Archaeologists have discovered aboriginal artefacts in Western Australia's continental shelf dating back at least 7,000 years. Scholars say they are the first to be found underwater in the region The ...

There are only a handful of bark art examples from the Dja Dja Wurrung in Australia, and they’re leagues away from their place of origin. A new exhibition of indigenous art of Australia at the British ...

Written and archaeological evidence shows traded goods included stone axes, ochre, pearl shells and more. People also traded a native tobacco called pituri – of which a couple of pounds was reportedly ...

The 12,000-year-old remains of two mini-fires and two curious sticks deep within a secluded cave in southern Australia may be evidence of the oldest known culturally transmitted ritual in the world, a ...

An Aboriginal group is accusing an Australian mining giant of destroying priceless historical materials and keeping their destruction secret for decades, claiming that some artifacts were quite ...

The first underwater Aboriginal archaeological sites have been discovered off northwest Australia dating back thousands of years ago when the current seabed was dry land. The discoveries were made ...

Aboriginal artefacts dating back about 170 years have been discovered in North West Queensland. The discovery holds the second-largest amount of tools in one site, with about 60 "tulas" found. About ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A new study shows 270 Aboriginal artifacts ...

Thousands of ancient aboriginal sites and artifacts in Australia are feared to have been damaged or destroyed by the devastating bushfires sweeping across the country. The sites are hugely important ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The University of Cambridge has refused a request by an Australian man to return important Aboriginal artifacts taken by British explorer Captain James Cook nearly 250 years ago.

This research was partially funded by the following research grants awarded to Yinika L. Perston: the Griffith University Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (2023-2025) and the Berndt Research Foundation ...