New research by Flinders University researchers, conducted in partnership with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (RMMAC), has documented ancient archaeological sites on the cliff-tops ...

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 ...

A proposed new West Australian heritage bill highlights a "disturbing racial differentiation" between the level of protection offered between non-Indigenous and Aboriginal sites, archaeologists say.

The United Nations cultural organisation has added a remote Aboriginal site featuring one million carvings that potentially date back 50,000 years to its World Heritage list. Located on the Burrup ...

Ancient submerged Aboriginal archaeological sites await underwater rediscovery off the coast of Australia, according to a study. Ancient submerged Aboriginal archaeological sites await underwater ...

Call it the Uluru effect. With the world-famous Aboriginal site now closed to climbing by tourists, other destinations in Australia are considering similar tourist-reducing measures. Wollumbin, also ...

In Western Australia, developers have long enjoyed the right under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 to apply for ministerial consent to “disturb” any Aboriginal site in the state. They have also long ...