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The West Australian
Pilbara Aboriginal tourism ready, waiting for global exposure
The West Australian
Australia's North West Tourism chief executive Glen Chidlow spoke of the campaign to “soften” the perception of the Pilbara, by promoting the outstanding tourism opportunities, in particular the Karijini, Murujuga and Millstream national parks ...

Loop PNG
Barras draw with Australian Indigenous
Loop PNG
The Hebou PNG Barramundis fought their way to a draw against the Australian Indigenous side at the Peter Burge Oval in Brisbane, Australia, yesterday. The hosts took the bat first finishing at 5/278, mostly thanks to an unbeaten 124 runs from opener ...
Sport: PNG cricketers fight back to earn tie v Australian IndigenousRadio New Zealand

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The Australian
Indigenous teachings without British, western history a 'capitulation' to the Left: Abbott
The Australian
“It's a history of which all Australians should be proud and I imagine most children would be thrilled to learn more about the indigenous history of their local area and our nation.” Education Minister Simon Birmingham said yesterday Senator Scullion's ...

The Australian
Indigenous teachings without British, western history a 'capitulation' to the Left: Abbott
The Australian
“It's a history of which all Australians should be proud and I imagine most children would be thrilled to learn more about the indigenous history of their local area and our nation.” Education Minister Simon Birmingham said yesterday Senator Scullion's ...

NEWS.com.au
Wattle group argues first day of Spring should replace January 26
NEWS.com.au
Local councils in Fremantle, Hobart and Melbourne have abandoned Australia Day ceremonies on January 26, arguing the date marking the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet is offensive to indigenous Australians who see it as “Invasion Day”. The Federal ...

The Conversation AU
Lasers and dung beetles: the 2017 Eureka Prizes celebrate the best of Australian science
The Conversation AU
Professor Alan Cooper from the University of Adelaide's Australian Centre for Ancient DNA was awarded the UNSW Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research. Working with the South Australian Museum and Aboriginal families and ...
Universities share the gongs at EurekasThe Australian (blog)

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The Conversation AU
Lasers and dung beetles: the 2017 Eureka Prizes celebrate the best of Australian science
The Conversation AU
Working with the South Australian Museum and Aboriginal families and communities, The Aboriginal Heritage Project uses DNA from hair samples to construct a map of Indigenous Australia prior to colonisation. In March, he wrote a piece detailing the DNA ...
Universities share the gongs at EurekasThe Australian (blog)

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The Cairns Post
Keep Cook statues but build new monuments to Australia's black history
The Cairns Post
Captain Cook's diaries reveal conflict had broken out between indigenous inhabitants and Captain Cook's man after they landed in 1770 at what would later become Cooktown. Aboriginal men took umbrage at the Europeans taking turtles for food, and lit ...

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The Cairns Post
Keep Cook statues but build new monuments to Australia's black history
The Cairns Post
Captain Cook's diaries reveal conflict had broken out between indigenous inhabitants and Captain Cook's man after they landed in 1770 at what would later become Cooktown. Aboriginal men took umbrage at the Europeans taking turtles for food, and lit ...

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The Australian
Bipartisan support for Scullion's pre-Cook history lessons
The Australian
“As a former educator, and as someone involved in the reconciliation movement for 20 years, schools and the curriculum are crucial vehicles for the teaching of Aboriginal studies, heritage and language,” she told The Australian. The indications of ...

The Australian
Maitland Brown bust bears scars of when row came to a head
The Australian
While the US controversy over historic statues has been “hyped up” in Australia, Professor Gregory says journalist Stan Grant was right to object to the wording of the Cook statue. “I fully understand that for Aboriginal people, many of these statues ...

The Australian
Bipartisan support for Scullion's pre-Cook history lessons
The Australian
As revealed by The Australian, the Northern Territory senator has commissioned the University of Melbourne to develop new teaching materials under the leadership of prominent indigenous academic Marcia Langton. Senator Scullion hopes to present a ...

The Australian
Albanese disputes need to change Captain Cook statue
The Australian
Mr Albanese said there were bigger issues facing indigenous Australians than inscriptions on statues. On Monday Mr Shorten backed calls for an extra plaque to be placed on the statue that would recognise Aborigines inhabited the continent before ...

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The Australian
Indigenous team win science's Eureka award
The Australian
Dr Ens says her “eyes were opened to Aboriginal Australia” when she first visited Ngukurr in 2008 as a postdoctoral researcher with Charles Darwin University. What started as ecological work quickly became social. “It became about the people, and the ...

The Australian
Indigenous team win science's Eureka award
The Australian
Dr Ens says her “eyes were opened to Aboriginal Australia” when she first visited Ngukurr in 2008 as a postdoctoral researcher with Charles Darwin University. What started as ecological work quickly became social. “It became about the people, and the ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal people paying for boom in Canberra's property prices
The Sydney Morning Herald
To complete the picture, Canberra also has one of the highest rates of homelessness in Australia with Aboriginal people (1.6 per cent of the Canberra population) representing 26 per cent of all people accessing homelessness services. Winnunga ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal people paying for boom in Canberra's property prices
The Sydney Morning Herald
To complete the picture, Canberra also has one of the highest rates of homelessness in Australia with Aboriginal people (1.6 per cent of the Canberra population) representing 26 per cent of all people accessing homelessness services. Winnunga ...

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ABC Online
Mega prawn farm Project Sea Dragon nets Indigenous Land Use Agreement in northern Australia
ABC Online
Plans to build one of the world's largest prawn farms on a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory have taken a major step with native title holders supporting the project and signing an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) for its development ...

ABC Online
Mega prawn farm Project Sea Dragon nets Indigenous Land Use Agreement in northern Australia
ABC Online
Plans to build one of the world's largest prawn farms on a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory have taken a major step with native title holders supporting the project and signing an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) for its development ...

Byron Shire News
Stalinist pigeon perch attack fixed
Byron Shire News
Recently Stan Grant made the point that having a statue in Sydney's Hyde Park lauding Captain James Cook for "discovering” Australia was not accurate when Aboriginal people had been custodians of this place for more than 60,000 years and had been ...

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