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Voice of America
Australian State Enacts Landmark Laws to Revive Aboriginal Languages
Voice of America
In Australia, a drive is on to restore the identity and culture of the country's native, non-European peoples. New South Wales is the first state to pass laws to recognize and revive indigenous languages. Dozens of languages and dialects are thought to ...

Voice of America
Australian State Enacts Landmark Laws to Revive Aboriginal Languages
Voice of America
In Australia, a drive is on to restore the identity and culture of the country's native, non-European peoples. New South Wales is the first state to pass laws to recognize and revive indigenous languages. Dozens of languages and dialects are thought to ...

Namatjira copyright returns to family
SBS
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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Namatjira copyright returns to family
SBS
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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The West Australian
Pilbara school kids are staying on long after the bell - and it promises to pay off in the future
The West Australian
Since 1997, it has spread across Australia, providing tutoring and mentoring support to Aboriginal students at 33 sites in WA, the Northern Territory, NSW and South Australia. It now has three main programs: Follow the Dream/Partnerships for Success in ...

ABC Online
Indigenous artists from APY Lands use ancient techniques to create new rock art
ABC Online
A group of Indigenous artists from the remote APY Lands in the far north of South Australia have been using ancient techniques to create brand new work. They are using ochre to paint stories on rocks, then taking photos of it which they can sell. It is ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Copyright restored to poor family of Australian Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira
Telegraph.co.uk
The impoverished family of Australia's most famous Aboriginal artist, Albert Namatjira, has been given copyright to his works after years of fruitless campaigning triggered the intervention of a philanthropist. Namatjira's vibrant water colours are ...
Copyright restored to Albert Namatjira family in AustraliaDeutsche Welle

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Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Council offers to dump Australia Day ceremonies
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
The move was in response to a failed Greens proposal to allow an indigenous advisory committee to decide "how or if council should engage with this day (January 26)". That proposal had the potential to see Australia Day celebrations dumped, following ...
'Why would immigrants have an Aboriginal attachment?': Sunrise co-host Andrew O'Keefe slams Sydney council's plan ...Daily Mail

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ABC Online
Memories fade, but Aboriginal elders on mission to identify historic Noonkanbah protestors
ABC Online
The pioneers of the Aboriginal land rights movement in the Kimberley are working off a faded photograph to try to identify people who took part in the Noonkanbah land rights protests, which galvanised Indigenous resistance in the region almost 40 years ...

ABC Online
Memories fade, but Aboriginal elders on mission to identify historic Noonkanbah protestors
ABC Online
The pioneers of the Aboriginal land rights movement in the Kimberley are working off a faded photograph to try to identify people who took part in the Noonkanbah land rights protests, which galvanised Indigenous resistance in the region almost 40 years ...

NEWS.com.au
Australia Day citizenship ceremonies: Inner West Council offers NAIDOC Week alternative
NEWS.com.au
AFTER flirting with the idea of becoming the first NSW council to scrub Australia Day celebrations, the Inner West has instead become the first in the country to offer citizenship ceremonies in NAIDOC Week as an alternative to January 26. The move was ...

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Daily Telegraph
Australia Day citizenship ceremonies: Inner West Council offers NAIDOC Week alternative
Daily Telegraph
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The spokeswoman said 38 councils had held citizenship ceremonies during NAIDOC week this year (July 2-9, 2017) but Inner West would be the first to offer immigrants who did not like Australia Day the ...

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Australia Day citizenship ceremonies: Inner West Council offers NAIDOC Week alternative
Daily Telegraph
The resolution, passed at the October 12 meeting, committed to “holding a citizenship ceremony during NAIDOC week, and that we focus the theme of that ceremony upon Aboriginal history and culture”. “If you do it well and tastefully it could be a really ...

Reuters
Copyright restored to poor family of Australian Aboriginal artist
Reuters
An undated photo released on October 14, 2017 shows family members watching Australia's most famous Aboriginal artist, Albert Namatjira, sitting on a rock as he paints. Pastor S.O. Gross-courtesy of the Strehlow Research Centre/Handout via REUTERS.

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Daily Telegraph
Kurtley Beale the driving force behind Wallabies' ground-breaking indigenous jersey
Daily Telegraph
Both national songs are sung with verses in English and in indigenous languages, and regardless of their backgrounds, players and fans belt it all out with pride. Australia doesn't have a multilingual anthem but next week in Brisbane, the Wallabies ...

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Daily Telegraph
Kurtley Beale the driving force behind Wallabies' ground-breaking indigenous jersey
Daily Telegraph
Both national songs are sung with verses in English and in indigenous languages, and regardless of their backgrounds, players and fans belt it all out with pride. Australia doesn't have a multilingual anthem but next week in Brisbane, the Wallabies ...

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ABC Online
Meningococcal outbreak worries families in Central Australia
ABC Online
Grandmother of three Vanessa Smith isn't taking any chances with her 12-month-old grandson Mattio, or her six-year-old granddaughter Rexena. "You would rather get the injection now than have them in Alice Springs Hospital waking up with limbs missing ...

ABC Online
Indigenous turtle nesting camp inspires next generation of marine leaders
ABC Online
Rangers from the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation run what they describe as one of Australia's most remote turtle nesting camps, based 60 kilometres east of the Northern Territory border on Gunnamulla beach. They record species types, ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous turtle nesting camp inspires next generation of marine leaders
ABC Online
Rangers from the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation run what they describe as one of Australia's most remote turtle nesting camps, based 60 kilometres east of the Northern Territory border on Gunnamulla beach. They record species types, ...

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Sky & Telescope
Aboriginal Australians Observed Red Giant Stars' Variability
Sky & Telescope
Australian Aborigines probably observed the cyclical changes in the brightness of pulsating red giant stars such as Antares, Betelgeuse, and Aldebaran. They integrated their observations into their oral traditions — cultural narratives that served as ...