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Queensland Government launches lawsuit against Kingvale Station owners over Cape York land clearing
ABC Online
The Queensland Government has launched legal action against the owner of a Cape York cattle station at the centre of a land-clearing controversy for allegedly breaching an obligation to care for Indigenous heritage. The owner of Kingvale Station on the ...

The Guardian
Indigenous Greens MP Lidia Thorpe says she may oppose treaty legislation
The Guardian
she told Guardian Australia. “We are a patient people, it's taken us 200 years to get this far.” The legislation, titled the Advancing the treaty process with Aboriginal Victorians bill 2018, sets out the process for establishing an Aboriginal ...

The Guardian
Indigenous Greens MP Lidia Thorpe says she may oppose treaty legislation
The Guardian
she told Guardian Australia. “We are a patient people, it's taken us 200 years to get this far.” The legislation, titled the Advancing the treaty process with Aboriginal Victorians bill 2018, sets out the process for establishing an Aboriginal ...

Research reveals boat journey of the first Australians
The Australian
Scientists from the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA in South Australia contributed genetic modelling from mitochondrial DNA from living indigenous Australian lineages to show that the original gene pool came from a founding population of up to 200 ...

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Research reveals boat journey of the first Australians
The Australian
It can now be revealed that they were skilled navigators who executed a carefully planned voyage to Australia, island hopping in a group of 100-200 individuals whose genetic imprint has been left in the Aboriginal inhabitants of northern Australia. So ...

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The Australian
Cheesemaker ups the anty and US says yes
The Australian
Weaver ants — a traditional indigenous foodstuff in far north Australia — may not be the next sheep's back for our nation but, for Lloyd and her company Woodside Cheesewrights, they have proven the catalyst for a whole new business exporting cheese ...

WAtoday
New 24-hour legal hotline aimed at reducing WA deaths in custody
WAtoday
A 24-hour on-call legal service that will check the welfare of all Aboriginal people taken into police custody will be operational in Western Australia before the end of this year. The Custody Notification Service is a key recommendation from the ...
WA legal hotline to reduce custody deathsNEWS.com.au
Black deaths in custody rally demands justiceRed Flag

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Carlton Football Club
Indigenous guernsey unveiled
Carlton Football Club
“The canoe tree is an important symbol for Aboriginal groups. It was used for transport, hunting and trade and provided many resources for Indigenous Australians, including the boomerang, which also features in the monogram,” Young said. “Each winding ...

Carlton Football Club
Indigenous guernsey unveiled
Carlton Football Club
“The canoe tree is an important symbol for Aboriginal groups. It was used for transport, hunting and trade and provided many resources for Indigenous Australians, including the boomerang, which also features in the monogram,” Young said. “Each winding ...

Aboriginal settlement in Australia was planned migration: study  The Sydney Morning Herald

Aboriginal settlement in Australia was no accident but the result of large-scale migration by skilled maritime explorers, research shows. Experts have made the ...

Pursuit
Life on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert
Pursuit
Mulan is one of the smallest and most remote Aboriginal communities in Australia. About 100 to 150 Walmajarri people live here, close to the expansive, salty Lake Paruku (Lake Gregory on many maps) and many hours of driving on treacherous dirt roads to ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Clay Stories brings Indigenous arts communities vividly to life
The Sydney Morning Herald
Clay Stories: Contemporary Indigenous Ceramics from Remote Australia. Various artists. Strathnairn Arts. Until July 1. We are indeed privileged in Canberra at the present time to be able to enjoy two exhibitions by Indigenous artists. At Craft ACT ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Clay Stories brings Indigenous arts communities vividly to life
The Sydney Morning Herald
Clay Stories: Contemporary Indigenous Ceramics from Remote Australia. Various artists. Strathnairn Arts. Until July 1. We are indeed privileged in Canberra at the present time to be able to enjoy two exhibitions by Indigenous artists. At Craft ACT ...

Gippsland Times
Chris Sarra, Andrea Mason spearhead Malcolm Turnbull's bid to reboot Indigenous policy
Gippsland Times
The Turnbull Government has moved to transform its relationship with Indigenous Australia by announcing a new advisory group that includes Aboriginal educator Chris Sarra. In a bid to rebuild trust, the Prime Minister has opted for a two-stage process ...

Gippsland Times
Chris Sarra, Andrea Mason spearhead Malcolm Turnbull's bid to reboot Indigenous policy
Gippsland Times
The Turnbull Government has moved to transform its relationship with Indigenous Australia by announcing a new advisory group that includes Aboriginal educator Chris Sarra. In a bid to rebuild trust, the Prime Minister has opted for a two-stage process ...

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The Guardian
Aboriginal astronomy can teach us about the link between sky and land
The Guardian
If you've had any form of state education in Australia, I'm sure you must have heard an Indigenous dreamtime story at least once in your life. Maybe it was Tiddalick the Frog, or maybe even the Rainbow Serpent. These stories you may have heard as a ...
Crime rates drop but Indigenous people being jailed more than everRed Flag

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The Guardian
Aboriginal astronomy can teach us about the link between sky and land
The Guardian
If you've had any form of state education in Australia, I'm sure you must have heard an Indigenous dreamtime story at least once in your life. Maybe it was Tiddalick the Frog, or maybe even the Rainbow Serpent. These stories you may have heard as a ...
Crime rates drop but Indigenous people being jailed more than everRed Flag

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Red Flag
Crime rates drop but Indigenous people being jailed more than ever
Red Flag
Throughout Australia, crime rates have decreased, but the incarceration rate –particularly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – has increased dramatically. Despite making up only 3 percent of the population, Indigenous people are 28 percent of ...
Uprooted: how an Aboriginal woman stopped being MāoriStuff.co.nz

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Red Flag
Another life lost in WA's criminal injustice system
Red Flag
A single Facebook post on 7 May, among a sea of local news articles, was the only acknowledgement of a young Indigenous man's sudden death days earlier in the West Kimberley Regional Prison, near Derby in north-west Western Australia.

Red Flag
Crime rates drop but Indigenous people being jailed more than ever
Red Flag
Throughout Australia, crime rates have decreased, but the incarceration rate –particularly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – has increased dramatically. Despite making up only 3 percent of the population, Indigenous people are 28 percent of ...
Uprooted: how an Aboriginal woman stopped being MāoriStuff.co.nz

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