The image of a “boxing” kangaroo—now a ubiquitous symbol of Australia—first appeared in an 1891 cartoon inspired by exhibitions that pitted man against roo. Australia has a complicated ...

The story of the Australian flag in its current form, as described by our colleague Ninos Kako, began with the formation of the Confederation in 1901. A competition was held in which 32,000 ...

this parliament has declared that the symbol of Nazism will never find a safe harbour in our state," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The number of anti-Semitic incidents around ...