More information: Amy M. Way et al, The earliest evidence of high-elevation ice age occupation in Australia, Nature Human Behaviour (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02180-y ...

Dating back 20,000 years, when the upper reaches of the Blue Mountains were treeless and seasonally frozen over, Dargan Shelter at 1073m elevation is believed to be the oldest occupied high ...

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Australia on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 2:55 a.m. Australian Eastern time about 19 ...

One of Australia’s biggest dessert creators, Catherine Zhang, now has her own shop in Koreatown called Tu Cha where she’s slinging what may be the city’s fanciest sweets, alongside milk teas ...

Dire rental situation facing Aussies The data comes as Anglicare Australia releases heat maps showing rental affordability across the country. Just 0.6 per cent of rentals were affordable for a ...

Apple Maps will allow local Indigenous groups to tell their stories via place cards. The first, and most important thing, is that no existing name has been ‘changed by Apple’.

As seen in the map above, using data from the U.S. Geological Survey, Australia benefits from a substantial mineral endowment. Australia is home to numerous deposits of rare earths like xenotime ...

Google Maps also offers elevation information based on topographical maps. The United States Geologic Survey (USGS) offers a free topoBuilder tool that displays extensive information on detailed maps.

Climateworks Centre is a part of Monash University. It receives funding from a range of external sources including philanthropy, governments and businesses. Josh Solomonsz works for Climateworks ...

An endangered species of sea lion has helped scientists in Australia to map their homes on the ocean floor, using cameras glued to their backs. By Mickey Carroll, science and technology reporter ...

All maps in Australia are off by 1.5 metres. Would you be brave enough to use a self-driving car there? Tectonic movements have pushed the continent more than 1.5 metres away from where it used to ...