Australia's Indigenous population was up to seven times larger before colonisation than previously estimated, but was devastated following the arrival of Europeans, new research reveals.

Study finds earlier numbers were underestimated, suggesting impact of diseases and massacres were much greater than previously thought ...

New estimates suggest Australia’s Indigenous population was much larger before European colonization and declined by roughly 93% between 1788 and 1861.

British colonisation of Australia, together with the effects climate change, is likely to have contributed to the recent catastrophic wildfires in southeast Australia, a new study has found. An ...

Aboriginal staff at Australia's biggest university can now take three extra days of paid leave each year to help them cope with the perceived ongoing impacts of colonisation. Melbourne's Monash ...

Shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Price, says there are no ongoing negative impacts from the British colonisation of Australia, and has called on Indigenous Australians to move away ...

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has described the colonisation of Australia as “inevitable” and criticised the attempt to establish a treaty as “constitutionally repugnant.” The comment ...

A study examines rodent extinction following European settlement of Australia. Since European colonization of Australia in 1788, the continent has recorded 34 terrestrial species lost to extinction, ...

The backlash was swift after John Howard made the remarks ahead of a referendum on Aboriginal representation in the government. By Natasha Frost A former prime minister of Australia has stirred a ...