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 ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two statues of colonial figures were vandalised overnight in the Australian city of Melbourne, ahead of a contentious national holiday on Friday marking the arrival of the British ...

A statue in Melbourne of British naval officer James Cook, who in 1770 charted Sydney’s coast, was sawn off at the ankles, while a Queen Victoria monument in the city’s Queen Victoria Gardens was ...

Archaeological remains reveal the covert snacking habits of immigrant women in colonial Australia 1. The wide variety of fruit, vegetables and nuts the women consumed are in stark contrast to records ...

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 ...