The charge marks the first instance of an individual being prosecuted for this specific offence in Western Australia.

In 1938, when John Moriarty was born in the tiny hamlet of Borroloola, in Australia’s Northern Territory, he was not classified as an Australian citizen. In 1960, when he became the first indigenous ...

Accused allegedly threw a homemade bomb at a crowd which had gathered to protest Australia Day.

A new book by a University of Melbourne expert explores the complex relationship between Indigenous self-determination, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Admirers of Australia’s Indigenous artists have been pushing for a serious, large-scale presentation of their work at a major U.S.

These ten change-makers, including Jessie Street and Charles Perkins, are just some of the key Australians who prodded the country to question its thinking on race.

An exhibition of nearly 200 works at Washington’s National Gallery of Art offers an overly broad survey of Australian indigenous art from the late 19th century to today.

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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Thursday that the incident was now being investigated by police as ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Advocates for constitutional change in Australia said they were devastated on Saturday by the defeat of a referendum that would have created an advocacy committee to offer advice ...

Casuarina prison is a sprawling, concrete jungle on the southern outskirts of Perth, Western Australia (WA). It is a maximum-security, adult facility, home to people who may never leave its confines.

A day before Deborah Melville’s death in July 2007, the 12-year-old was visited by a Northern Territory child-protection worker at her foster home outside of Darwin, Australia. The caseworker noted ...