Willandra Lakes News Today

The polls had been favourable until a brutal press campaign kicked in against this kindly, long-overdue change, says novelist Thomas Keneally

A NEW UPDATE: 3.66-million-year-old footprint finds at the iconic hominin site of Laetoli may be changing what we know about ancient human-related ancestors.

The Royal Australian Mint has issued a new $5 World Heritage Sites coin honoring the rich history and nature of Australia.

All 20 of Australia's World Heritage Sites are depicted in detail on a new $5 collector coin that features central color from the Royal Australian Mint.

A safari in the Australian outback is like travelling back in time.

First Nations elders call on the New South Wales government to release an independent report into the reburial of 42,000-year-old Mungo Man and Mungo Lady — Australia's oldest known human remains.

Popular Archaeology Anthology: Fossilized human footprints are helping scientists rewrite human prehistory.

Lake Mungo is home to some of the earliest and most significant archaeological sites in Australia and contains a sedimentary archive that charts environmental change throughout the Willandra Lakes Region. This thesis sets out to provide a methodological approach to integrate the archaeological and environmental record of Lake Mungo. This study had 3 aims: to assess the stratigraphic integrity of these hearth features using soil micromorphology and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy; ...

Lake Tyrrell in Victoria’s north-west Mallee has become famous for its pink salt in summer and how it reflects the sky. But Aboriginal traditional owners say the Mallee Rally and a tourism development threaten to desecrate burial sites and ancient middens.

Remains removed as a result of ‘dispute between Aboriginal communities’, Heritage NSW says