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Google Maps celebrates 20 years in Australia with a list of Most Talked-About Places
Google Maps traces its roots to Sydney, where Where 2 Technologies laid the groundwork for what would become a global navigation tool. From its humble beginnings on a Hunters Hill whiteboard, Google ...
The Nullarbor is riddled with wombat and rabbit warrens. Scientists are watching them from space
On the vast expanse of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, two very different creatures live side by side—but not always ...
Australia holds nose for third rancid bloom of rare corpse plant in three months
A rare bloom with a pungent odour like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital – the nation’s third such extraordinary flowering in as many months.
State’s frightening reality exposed in map
New data has exposed a frightening reality in one state, with a map revealing the most dangerous suburbs at night.
Smithsonian Magazine4d
The Search to Find the Remains of Homo Erectus in a Vanishing Landscape
A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...
Reuters15d
More voters eye opposition win in Australian election as PM's ratings slump, poll shows
SYDNEY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's approval fell to its lowest level since the 2022 election, while more voters for the first time expected the conservative ...
WTA16d
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a Grand Slam tournament held live from Melbourne for two weeks in January, finishing on Australia Day. Founded in 1905, women have been competing in the Aussie Open since 1922.
The West Australian19d
WA First Nation’s artist Bobbi Lockyer puts Port Hedland on map at Australian Open with vibrant art takeover
Selected as the Australian Open’s First Nations artist for 2025, creator Bobbi Lockyer sought to offset the ubiquitous blue of Melbourne Park with the rich pastel hues of a north-west WA sunset. Based ...
Couriermail20d
Australia slips to embarrassing spot in global internet ranking survey, despite ‘most stable’ fixed internet in the world
The quality of Australia’s internet services has slipped to an embarrassing spot behind global competitors – as a new survey measures the overall digital wellbeing of the country. Dutch ...
Sydney Morning Herald20d
Twenty facts about Australian history that everyone should know
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia has a sandcastle culture, according to Jim Davidson, one-time editor of Meanjin. His point: we suffer from cultural amnesia.
The New York Times20d
Spate of Violent Antisemitic Attacks Rattles Australia
By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, Australia In Melbourne, masked men set fire to a storied synagogue. In Sydney, a synagogue was defaced with red swastikas spray painted along the fence ...
Wired21d
4 Things Apple Maps Does Better Than Google Maps
Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED It's totally understandable if you haven’t opened Apple Maps since its disastrous launch in 2012, which among other things saw people ...