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This use of Barrow Island by Aust first people likely began 50,000 years ago, until rising sea levels cut off the mainland 6,500 years ago.

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Researchers have uncovered a vast submerged land north of present-day Australia, once home to up to 500,000 people, now lost beneath the sea.

An area of the seabed north of Australia has been mapped in detail for the first time, revealing that large numbers of people could have lived there until it was inundated by rising seas

WA’s amended Aboriginal Heritage Act brings with it new costs that threaten research that could prevent another Juukan Gorge.

Yirra cave is the oldest-known site in the Pilbara and brims with ancient artefacts. So, how did it come so perilously close to being destroyed?

Yirra cave is the oldest-known site in the Pilbara and brims with ancient artefacts. So, how did it come so perilously close to being destroyed?

Yirra cave is the oldest-known site in the Pilbara and brims with ancient artefacts. So, how did it come so perilously close to being destroyed?

The worldwide rollout of the coronavirus vaccines was not the groundbreaking science to happen this year. We’ve put together a list of 10 of 2021’s biggest science stories.

The worldwide rollout of the coronavirus vaccines was not the groundbreaking science to happen this year. We’ve put together a list of 10 of 2021’s biggest science stories.