National Library of Australia . A crumbling 17th century map of Australia—sketched more than 100 years before James Cook made his famed voyage to the continent—has been restored after a ...

From mud maps to early town planning, historical charts of Australia’s beginnings are being digitised. THE MOST INTRIGUING ITEM in the National Library of Australia’s (NLA) vast map collection isn’t ...

The sheep map was such a hit, Trove has been pointing out other old maps of Australia in their collection of more than 600,000. All of those sheep needed 'much grass' to graze on.

Imagine a lush forest with tree-ferns, their trunks capped by ribbon-like fronds. Conifers tower overhead, bearing triangular ...

FROM ANCIENT IMAGININGS of the medieval world – where Jerusalem lay at the centre of creation – to sumptuous wall charts proclaiming the might of European empires, a series of maps on display at the ...

Australian scientists have used a powerful new telescope to map about 3 million galaxies at record-breaking speed – creating what they say is a “Google Map of the universe.” ...

20 old maps showing how map makers drew SA before they knew it existed. NO wonder it took Europeans so long to trace South Australia’s coast — they were relying on maps like these.

The post Scientist Discovered 50,000-Year-Old Lost Colony Off Coast of Australia appeared ... archeologist Kasih Norman and her team mapped sea levels onto ocean floor maps to recreate the ...

A rare map of Australia from the 17th century —before Europeans had fully explored the continent —resurfaced after 350 years. Now, it's finally been restored and put on public display in ...

Shark attacks (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES) 41 photos SYDNEY -- A 65-year-old man was mauled by a shark off Australia's most populous state on Friday, but managed to get back on his surf ski and get ...

Australian scientists have used a powerful new telescope to map about 3 million galaxies at record-breaking speed – creating what they say is a “Google Map of the universe.” ...