A message in a bottle that washed up on the Aran Islands could be linked to a ship crew that went missing over four years ago ...

In 1886, sailors on a German barque called Paula tossed a gin bottle containing a message into waters hundreds of miles off the coast of Australia. It's been uncovered on Australia's Wedge Island.

Reinstalled Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently announced his Papua New Guinea or “PNG Solution” in an effort to halt the escalating number of unauthorized boat arrivals of asylum ...

The world’s oldest message in a bottle was recently discovered on a beach in Western Australia, 132 years after it was tossed into the Indian Ocean as part of an experiment on ocean drift ...

April 21 (UPI) --A member of a beach cleaning crew in Australia found a message in a bottle that spent 10 years in the water. Ros Evans was cleaning up with Beach Patrol 3280 in Warrnambool ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have failed to protect the well-being of hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers sent to Manus Island under Australia’s mandatory offshore processing policy.

Putting messages in bottles is an ancient practice. Take a look at 10 of history's most famous floating notes. Mr Armstrong was able to find very little information about the sailors themselves.