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 painstaking conservation project. And as Karen ...

When did the name ‘Australia’ first appear on a map? It may be much earlier than historians had previously believed. Phillip Clarke Matthew Flinders, who died just over 200 years ago, is widely ...

A RARE map of Australia that is only one of two left in the world has been found in an attic after it was thought to be lost. Unearthed in 2010 in storage in Sweden where it spent most of its life, ...

Apple today announced that it has expanded its updated Apple Maps app to Australia, with Maps now offering more detailed road coverage, improved navigation, three-dimensional landmarks, and improved ...

The next time you're driving down a country road in outback Australia, consider there's a good chance that very route was originally mapped out by Aboriginal people perhaps thousands of years before ...

Tectonic movements have pushed the continent more than 1.5 metres away from where it used to be, and where GPS systems assume it is still located You can save this article by registering for free here ...