SYDNEY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The sandstone rock shelters sitting on Tasmania's Mount Wellington were built by indigenous tribes thousands of years ago, but it was only in 2014 that the ...

In the desolate plains of southern Australia scampers a small creature with pointy ears, a silky tail, and a cream-colored belly that ecologist Steve Morton describes as “wonderfully beautiful.” Its ...

Australia’s Fraser Island is the latest destination to have its Aboriginal name restored. The world’s largest sand island, which is located off the coast of Queensland state about 250 km (155 miles) ...

The common names of Australian animals often originate in Aboriginal languages, and beneficially so. Continuing use of names such as kangaroo and kookaburra helps to honor the wealth of knowledge ...

In 2017, I came across an extraordinary document in Sydney’s Mitchell Library: a handwritten list of 178 Aboriginal place names for Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury River, compiled in 1829 by a Presbyterian ...

Assuming the ACT Electoral Commission isn't in the mood to go pop-culture and name the five new electorates after the Planeteers from Captain Planet, as one Canberran suggests, Aboriginal names are ...

On 15 December 1993, Uluru was officially given a dual name, recognising its importance to Aboriginal people. ON 15 DECEMBER 1993, Uluru became the first icon in Australia to be given back its ...