Police in Australia launched an investigation on Friday after a statue of British naval officer James Cook was found ...

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a ...

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A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national ...

A barbecue, a protest … or a good book? We asked some of our leading historians to choose an illuminating Australia Day read.

We are just days away from Australia Day. I had in mind to update an essay I wrote for The Australian in 2014, The Shorter ...

From 1792 Pemulwuy resisted colonisation by leading raids on stations and military camps near the Parramatta, Hawkesbury and Georges rivers. In response, settlers were effectively authorised to shoot ...

Because January 26 falls on a Sunday this year, many people will get a long weekend thanks to a public holiday on Monday.

The statue in Sydney’s east was splashed in red paint and had its hand and nose knocked off, the second time it has been defaced in 12 months.

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Another major hospitality group has decided to snub Australia Day celebrations, instead encouraging patrons to spend money at its ritzy venues on the “January Long Weekend”.

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