The Australian fairy tern, Sternula nereis nereis, is a threatened coastal seabird that breeds in colonies on wide-open beaches.Their nests are simple, consisting of a scrape in the sand where ...

In March 2025, the severed head of King George V made a controversial appearance at a Melbourne concert performed by Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap. The solid bronze head was removed from its body during ...

THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Share full article. March 18, 1877. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from March 18, 1877, Page 6 Buy Reprints.

The latest work on Australia, Mr. Walker’s Australasian Democracy, gives as an illustration of this transientness of everything the fact that the three colonies of New South Wales, South ...

The submerged colony's existence came to light as researchers meticulously explored the underwater realm, which had once been a thriving ecosystem on a landmass nearly 250,000 square miles in size ...

Britain and Australia have announced they will sign a cooperation treaty to build Australian nuclear-powered submarines ...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a formal apology Monday for his country's role in ... Britain dispatched more than 150,000 children, involuntarily, to the colonies. In Australia, ...

Unprecedented bushfires raging in eastern Australia have killed at least four people and devastated wildlife in the region, killing hundreds of koalas and burning through their colonies so badly ...