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The Guardian
NT camp water still contaminated two weeks after alert
The Guardian
The use of lead pipes ended around the 1930s, but lead solder was used on some pipes and fittings in Australia until about 1989. The department of housing and community and community development told Guardian Australia that “generally” the reticulation ...

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SBS
A DNA test says you've got Indigenous Australian ancestry. Now what?
SBS
The uptake of direct-to-consumer genetic testing has been slower in Australia, and complicated by debates both beyond and within the Indigenous community – with some leaders calling on greater scrutiny to prevent “fakes” or “wannabes” calling ...

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ABC Local
Visits to Indigenous inmates from elders could change lives, advocates say
ABC Local
Aboriginal elders are hoping the rest of the country will soon take note of the benefits that come from their visits to Indigenous prison inmates. Marius (Pirrawayingi) Puruntatameri, from the Tiwi Islands, and Mildred Inkamala co-founded the Elders ...

ABC Local
Visits to Indigenous inmates from elders could change lives, advocates say
ABC Local
Aboriginal elders are hoping the rest of the country will soon take note of the benefits that come from their visits to Indigenous prison inmates. Marius (Pirrawayingi) Puruntatameri, from the Tiwi Islands, and Mildred Inkamala co-founded the Elders ...

ABC Online
'They call us Australians': Vanuatu descendants of Indigenous Australians search for long lost family
ABC Online
David Abel, a former Vanuatu MP and a descendent of a Pacific Islander blackbirded to Australia, has long been an advocate for better recognition of that dark chapter in Australia's history. He and his brother, Chief Richard David Fandanumata, a member ...

ABC Online
'They call us Australians': Vanuatu descendants of Indigenous Australians search for long lost family
ABC Online
David Abel, a former Vanuatu MP and a descendent of a Pacific Islander blackbirded to Australia, has long been an advocate for better recognition of that dark chapter in Australia's history. He and his brother, Chief Richard David Fandanumata, a member ...

Radio Australia
Refugees who fled conflict find solace in Victorian Indigenous cultural ceremony
Radio Australia
Dozens of refugees in Victoria's south-west have discovered parallels between Aboriginal culture and their own, after taking part in an ancient Indigenous ceremony. Refugees from South Sudan, Burma and Iran climbed up to the top of Wurdi Yawang or Big ...

ABC Online
Refugees who fled conflict find solace in Victorian Indigenous cultural ceremony
ABC Online
Dozens of refugees in Victoria's south-west have discovered parallels between Aboriginal culture and their own, after taking part in an ancient Indigenous ceremony. Refugees from South Sudan, Burma and Iran climbed up to the top of Wurdi Yawang or Big ...

ABC Online
Refugees who fled conflict find solace in Victorian Indigenous cultural ceremony
ABC Online
Dozens of refugees in Victoria's south-west have discovered parallels between Aboriginal culture and their own, after taking part in an ancient Indigenous ceremony. Refugees from South Sudan, Burma and Iran climbed up to the top of Wurdi Yawang or Big ...

Fireworks to return to Fremantle for culturally inclusive WA Day
PerthNow
AFTERr axing Australia Day fireworks out of sensitivity to indigenous people, Fremantle will host a pyrotechnics display in its culturally inclusive WA Day celebrations. The Fremantle Harbour Traders Group yesterday announced the two-day Celebrate WA ...

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The Australian
Indigenous treaty back on NT's agenda
The Australian
A draft agreement paving the way for treaties with Aboriginal groups in the Northern Territory would commit the Gunner government to recognising that Australia was improperly settled and its First Peoples need recompense for “deep injustice (and ...

The Australian
Indigenous treaty back on NT's agenda
The Australian
A draft agreement paving the way for treaties with Aboriginal groups in the Northern Territory would commit the Gunner government to recognising that Australia was improperly settled and its First Peoples need recompense for “deep injustice (and ...

The Saturday Paper
William Crighton's 'Empire'
The Saturday Paper
William Crighton delivers the year's best album, Australian or international, with the charged rock and heartfelt lyrics of Empire. By Dave Faulkner. William Crighton's 'Empire'. William Crighton performing at Bluesfest. Credit: Renae Saxby. Empire ...

Cosmos
The Dreamtime, science and narratives of Indigenous Australia
Cosmos
Scientific and Indigenous knowledge systems have often been in conflict. In my view, too much is made of these conflicts; they have a lot in common. For example, Indigenous knowledge typically takes the form of a narrative, usually a spoken story about ...

NT News
Humbled and overwhelmed, David Warner wants to win respect back from a sceptical Australian public
NT News
“It's great to be back home in Australia. I have had some time away to come to terms with everything and now it's time to get back into it,” wrote Smith, pictured with his fiancee Dani. “The amount of emails and letters I have received has been ...

'They call us Australians': Vanuatu descendants of Indigenous Australians search for long lost family  ABC News

A small group of men from Vanuatu with Aboriginal ancestry have travelled to Australia on a mission to reconnect with their long lost family, and to push for better ...

WAtoday
Parliamentary inquiry to recommend referendum allowing MPs be dual citizens
WAtoday
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said Senator Reynolds had "pointed to a real problem in the constitution" that wouldn't be included if the document was being drafted today. "But I have to say that when it comes to updating our constitution, my first ...

J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service
Descendants of Indigenous WWI Light Horse soldiers honour their ancestors
J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service
... Peter Allen- National Co-ordinator of the Centenary of Anzac Jewish Program & individual sponsors Deirdre Bear, Sylvia Leeser, Roland Gridiger and Nick Schoulal. The Rona Tranby Trust was established in 1991, from a bequest in the will of Thomas ...

ArtsHub
Expressions of Interest for National Aboriginal Art Gallery Reference Group
ArtsHub
The Gallery will showcase and celebrate a globally significant, Australia-wide art collection from the world's oldest continuous culture, which will be brought together under one roof. Expressions of interest are now called for membership of a new ...

ABC Online
Keeping Indigenous foster kids connected to culture and country at camp
ABC Online
In January Australia's Aboriginal children's commissioner declared a rise in the number of children being removed from Indigenous communities a "national disaster". Michelle Kelley said she was confident the camps, along with ongoing support from FACS ...