The majority of Australians in the past century and a half have sunk their teeth into one or other of a SAO, a Monte Carlo or a Tim Tam. But I guarantee most of us wouldn’t know a cracker about the battler who created the legendary ARNOTT’S biscuit empire.

While many Australians await the arrival of Santa Claus, kids in outback Australia are celebrating with their own unique Christmas icon. ... "The old people taught us about the crow and the eagle ...

It is generally held that Australian Aboriginal peoples originally came from Asia via insular Southeast Asia (now Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, and the Philippines) and have been in Australia for at least 45,000–50,000 years.

Sweet Country Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighboring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards.

The 1971 release of Wake in Fright, a disturbing portrait of life in the Australian outback, expressed the growing radicalism and rebellion among local artists and youth against the country’s ...