Whaling was Australia's first industry and was well under way before official settlement took place ... of the bloodiest whaling traditions in history, are acknowledged leaders in the ongoing ...

EDITORIAL: Australia’s astonishing success as a prosperous, safe and inclusive society demands to be celebrated.

Sky News host Chris Kenny says Australia is truly the “best country in the world” and has a history which is more peaceful ...

Together with Dirk Hartog Island, this remote peninsula makes up Shark Bay, or Gutharraguda in the local language, a UNESCO World Heritage site 500 miles north of Perth in Western Australia.

Australians have strongly backed January 26 as the national day after years of argument about changing the date, lifting ...

Once a mining settlement, and now a farming district, the north-east Victorian town has a rich history. Christmastown has a population of one, but generations of families keep its story alive.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, people who were born overseas are more likely to move than people born in Australia. Settlement in a new country is a significant process ...

For years, the question of whether to move Australia Day to a less contentious date has loomed over the festivities. Thousands of Australians now join annual protests against what they call “Invasion ...

Law firm Slater and Gordon, which brought the class action, has said the payout is largest human rights settlement in Australia's history. Australia has insisted that no-one held on Manus or Nauru ...