Australia is home to some famously unusual town names, but one young woman revealed a list of places so bizarre she thought they were made up. Despite growing up in Australia, Georgia Gaia found ...

If you could magically conjure up a place that’s ideal for travel adventures, it would be hard to imagine anything better than what the world already has: Australia. This continent/country offers ...

Beautiful Lake Eyre. Too bad the guy it was named after killed a whole bunch of people. Credit: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images To the rest of the world Australia is a pretty weird place, with its odd ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The Commonwealth of Australia, with its impressive mega-cities, tropical beaches, and many natural wonders, is one of the fastest-growing countries in Asia. Its economy is expected to continue ...

Samantha heads to Darwin to explore Aboriginal culture, beaches, and iconic animals. In Australia’s Northern Territory, sandy beaches, delicious food, and iconic animals come together for the ...

This piece is republished with permission from Who We Are, the 61st edition of Griffith Review. It is a little longer and more in-depth than most published on The Conversation. There are jackhammers ...

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