SYDNEY, July 22 (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 ...

Trish Hodge will never forget the life-changing moment – at just seven years old – when an ill-informed teacher dared to ...

Unknown vandals recently scratched out two ancient Aboriginal hand stencils at Nirmena Nala rock shelter in Tasmania, in the upper region of the Derwent valley. The damage, which almost completely ...

With a federal decision on a controversial wind farm imminent the Tasmanian Aboriginal community is calling for a stop to the project until an “adequate” Aboriginal heritage assessment has been ...

A city council in Australia has voted to remove a statue of William Crowther, a former premier of the state of Tasmania, who decapitated the body of an Aboriginal man. The statue’s removal would be ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Warning: This ...

The state government has walked away from pursuing a treaty with Tasmanian Aboriginal people but has announced funding for a historic initiative it says will further the cause of reconciliation.

Although the Black Line was considered a failure, Aboriginal survivors of the Black War were then exiled to Wybalenna, a settlement on Flinders Island in Bass Strait. Displaced, traumatized, and ...

Their success is changing the perception of Aboriginal communities from “fish thieves” to leaders in regional development. When I meet Rodney Scott Dillon in April, he is lounging on the front porch ...

Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier than previously thought. A team of researchers from ...