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Loop PNG
Barras to play Australia Indigenous today
Loop PNG
The Barras managed to force a draw with Australia Indigenous. The current tour is in preparation for the ICC Intercontinental Cup (ICUP)/World Cricket League Championships (WCLC) Round 6 fixture against Scotland. The event will be held in Port Moresby ...

The Northern Daily Leader
Should Sydney celebrate 'perfect gentleman' who ordered massacres of Indigenous people?
The Northern Daily Leader
"When Australia matures and comes to terms with its brutal colonial history and its treatment of Indigenous people then everyone will see how offensive it is," she said. "If you think about Germany for a moment - you won't see monuments of Hitler, for ...

SBS
Seven million steps: Indigenous man Clinton Pryor walks from Perth to Canberra
SBS
An Indigenous man who has spent a year walking almost 6,000 kilometres from Perth to Canberra to raise awareness of Aboriginal rights will finally arrive in the nation's capital. Clinton Pryor will descend on Canberra on Sunday, a year after setting ...
Walking for justice: Clinton Pryor reaches end of 5800km journeyThe Canberra Times

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The Age
Benjamin Law: Australia's literacy rate is shocking - and potentially dangerous
The Age
Some years back, an OECD study surveyed Australians aged between 15 and 74 and rated them on their literacy skills. The results were shocking: 43.7 per cent had below-proficiency-level literacy. If you're young and Indigenous, the chances of you ...

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The Age
Benjamin Law: Australia's literacy rate is shocking - and potentially dangerous
The Age
Some years back, an OECD study surveyed Australians aged between 15 and 74 and rated them on their literacy skills. The results were shocking: 43.7 per cent had below-proficiency-level literacy. If you're young and Indigenous, the chances of you ...

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The Age
Historic statues: Where Indigenous people and women go missing
The Age
When Genevieve Grieves embarked on her doctorate a few years ago, she surveyed the monuments in Melbourne's CBD to pinpoint who was being commemorated and why. Her findings were stark. Of the 520-odd memorials, statues and monuments ...

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The Canberra Times
Walking for justice: Clinton Pryor reaches end of 5800km journey
The Canberra Times
Since September last year, Clinton Pryor hasn't stopped in his quest in walking across the country for justice for Indigenous people across Australia. On Sunday he reaches the end of his journey when he arrives in Canberra after nearly 12 months on the ...
Indigenous man walks from WA to ACTThe Australian

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SBS
Walking for justice: Clinton Pryor reaches end of 5800km journey
The Canberra Times
Since September last year, Clinton Pryor hasn't stopped in his quest in walking across the country for justice for Indigenous people across Australia. On Sunday he reaches the end of his journey when he arrives in Canberra after nearly 12 months on the ...
Seven million steps: Indigenous man Clinton Pryor walks from Perth to CanberraSBS

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Hyde Park statue damage shows a reality that Australia must confront
The Sydney Morning Herald
We don't know what battles were fought between the various clans in Australia in the tens of thousands of years before the British invasion but the evidence we have suggests that Aboriginal people were much like the rest of us. People don't need ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Benjamin Law: Australia's literacy rate is shocking - and potentially dangerous
The Sydney Morning Herald
Some years back, an OECD study surveyed Australians aged between 15 and 74 and rated them on their literacy skills. The results were shocking: 43.7 per cent had below-proficiency-level literacy. If you're young and Indigenous, the chances of you ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Benjamin Law: Australia's literacy rate is shocking - and potentially dangerous
The Sydney Morning Herald
Some years back, an OECD study surveyed Australians aged between 15 and 74 and rated them on their literacy skills. The results were shocking: 43.7 per cent had below-proficiency-level literacy. If you're young and Indigenous, the chances of you ...

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Herald Sun (blog)
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Herald Sun (blog)
It is ironic that [Stan] Grant is drawing attention to the ultimate 'symbolic' issue in indigenous affairs – the future of statues honouring explorers, governors and settlers – at a time when the Western Australian coroner is conducting an inquiry into ...

Indigenous man walks from WA to ACT
The Australian
Clinton Pryor will descend on Canberra on Sunday morning, a year after setting out from Perth on his walk for justice. Thousands are expected to join him as he marches down Canberra's main avenue to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy at Old Parliament House.

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Indigenous man walks from WA to ACT
The Australian
Clinton Pryor will descend on Canberra on Sunday morning, a year after setting out from Perth on his walk for justice. Thousands are expected to join him as he marches down Canberra's main avenue to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy at Old Parliament House.

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Indigenous man walks from WA to ACT
SBS
He plans to raise awareness of indigenous issues during his meetings in Canberra, having met with Aboriginal elders and community leaders across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and NSW during his walk.

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SBS
'Australian film of the year' to air in London
SBS
Indigenous-Australian film making talent will be on display at the upcoming London Film Festival, with Warwick Thronton's Sweet Country in the official competition. The Melbourne-born festival director Clare Stewart told AAP the "highly-anticipated ...

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The Times
History denied is justice delayed
Green Left Weekly
If you accept that celebrating the date as Australia Day is hurtful to many Indigenous people because it marked the beginning of their violent dispossession, then it follows there are some important people who sanctioned or participated in that violence.
Australia rewrites history with campaign against colonial statuesThe Times

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The West Australian
Awards recognition for life and work
The West Australian
Ms Abdullah has worked at the Kimberley Community Legal Services for about 30 years and was honoured with an Order of Australia Medal earlier this year. She has worked with families embroiled in royal commissions and been an advocate for Aboriginal ...

Riverine Herald
Hooray for Australia Day in Echuca-Moama
Riverine Herald
Campaspe Shire mayor Adrian Weston said the issue had not been discussed and there would be no changes to the current Australia Day celebrations across the shire. ''Council has a strong relationship with local aboriginal groups across the shire,'' he said.

The Australian
National Gallery of Australia muzzled over Namatjira art treasures
The Australian
Franchesca Cubillo, the NGA's senior curator of indigenous Australian art, revealed the gallery had sought permission from Legend Press to use Namatjira's images in catalogues or promotional materials in 2010 (for an NGA book on indigenous art) and in ...