The 1970s was the decade many say Australia caught up with the rest of the world. Australia's population was literally half of what it is now at 12.5M. The first of the baby boomers came to maturity, ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, whose government was credited with instituting lasting social reforms during a short tenure that ended in a bitter ...

For his directorial debut, 'Mentalist' star Simon Baker tapped teen surfers (who had never been in front of a camera) for a look at beach life in 1970s Australia. By Scott Roxborough Looking back, ...

Two films that deal with Australian immigrant stories — "Romulus, My Father," set in the postwar era, and "The Home Song Stories," set in the 1970s — shared the spoils with three awards apiece at ...

Hindsight is wonderful. England toured in 1946 but were not really ready to resume battle against a strong Australia side. Attention centred on the captains. For Wally Hammond it was a tour too far ...