Australia’s Gold Road Resources GOR0.93%increase; green up pointing triangle rejected a $2.1 billion takeover proposal from Gold Fields GFI-0.78%decrease; red down pointing triangle, calling the ...

PERTH, Australia—Gold producers in Australia's most resource-rich state have banded together to resist any increase in royalties on sales of the precious metal, fearing a further blow to an ...

While to world waits to see whether Donald Trump will ever get his chance to build that wall, it could be said that Australia's already constructed one, albeit invisibly. Canadian journalist and ...

"Our backs are against the wall. New Zealand are on a roll," Australia spinner Nathan Lyon said. The hosts set a demanding target for an Australian side struggling for runs on a ground where the ...