Home to only around 600 people, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands sit in the middle of the Indian Ocean, between Australia and Sri Lanka Children waved eagerly beside the landing strip as our plane touched ...

The Oceania region, including Australia, New Zealand, and the many islands and nations of the South Pacific, is a dream ...

SYDNEY -- It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone ...

University of Queensland researchers have completed the first comprehensive studies of recent fire history and koala populations across Australia's 9,300 islands. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

The Australian island that’s been the long-term retreat of acclaimed author C.S. Lewis’s stepson is set to go to auction in September. Little Green Island off the Queensland coast, said to have ...

An Australian island in the Indian Ocean is one of several sites tagged for billions of dollars of U.S.-funded construction and refurbishments aimed at deterring China. Naval Facilities Engineering ...

The first signs of a deadly bird flu strain have been observed on a remote Australian island as an expert warns its spread to the mainland is inevitable. Australia is currently the only continent free ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A seaplane crashed during takeoff from an Australian tourist island, killing three people including Swiss and Danish tourists and injuring three others. Only one of the seven ...

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles explained in an interview on Tuesday that the extent of Australia’s security partnership with the Solomon Islands is unknown due to the islands’ government ...