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Radio Australia
Indigenous women's textiles headed for world stage with Paris exhibition
Radio Australia
The Bábbarra Women's Centre is one of a number of remote Indigenous art centres drawing attention beyond Australia and Ms Marawarr said she was looking forward to sharing stories of her home to audiences far removed from it. "To tell a story when the ...

ABC Online
Indigenous-grown rosella plant in hot demand as tea-drinkers embrace healthy bush food
ABC Online
Chef and native food supplier Andrew Fielke will distribute Food Ladder's first shipment of dried rosella to cafes around Adelaide. He said there was strong demand for Australian-grown rosella. "The great thing is we will be able to promote this as ...

ABC Online
Indigenous women's textiles headed for world stage with Paris exhibition
ABC Online
The Bábbarra Women's Centre is one of a number of remote Indigenous art centres drawing attention beyond Australia and Ms Marawarr said she was looking forward to sharing stories of her home to audiences far removed from it. "To tell a story when the ...

The Guardian
'National disgrace': cost of housing driving up child poverty rates
The Guardian
Overcrowding has increased by 88%. The report also finds Indigenous Australians are 10 times more likely to experience homelessness, and the number of older Australians (aged 55 to 74) experiencing homelessness has grown 55% in the decade to 2016.
About 8200 will be 'sleeping rough' tonightThe Australian

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Daily Telegraph
Koojay Corroboree marks two milestones in Aboriginal history
Daily Telegraph
The referendum paved the way for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be counted in the census while the 1992 Mabo decision by the High Court of Australia recognised Aboriginal native title of the lands of Australia. The theme for #NRW2018 ...

Daily Telegraph
Koojay Corroboree marks two milestones in Aboriginal history
Daily Telegraph
The referendum paved the way for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be counted in the census while the 1992 Mabo decision by the High Court of Australia recognised Aboriginal native title of the lands of Australia. The theme for #NRW2018 ...

The Conversation UK
Australia's stolen wages: one woman's quest for compensation
The Conversation UK
Bigali Hanlon is a Yindjibarndi woman born in 1940 at Mulga Downs in Western Australia. At the age of six, she was taken from her mother and sent to live in a church-run hostel for “fair-skinned” indigenous children. She lived there until she was 13 ...

The Conversation UK
Australia's stolen wages: one woman's quest for compensation
The Conversation UK
Bigali Hanlon is a Yindjibarndi woman born in 1940 at Mulga Downs in Western Australia. At the age of six, she was taken from her mother and sent to live in a church-run hostel for “fair-skinned” indigenous children. She lived there until she was 13 ...

The Age
Aboriginal elders say government is talking treaty with wrong people
The Age
New South Australian Liberal Premier Steven Marshall put that state's treaty talks on hold late last month. The gathering of elders was organised by Victorian Greens MP Lidia Thorpe, State Parliament's only Aboriginal MP, who is seeking to amend the ...

the AU review (blog)
Sydney Film Festival showcases Indigenous films from around the world with First Nations: A Celebration program
the AU review (blog)
Sydney Film Festival in conjunction with Screen Australia will be marking Screen Australia's Indigenous Department's 25th anniversary with a very special program titled First Nations: A Celebration. This will also be featured alongside a program ...

ABC Online
Morris Stuart, the charismatic choir director bringing Central Australia's sacred sounds to the world
ABC Online
For more than four decades, Barbara Stuart followed her husband Morris around the world, working beside him and raising their four children. With a flair for painting, she had visited the outback before to paint the stunning landscapes, but she craved ...

ABC Online
Morris Stuart, the charismatic choir director bringing Central Australia's sacred sounds to the world
ABC Online
"She had a great aunt who actually said to her that she was committing the greatest crime that a white woman could commit by getting married to one of these black men who was just like 'our Aborigines'." But Morris and Barbara stood fast and, in 1967 ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
How Captain Cook became a contested national symbol
The Sydney Morning Herald
These include the development of digital heritage resources and exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum, National Library, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and the National Museum of Australia, as well as ...

Pursuit
The endurance of bush medicine
Pursuit
In the days before western medicine, local Indigenous Australians used the active ingredients in a plant known as old man's weed (Centipeda cunninghamii) to sooth the symptoms of arthritis. They'd boil the leaves and prepare a solution that was applied ...

ABC Online
High-school sports mentoring program kicks goals for Indigenous students
ABC Online
High school students in South Australia's south-east are proving football has a place in the classroom. Teenager Denzel Wilson has always wished he had more opportunities to talk about his culture at school. "We should do it more. There should be more ...

ABC Online
High-school sports mentoring program kicks goals for Indigenous students
ABC Online
High school students in South Australia's south-east are proving football has a place in the classroom. Teenager Denzel Wilson has always wished he had more opportunities to talk about his culture at school. "We should do it more. There should be more ...

SBS
How the world reacted to Australia at Eurovision 2018
SBS
Australia's Jessica Mauboy did Australia proud with an exuberant performance of her pop song We Got Love at Sunday's Eurovision grand final. Darwin-born singer had the crowd singing and dancing in Lisbon, which hosted the 63rd edition of the contest.

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Radio Australia
Indigenous flag designer says idea to police the authenticity of Aboriginal art is 'repugnant'
Radio Australia
The ANKA submission called on Federal Government to change the Australian Consumer Law, to "ban the distribution and sale of unauthentic Aboriginal-style objects in Australia at all levels of the supply chain". It also wanted recognition that ...

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The Roar
Naming my Indigenous all-stars team of the century
The Roar
Indigenous Australian make up only 3.3 per cent of the nation's population but proudly boast over 12 per cent of contracted players in the NRL. In general these players have been a class above in terms of speed, and their toughness has been legendary.

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ABC Online
Indigenous flag designer says idea to police the authenticity of Aboriginal art is 'repugnant'
ABC Online
The ANKA submission called on Federal Government to change the Australian Consumer Law, to "ban the distribution and sale of unauthentic Aboriginal-style objects in Australia at all levels of the supply chain". It also wanted recognition that ...

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