SYDNEY, July 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The sandstone rock shelters sitting on Tasmania's Mount Wellington were built by indigenous tribes thousands of years ago, but it was only in 2014 that ...

Unknown vandals recently scratched out two ancient Aboriginal hand stencils at Nirmena Nala rock shelter in Tasmania, in the upper region of the Derwent valley. The damage, which almost completely ...

During British colonization of Tasmania which began in the early 1800s, the Aboriginal people living on the island located to the south of Australia’s mainland not only suffered loss of life, but also ...

Although the Black Line was considered a failure, Aboriginal survivors of the Black War were then exiled to Wybalenna, a settlement on Flinders Island in Bass Strait. Displaced, traumatized, and ...

Aboriginal children are being born in Tasmania today knowing the sounds of their ancient tongue. They are the first to do so for 150 years Read more from Guardian Australia’s Speaking to country ...

It evokes one of the most powerful scenes in Tasmanian history. On January 7, 1832, the last 16 Aboriginal warriors from the Oyster Bay-Big River resistance walked down Elizabeth Street in Hobart, ...

"Text compiled from material submitted by The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre and Julia Clark, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery"--P. 15. "Produced in co-operation by the Council for Aborginial ...

THE TAC will ask auction house Sotheby’s to abandon the sale of rare photographic prints of Tasmania’s last full-blood Aborigines. The historically significant prints are part of a large cat­alogue of ...

Their success is changing the perception of Aboriginal communities from “fish thieves” to leaders in regional development. When I meet Rodney Scott Dillon in April, he is lounging on the front porch ...

Reuben Oates has lodged a complaint with the Anti-Discrimination Commission against the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) and eight members of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, including key ...

The family of a Wiradjuri woman who died while in custody in Tasmania say she will be remembered "as a loving and vibrant individual" and have asked for respect while they grieve. WARNING: This ...