MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners. The decision, denounced by Indigenous ...

The $104 million centre is envisioned “as an immersive cultural hub that will showcase Aboriginal creativity through art, ...

Hassell appointed to develop concept design of WA's landmark Aboriginal Cultural Centre projectCentre to be a global destination for cultural ...

At the outbreak of war in August 1914, thousands of men from across the nation flocked to recruiting centres to sign up to serve in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). This figure includes ...

Following the 2014 death of Australian Aboriginal woman Julieka Ivanna Dhu, who died in police custody after being jailed for unpaid fines, officials in Western Australia promised to push for less ...

The Yawuru people’s ancestral lands lie in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Australia’s largest state. Over the Yawuru people’s strong objections, the Australian company Buru Energy has ...

Residents of remote indigenous communities in Western Australia, like those in Yulga Jinna, say the state government's plan to pull essential services from small settlements will create infrastructure ...

The Western art world interprets art from a Western perspective. Australian Aboriginal art is therefore often displayed in Stockholm's Museum of Ethnography, while in Australia it is regarded as ...

Joe Dortch is a Director of Dortch Cuthbert (a heritage consultancy), and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. He is the President of the Australian Archaeological ...

For most of the human history of Australia, sea levels were much lower than they are today, and there was extra dry land where people lived. Archaeologists could only speculate about how people used ...

MELBOURNE, June 17 (Reuters) - Indigenous Australians say a bill to protect cultural heritage in the mining state of Western Australia is flawed and should not be presented to parliament, as the state ...