January 26 is, by coincidence, a significant date in the national calendars of two countries, with an important difference. In India, January 26 marks Republic Day, and celebrates the date when the ...

Maybe Australia should stop trying to find symbolic worth in the past and instead focus on what kind of country it wants to be in the future. In 1988 Australia celebrated its bicentenary. The country ...

David Lowe receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Andrew Singleton receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Gandel Foundation. Joanna Cruickshank receives funding ...

Senior Lecturer, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University University of Technology Sydney and University of Western Australia provide funding as founding partners of ...

Musician Fred Leone sings traditional songs to the steady beat of clap sticks that echo through the empty streets as the sun rises on what he calls a “hard day for Blackfellas.” Leone invited ...

“Invasion Day is the reason why we’re all here today, but we must go beyond that,” one activist said. By Julia Bergin The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to ...

Every country has an argument that seems to divide the nation in some way. With the advent of social media, these arguments all seem to have taken on a more culture war tone: Brexit, Trump, climate ...

A majority of Australian adults under 35 support changing the date from Jan. 26. By Natasha Frost The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email.