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ABC Online
Eora Nation 79: Should every place in Australia be given Aboriginal name?
ABC Online
Two mountains in Qld have reverted to traditional names. Hobart has been offered an indigenous name during this National Reconciliation Week. How about us? Why can't we in Sydney/NSW have dual naming everywhere? Luke Pearson the founder of ...

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Illawarra Mercury
First of its kind UOW lecture delivered during National Reconciliation Week
Illawarra Mercury
The University of Wollongong Pro-Vice Chancellor (Inclusion and Outreach) thinks it is important all Australians celebrate our rich culture. “Not many countries can say we are 80,000 years-old,” Prof Chandler said. “We now know that Indigenous ...

Illawarra Mercury
First of its kind UOW lecture delivered during National Reconciliation Week
Illawarra Mercury
“We now know that Indigenous Australians are the longest continuing civilisation on earth. We didn't get here by accident. We actually got here by being very clever. “Why wouldn't we all want to celebrate it.” Prof Chandler's comments come smack in the ...

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Australian Academy of Science
Academy launches Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Travelling Research Award
Australian Academy of Science
The Australian Academy of Science has launched an award to recognise research in the natural sciences by outstanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PhD students and early- and mid-career scientists. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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ABC Local
Reconciliation Week: The story of Guunyu the black swan, the Sydney Swans' Indigenous Round guernsey
ABC Local
"This work that I did on the football guernsey, all of Australia will see it, so that's really special for me. She will attend tonight's game surrounded by 30 members of her family, including young nieces and nephews. "I keep getting asked 'How will ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Sport brings out the best in people - Canberra needs to play the game
The Sydney Morning Herald
Last Friday I stood looking at a wonderful aboriginal painting by Gloria Tamerre Petyarre. She was born at Mosquito Bore in the Northern Territory and now lives in Alice Springs. Her painting is from the Western Australian Le Pley family collection and ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Sport brings out the best in people - Canberra needs to play the game
The Sydney Morning Herald
Last Friday I stood looking at a wonderful aboriginal painting by Gloria Tamerre Petyarre. She was born at Mosquito Bore in the Northern Territory and now lives in Alice Springs. Her painting is from the Western Australian Le Pley family collection and ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Boost recognition of Indigenous history to protect colonial statues: report
The Sydney Morning Herald
Hostility from the public is the greatest threat to Australia's historical monuments, and governments should better recognise Indigenous stories, including "courageous resistance" against European colonisation, a report into a series of attacks on ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Boost recognition of Indigenous history to protect colonial statues: report
The Sydney Morning Herald
Hostility from the public is the greatest threat to Australia's historical monuments, and governments should better recognise Indigenous stories, including "courageous resistance" against European colonisation, a report into a series of attacks on ...

The Australian Financial Review
Why we need an Indigenous 'voice to the Parliament'
The Australian Financial Review
Sure, the body would participate in policy debate and legislation touching Indigenous Australians. Sure, it would carry weight and generate debate. That was the point. Indigenous people have no voice. They are powerless in the regulations and policies ...

Daily Liberal
Dubbo pair Ben Patterson and Brock Larance honoured to be part of 'surreal' Aboriginal XI tour
Daily Liberal
The men's squad is captained by Dan Christian and when promising duo D'Arcy Short and Brendan Doggett pulled out after being named in the Australia A squad, the Dubbo pair got the call. RELATED: – Playing for Australia against Pakistan juniors an ...

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SBS
How AI is helping preserve Indigenous languages
SBS
Australia's Indigenous population is rich in linguistic diversity, with over 300 languages spoken across different communities. Some of the languages can be as distinct as Japanese is to German. But many are at risk of becoming extinct because they are ...

ABC Online
Remote NT school reopens after Indigenous ceremony removes 'curse'
ABC Online
On Groote Eylandt, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Indigenous residents readily acknowledge the existence of curses. So when one was placed on Angurugu School, supposedly by a man after a fight with his wife, it closed for the next 13 days. But the 159 ...

ABC Online
Remote NT school reopens after Indigenous ceremony removes 'curse'
ABC Online
On Groote Eylandt, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Indigenous residents readily acknowledge the existence of curses. So when one was placed on Angurugu School, supposedly by a man after a fight with his wife, it closed for the next 13 days. But the 159 ...

Newcastle Herald
Former Toronto leg-spinner Jonte Pattison part of 150th anniversary tour of UK with Aboriginal cricket team
Newcastle Herald
As a teenager Jonte Pattison ventured into the senior ranks at Newcastle district club Toronto and this fortnight he will live out some of his boyhood dreams on a historic tour with the Australian Aboriginal cricket team to the United Kingdom. Not only ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal reconciliation and what we can learn from a French philosopher
ABC Online
What can a French historian and philosopher tell us about reconciliation between black and white in Australia? More than a century ago, when in Australia it was still widely presumed that Aboriginal people were a dying race, Ernest Renan was grappling ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal reconciliation and what we can learn from a French philosopher
ABC Online
What can a French historian and philosopher tell us about reconciliation between black and white in Australia? More than a century ago, when in Australia it was still widely presumed that Aboriginal people were a dying race, Ernest Renan was grappling ...

Architecture AU
We need to stop innovating in Indigenous housing and get on with Closing the Gap
Architecture AU
The tenth anniversary of the launch of the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) Closing the Gap agenda came and went, with the usual (often exasperated) commentators noting the lack of progress. The Australian Human Rights Commission was ...

TIMES NEWS GROUP (press release) (blog)
Australia's Best Indigenous Surfers carve up Bells
TIMES NEWS GROUP (press release) (blog)
Some of the country's best Indigenous surfers congregated on Bells Beach over the weekend for the seventh annual Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles. Surfing Victoria's Jordie Campbell, one of the event's organisers, said the competition had gone from ...

The West Australian
Indigenous mental health a vital focus for Pilbara NGOs
The West Australian
Pioneering Aboriginal psychologist and WA Australian of the Year winner Tracy Westerman visited Karratha last week to deliver specialised training in indigenous mental health to psychologists and social workers from across the region. Over a two-day ...