The story of Australia usually begins in the late 18th century, when shiploads of imprisoned people from England began arriving as forced laborers to build the foundations of a new colony. For the ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An engraved silver disc believed to be colonial Australia's first work of art was sold at auction on Tuesday for A$873,750 (almost $857,000) to an Australian museum, the ...

Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A statue in Melbourne of British naval officer James Cook, who in 1770 charted Sydney’s coast, was ...

In one of the first studies of its kind, Australian scientists have investigated the health and economic status of a group of migrant settlers to colonial South Australia from an examination of ...

SYDNEY, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Colonial First State, the fund management unit of Commonwealth Bank of Australia , the country's second biggest lender, said it will wind up an A$852 million ($769 million) ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Two monuments symbolizing Australia's colonial past were damaged by protesters on Thursday ahead of an increasingly polarizing national holiday that marks the anniversary of ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two monuments symbolizing Australia’s colonial past were damaged by protesters on Thursday ahead of an increasingly polarizing national holiday that marks the anniversary ...