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Indigenous leaders ask NT Government to reject iron mine revival - ABC Online


ABC Online

Indigenous leaders ask NT Government to reject iron mine revival
ABC Online
Indigenous leader Grace Daniels thought the prospect of iron ore mining and transport through her country in the pristine Gulf of Carpentaria had disappeared. In 2014 the two fledgling iron mines in the Roper River region, 420 kilometres south-east of ...

Indigenous art winners' powerful statement - NT News


NT News

Indigenous art winners' powerful statement
NT News
YOUNG Indigenous Australians need to stand behind culture and not behind bars – that's the powerful statement made by the winners of the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Kulata Tjuta – Wati kulunypa tjukurpa (Many ...
Youth justice art wins indigenous awardThe Australian
Inquiry into fake Indigenous artThe West Australian
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards: SA family wins overall prize with work on prison and cultureABC Online
The Guardian -Daily Review -Green Left Weekly
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Pipeline plan cost makes it unviable - Townsville Bulletin


Townsville Bulletin

Pipeline plan cost makes it unviable
Townsville Bulletin
'Unbridled freedom' encompassed the whole of aboriginal Australia until the unexpected English invasion obliterated the ancestral freedom of the then 'first Australians'. You mentioned the movie They're a Weird Mob. Classic Australian movie Marbuk and ...

Charcoal brings out the best in Cairns artist Vernon Ah Kee - The Cairns Post


The Cairns Post

Charcoal brings out the best in Cairns artist Vernon Ah Kee
The Cairns Post
Growing up as Aboriginal in a white world, it has left an indelible mark on his beliefs, his character and his work as an artist. Born in Innisfail in 1967, the same year Australia voted Aboriginal people into the census, Vernon continues to harbour ...

Art and about - The Australian


The Australian

Art and about
The Australian
He explains that indigenous Australians look for different food sources depending on the season. At the time of our tour the weather is cool, which is ideal for shellfish. Around a full moon, the current is also stronger, so the crabs eat more and ...

What's hot in 2017 - The Australian


The Australian

What's hot in 2017
The Australian
... Australian Modernism, the kind of narrative dining exemplified by restaurants such as Brae and Attica that got a real shot in the arm post Noma, pop-up of the century, in Sydney last year. Dane Rene Redzepi's bear hug of Australian indigenous ...

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards: SA family wins overall prize with work on prison and culture - ABC Online


ABC Online

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards: SA family wins overall prize with work on prison and culture
ABC Online
... Unrupa Rhonda Dick, and his grandson Anwar Young jointly created the work, called Many Spears — Young Fella Story, with the men carving the spears and Ms Dick photographing her nephew in a commentary on Indigenous incarceration in Australia.
Indigenous art winners' powerful statementNT News
Youth justice art wins indigenous awardNEWS.com.au

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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards: SA family wins overall prize with work on prison and culture - ABC Online


ABC Online

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards: SA family wins overall prize with work on prison and culture
ABC Online
... Unrupa Rhonda Dick, and his grandson Anwar Young jointly created the work, called Many Spears — Young Fella Story, with the men carving the spears and Ms Dick photographing her nephew in a commentary on Indigenous incarceration in Australia.
Youth justice art wins indigenous awardThe Australian
Inquiry into fake Indigenous artThe West Australian
Aboriginal incarceration artwork wins premier Indigenous art awardDaily Review
Green Left Weekly -SBS -The Advertiser
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National indigenous art award winners - NEWS.com.au


National indigenous art award winners
NEWS.com.au
The overall $50,000 prize was won by South Australian artists Frank Young, Anwar Young and Unrupa Rhonda Dick for their multimedia collaboration titled Kulata Tjuta - Wati Kulunypa tjukurpa or 'Many spears - young fella story'. It uses traditional ...

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National indigenous art award winners - The Australian


National indigenous art award winners
The Australian
The overall $50,000 prize was won by South Australian artists Frank Young, Anwar Young and Unrupa Rhonda Dick for their multimedia collaboration titled Kulata Tjuta - Wati Kulunypa tjukurpa or 'Many spears - young fella story'. It uses traditional ...

Youth justice art wins indigenous award - The Australian


NT News

Youth justice art wins indigenous award
The Australian
The solemn artwork, a dignified call to action for troubled indigenous kids behind bars to get behind their culture instead, has won Australia's most prestigious Aboriginal art prize. The multimedia collaboration by South Australian artists Frank Young ...
Indigenous art winners' powerful statementNT News
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards: SA family wins overall prize with work on prison and cultureABC Online
Inquiry into fake Indigenous artThe West Australian
Daily Review -Green Left Weekly -SBS
all 16 news articles »

Youth justice art wins indigenous award - The Australian


ABC Online

Youth justice art wins indigenous award
The Australian
The solemn artwork, a dignified call to action for troubled indigenous kids behind bars to get behind their culture instead, has won Australia's most prestigious Aboriginal art prize. The multimedia collaboration by South Australian artists Frank Young ...
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards: SA family wins overall prize with work on prison and cultureABC Online
Inquiry into fake Indigenous artThe West Australian
Corporate 'fake art' profiting off Aboriginal artGreen Left Weekly
SBS -NT News -Daily Review
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NATSIAA prizes: APY Lands artists big winners - The Australian


The Australian

NATSIAA prizes: APY Lands artists big winners
The Australian
Aboriginal artists from South Australia's remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands took home four of six gongs at the nation's premier indigenous art prize this evening, adding to a swag of recent successes for the region. Community leader ...

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NATSIAA prizes: APY Lands artists big winners - The Australian


The Australian

NATSIAA prizes: APY Lands artists big winners
The Australian
Aboriginal artists from South Australia's remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands took home four of six gongs at the nation's premier indigenous art prize this evening, adding to a swag of recent successes for the region. Community leader ...

and more »

Inquiry into fake Indigenous art - The West Australian


The West Australian

Inquiry into fake Indigenous art
The West Australian
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs has announced it will inquire into the increasing presence of 'fake' Indigenous arts and craft for sale across Australia. Committee chairwoman Melissa Price said the inquiry aims to ...
Recognise campaign ends after making 'significant contribution'ABC Online
Corporate 'fake art' profiting off Aboriginal artGreen Left Weekly
Recognise campaign to be abandoned: reportSBS

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Aboriginal resistance and the 1967 referendum - Green Left Weekly


Green Left Weekly

Aboriginal resistance and the 1967 referendum
Green Left Weekly
Two very different exhibitions communicate critical evidence about the Aboriginal experience of the 1967 referendum, through which the Australian constitution was amended to remove the racist provisions of sections 51 and 127. That victory certainly ...

Australia Day: Yarra Council considers move to rename day, move citizenship ceremony - Herald Sun


Herald Sun

Australia Day: Yarra Council considers move to rename day, move citizenship ceremony
Herald Sun
The council should drop all references to Australia Day to “acknowledge the pain and disconnection” felt by the Aboriginal community, according to an internal report released today. In place of a citizenship ceremony it could hold an event marking ...

Australia Day: Yarra Council considers move to rename day, move citizenship ceremony - Herald Sun


Herald Sun

Australia Day: Yarra Council considers move to rename day, move citizenship ceremony
Herald Sun
The council should drop all references to Australia Day to “acknowledge the pain and disconnection” felt by the Aboriginal community, according to an internal report released today. In place of a citizenship ceremony it could hold an event marking ...

An American closes the gap with indigenous kids - Eternity News


Eternity News

An American closes the gap with indigenous kids
Eternity News
The Kids Club is run by the pastor of the Barunga Baptist Church, Patrick Bauer, who says God gave him a passion to reach the Aboriginal people in Australia when he was just six years old. For a boy growing up in Pennsylvania, in the northern United ...

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