Christmas on Christmas Island: The British East India Company first spotted the island on Christmas Day in 1643, and the holiday became its namesake. Many people travel abroad to see family over the ...

When it comes to Australian animals, the first that come to mind are generally kangaroos, koalas and maybe a platypus or a killer crocodile. However, there’s a tiny, iridescent group of beetles that ...

SYDNEY—Americans dream of a white Christmas. In Australia, many people are hoping for brown, green and yellow beetles. In Yuletides past, swarms of so-called Christmas beetles, a group that includes ...

The campaign is themed around the call to action ‘spread the merry’ and asks Australians to be generous in their festive spirit across the Christmas holidays. Created by The Monkeys, part of Accenture ...

One of my earliest memories of Australia is right after my family arrived here from Fiji in the December of 1992. We landed in Sydney three days before my third birthday, which also happened to be ...