Cathy Freeman thrilled Australians when she won the women's 400 meters gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, wearing a skin-tight, hooded running suit. On Monday, Freeman was awarded Australia's highest civil honor in the annual honors list commemorating the Australia Day national holiday.

These ten change-makers, including Jessie Street and Charles Perkins, are just some of the key Australians who prodded the country to question its thinking on race.

Discover six powerful Indigenous-led TV shows telling authentic Australian stories, from groundbreaking dramas to must-watch documentaries available to stream now.

Guardian Australia's Douglas Smith visited the regional New South Wales town to chat to locals and traditional owners about the move

Australia Day has been marked across the country with citizenship ceremonies and Australian of the Year awards. The day has also been marked by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have gathered across the country for annual events marking January 26 - including Invasion Day rallies.

Lempert’s first full-length book explores the world of Aboriginal filmmaking and its importance to Australia’s Indigenous communities. Dreaming Down the Track: Awakenings in Aboriginal Cinema (University of Minnesota Press, 2025) asks “What can Aboriginal filmmaking reveal about Indigenous presence and futures?”

In 1938, when John Moriarty was born in the tiny hamlet of Borroloola, in Australia’s Northern Territory, he was not classified as an Australian citizen. In 1960, when he became the first indigenous Australian to be selected for the national football ...