Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here are some fun facts about Australia. Pictured: an aerial shot of the Sydney Opera House. Australia is a continent renowned for ...

Aussies will know all too well the pain of being eliminated from HQ Trivia thanks to an extremely U.S.-centric question about baseball or something. Fear no more: The popular quiz app is testing an ...

On Jan. 26, 1788, 11 British ships arrived in Australia and established the Colony of New South Wales. Although this was not the first time Europeans had reached the continent, this was the first time ...

Today is Australia Day in Australia! Australia Day is an annual national holiday celebrated each year on January 26th. It marks the day in 1788 when the first fleet of British ships arrived at Sydney ...

Test your knowledge with the following Australian Open quiz. 1) Who are the only two players to win titles on both the Rebound Ace surface and the Plexicushion Prestige surface? Andre Agassi and ...

[Question]Who won the first Australian of the Year award?[/Question] [Answer]Joan Sutherland[/Answer] [Answer-Correct]Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet[/Answer-Correct ...

Every year on October 22, World Wombat Day is celebrated to honour one of Australia’s most fascinating native animals, the wombat. These sturdy, burrowing marsupials may not be as famous as kangaroos ...

From battling kangaroos and skulking crocodiles to enormous whale sharks and dazzling spiders – these remarkable images ...