An iconic 1000-year-old boab tree in the Kimberly region of Western Australia has fallen after heavy rains. The tree fell on Thursday after around 35 mm of rain fell at Ellenbrae Station on the Gibb ...

Australia’s Tanami desert is one of the most isolated and arid places on Earth. It’s a hard place to access and an even harder place to survive. But sprinkled across this vast expanse of desert, ...

A giant boab tree from the Kimberley is expected to arrive in Perth on Saturday to be transplanted in Kings Park. The tree is believed to be 750-years-old, and is making the 3,200 kilometre journey on ...

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The boab trees of the remote Tanami desert are carved with centuries of Indigenous history – and they’re under threat. Australia’s Tanami desert is one of the most isolated and arid places on Earth.

Carvings in boab trees are as significant as rock art for Indigenous Australians. Now, there is a race against time to document the ancient art in the bark of boabs before the remarkable heritage ...

For all this, the dominant character here is the Kimberley itself. This old country that drifted in and welded on to the continent. And if we look to see that in just one face, surely it is in that of ...

A giant boab tree from WA's Kimberley has arrived in Perth. The tree is thought to be more than 750 years old and had to be removed from the Kimberley town of Warmun on Sunday because of roadworks in ...

In a study published recently in PLOS ONE, we solve one part of this mystery by showing that ancient Aboriginal peoples were responsible for spreading the boab in the Kimberley. An early hypothesis ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A 1000-year-old boab tree which grew to become an icon of the Kimberley region has died after heavy rains caused it to fall down on ...