Just a stone’s throw off the coast of Perth, Rottnest Island, or Wadjemup to the natives, is a sun-soaked oasis with ...

At the far northern tip of Australia is one of the country’s least-visited and least-understood regions. But that’s about to change, thanks to local Indigenous entrepreneurs like Fraser Nai. The ...

South Pacific island has mistakenly appeared in publications for past century. Nov. 23, 2012— -- Sandy Island was nowhere to be found when Australian scientists reached the South Pacific location ...

Old maps are rife with phantom islands. Sometimes these nonexistent landmasses come about because of mistakes made by sailors or cartographers; sometimes they can be traced back to folklore or legends ...

Freya Higgins-Desbiolles is an ordinary member of Kangaroo Island Eco-Action, a non-government organisation supporting environmental conservation on Kangaroo Island. I fell for Kangaroo Island from my ...