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Australian of the Year: Dick Smith is till reaching for the sky - The Australian


The Australian

Australian of the Year: Dick Smith is till reaching for the sky
The Australian
The Dick Smith legend, seen in Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic, is one of starting with good concepts, working very hard to build them into successful businesses, then selling them off for a lot of money. “You look around the world ...

Australian Indigenous objects become 'cultural ambassadors' in Rome in new book - The Tablet


Australian Indigenous objects become 'cultural ambassadors' in Rome in new book
The Tablet
Australian Indigenous objects that have become "cultural ambassadors" in Rome feature in a new joint publication of Aboriginal Studies Press and the Vatican Museums, launched recently. 'Australia – The Vatican Museums Indigenous Collection' features ...

Australian Indigenous objects become 'cultural ambassadors' in Rome in new book - The Tablet


Australian Indigenous objects become 'cultural ambassadors' in Rome in new book
The Tablet
Australian Indigenous objects that have become "cultural ambassadors" in Rome feature in a new joint publication of Aboriginal Studies Press and the Vatican Museums, launched recently. 'Australia – The Vatican Museums Indigenous Collection' features ...

The magistrate from Tralee who took a stand on Aboriginal genocide - Irish Times


Irish Times

The magistrate from Tralee who took a stand on Aboriginal genocide
Irish Times
As a reprisal for the alleged spearing of livestock, a party of stockmen shot and killed at least 28 Aboriginal men, women and children who were camped at a Myall Creek station. The stockmen attempted to dispose of the evidence of their crime by ...

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Federal Government to match billion dollar Territory investment in remote housing - NT News


The West Australian

Federal Government to match billion dollar Territory investment in remote housing
NT News
In Gunbalanya, Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion announced the Federal Government would kick in $1.1 billion into remote housing in the NT. A separate $776 million commitment by the federal government to the National Partnership Agreement on ...
Ministers in housing fund war of wordsThe West Australian
Canberra to match $1.1b NT housing pledgeYahoo7 News

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Brisbane Heat's Brendan Doggett hopes his Big Bash form will take him on indigenous UK tour - Courier Mail


Courier Mail

Brisbane Heat's Brendan Doggett hopes his Big Bash form will take him on indigenous UK tour
Courier Mail
Australia is sending an indigenous team to England in July to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the iconic first tour there by an indigenous side and Doggett would love to be a part of it. “That is a massive tour for us — they have spent a long time ...

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Brisbane Heat's Brendan Doggett hopes his Big Bash form will take him on indigenous UK tour - NEWS.com.au


NEWS.com.au

Brisbane Heat's Brendan Doggett hopes his Big Bash form will take him on indigenous UK tour
NEWS.com.au
Australia is sending an indigenous team to England in July to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the iconic first tour there by an indigenous side and Doggett would love to be a part of it. “That is a massive tour for us — they have spent a long time ...

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Family history and the impact of faith - Insights News


Insights News

Family history and the impact of faith
Insights News
Cedric is my husband and one of the many Indigenous Australians born into what we now call 'The Stolen Generation.' In spite of this, he knew that God's hand was upon him, guiding him through the perilous and troubled times of his life. When we moved ...

Canberra to match $1.1b NT housing pledge - Yahoo7 News


Canberra to match $1.1b NT housing pledge
Yahoo7 News
Canberra has declared it will match a 10-year $1.1 billion Northern Territory investment in remote housing but slammed Western Australia for having a "whinge" instead of similarly pledging funds. A separate $776 million commitment by the federal ...

Indigenous runners get chance to compete in New York Marathon - Echonetdaily


Echonetdaily

Indigenous runners get chance to compete in New York Marathon
Echonetdaily
Unfortunately for a lot of people they never get to really ignite this fire,' Layne Brown, a member of last year's IMP said. 'In New York last November I felt so normal; like I was meant to be here at this very moment in time and that running marathons ...

Indigenous runners get chance to compete in New York Marathon - Echonetdaily


Echonetdaily

Indigenous runners get chance to compete in New York Marathon
Echonetdaily
Each year a group of 12 Indigenous Australians (six men and six women) are selected to train for the New York City Marathon with just six months of training. Education is a compulsory part of the IMP program and all squad members are required to ...

Shoalhaven athletes to create history with New Zealand tour - South Coast Register


South Coast Register

Shoalhaven athletes to create history with New Zealand tour
South Coast Register
SEVEN of the Shoalhaven's top athletes have been selected in the two Australian indigenous representative football teams, consisting of 18 men and 18 women players, which will travel to Auckland, New Zealand on a historic tour. Wreck Bay trio Lewis ...

Shoalhaven athletes to create history with New Zealand tour - South Coast Register


South Coast Register

Shoalhaven athletes to create history with New Zealand tour
South Coast Register
SEVEN of the Shoalhaven's top athletes have been selected in the two Australian indigenous representative football teams, consisting of 18 men and 18 women players, which will travel to Auckland, New Zealand on a historic tour. Wreck Bay trio Lewis ...

A Voyage Through the Centre of Australia, from a Tree Stump - Broadsheet


Broadsheet

A Voyage Through the Centre of Australia, from a Tree Stump
Broadsheet
Your guides through this eclectic journey are two dancers: Waangenga Blanco of Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australia's acclaimed Indigenous performing arts company, and New Yorker Khalif Diouf, who you may know by his rap moniker Le1f, with a score by ...

A Voyage Through the Centre of Australia, from a Tree Stump - Broadsheet


Broadsheet

A Voyage Through the Centre of Australia, from a Tree Stump
Broadsheet
Your guides through this eclectic journey are two dancers: Waangenga Blanco of Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australia's acclaimed Indigenous performing arts company, and New Yorker Khalif Diouf, who you may know by his rap moniker Le1f, with a score by ...

Reconciliation Council of Tasmania sets out agenda - Tasmania Examiner


Tasmania Examiner

Reconciliation Council of Tasmania sets out agenda
Tasmania Examiner
“Some of the key issues we need to look at are education and employment for Aboriginal communities in Tasmania,” she said. “We have a very low rate of children going through to university or even to college. “We need to be looking at how to support ...

Best of 2017: Indigenous rights 50 years after the referendum - Eureka Street


Eureka Street

Best of 2017: Indigenous rights 50 years after the referendum
Eureka Street
In the face of historically low levels of Indigenous representation within Australian parliaments, the Indigenous caucus between Commonwealth, State and Territory Labor representatives points to some progress. Front page of Abo Call newspaper What it ...

Best of 2017: Indigenous rights 50 years after the referendum - Eureka Street


Eureka Street

Best of 2017: Indigenous rights 50 years after the referendum
Eureka Street
In the face of historically low levels of Indigenous representation within Australian parliaments, the Indigenous caucus between Commonwealth, State and Territory Labor representatives points to some progress. Front page of Abo Call newspaper What it ...

Best of 2017: ATSI custody needs action not just inquiry - Eureka Street


Eureka Street

Best of 2017: ATSI custody needs action not just inquiry
Eureka Street
In 1991, the year of the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC), Indigenous Australians comprised 14 per cent of the Australian prison population. In 2016, it was 27 per cent. Yet Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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Best of 2017: ATSI custody needs action not just inquiry - Eureka Street


Eureka Street

Best of 2017: ATSI custody needs action not just inquiry
Eureka Street
In 1991, the year of the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC), Indigenous Australians comprised 14 per cent of the Australian prison population. In 2016, it was 27 per cent. Yet Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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