When did the name ‘Australia’ first appear on a map? It may be much earlier than historians had previously believed. Phillip Clarke Matthew Flinders, who died just over 200 years ago, is widely ...

A crumbling 17th century map of Australia—sketched more than 100 years before James Cook made his famed voyage to the continent—has been restored after a painstaking conservation project. And as Karen ...

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Apple today announced that it has expanded its updated Apple Maps app to Australia, with Maps now offering more detailed road coverage, improved navigation, three-dimensional landmarks, and improved ...

Looking at some of the early European cartographers' maps of the Australian continent, it's hard to not be amused by the inaccuracies. In one, we see Queensland conjoined with Papua New Guinea, while ...

Australia now has the newest round of Apple Maps updates, boasting more detailed road coverage, better navigation, and features like Look Around and Share ETA. While vigilant Apple Maps watchers ...

The next time you're driving down a country road in outback Australia, consider there's a good chance that very route was originally mapped out by Aboriginal people perhaps thousands of years before ...