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Indigenous groups worry 'Voice to Parliament' referendum proposal will be watered down - ABC Online


ABC Online

Indigenous groups worry 'Voice to Parliament' referendum proposal will be watered down
ABC Online
... this has been a collective voice, it's been a very large voice from all around Australia," she said. "And it wasn't just about being recognised, it was really about a real structural reform." A working group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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Storylines archive at State Library of WA offers a way to find photos of Indigenous family members - ABC Online


ABC Online

Storylines archive at State Library of WA offers a way to find photos of Indigenous family members
ABC Online
"It's pretty magical." That's how Damien Webb, Indigenous liaison officer at the State Library of Western Australia, describes his work. Mr Webb runs the Storylines project, which is dedicated to helping Aboriginal people find historic photographs of ...

Storylines archive at State Library of WA offers a way to find photos of Indigenous family members - ABC Online


ABC Online

Storylines archive at State Library of WA offers a way to find photos of Indigenous family members
ABC Online
"It's pretty magical." That's how Damien Webb, Indigenous liaison officer at the State Library of Western Australia, describes his work. Mr Webb runs the Storylines project, which is dedicated to helping Aboriginal people find historic photographs of ...

Artitja Fine Arts born from love of Aboriginal art - Community Newspaper Group


Artitja Fine Arts born from love of Aboriginal art
Community Newspaper Group
From there Artitja Fine Arts was born, an exhibition space dedicated to breaking down cultural barriers by introducing local art lovers to the work of some of Australia's most remote Aboriginal artists and art centres. “My true introduction to ...

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'Patronising, paternalistic': Aboriginal group blasts ACT government contracts - The Canberra Times


The Canberra Times

'Patronising, paternalistic': Aboriginal group blasts ACT government contracts
The Canberra Times
The housing contract to manage an Indigenous boarding house and Indigenous supported accommodation went to Every Man Australia, a group focused on men's issues which has teamed up with Toora, a women's service. Ms Tongs said the contract was ...

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Helpmann Awards 2017 winners: Kosky's Saul and Belvoir's The Drover's Wife dominate - The Sydney Morning Herald


The Guardian

Helpmann Awards 2017 winners: Kosky's Saul and Belvoir's The Drover's Wife dominate
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australian actress, director and writer Leah Purcell. Photo: James Brickwood. Melbourne Theatre Company's Jasper Jones, originally produced by Belvoir, picked up awards for best male supporting actor (Guy Simon) and best set design (Anna ...
Helpmanns 2017: The Drover's Wife and Adelaide festival claim Australian theatre awardsThe Guardian

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More politicians may be caught up in citizenship bungle: Di Natale - The Australian


The Australian

More politicians may be caught up in citizenship bungle: Di Natale
The Australian
Half a dozen MPs have been unable to provide The Australian with documentation proving they renounced their dual citizenship or took “reasonable steps” to do so after the Greens' former co-deputy leaders Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam were forced to ...

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Sentence in Aboriginal Teen's Death Is Too Lenient, Protesters in Australia Say - New York Times


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Sentence in Aboriginal Teen's Death Is Too Lenient, Protesters in Australia Say
New York Times
SYDNEY, Australia — Shouting “shame,” protesters on Monday held demonstrations across Australia to express their anger over what they said was a lenient sentence in the death of a 14-year-old Aboriginal boy. Outside the Supreme Court of New South ...
Rallies across the country call for justice for Elijah DoughtySBS
AB Original's Powerful Splendour Set Pays Tribute To Elijah DoughtyHuffington Post Australia
Hundreds protest Elijah Doughty sentenceThe Australian
BuzzFeed News -Independent Australia
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Senior leaders call for indigenous advisory body - The Australian


The Australian

Senior leaders call for indigenous advisory body
The Australian
“The aim of such a body should be to represent and give voice to the First Nations of Australia in their contemporary form. It should represent, as Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu has appropriately described, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a ...
5 Indigenous Shows Breaking Ground On Australian TV Right NowJunkee

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Senior leaders call for indigenous advisory body - The Australian


The Australian

Senior leaders call for indigenous advisory body
The Australian
“The aim of such a body should be to represent and give voice to the First Nations of Australia in their contemporary form. It should represent, as Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu has appropriately described, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a ...
5 Indigenous Shows Breaking Ground On Australian TV Right NowJunkee

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Fitzroy's Indigenous heritage honoured in Charcoal Lane mural by ... - ABC Online


ABC Online

Fitzroy's Indigenous heritage honoured in Charcoal Lane mural by ...
ABC Online
It's a suburb known for its clout in Melbourne's cultural landscape but Fitzroy's Aboriginal heritage is rarely mentioned. A group of street artists hope to start a new ...

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Fitzroy's Indigenous heritage honoured in Charcoal Lane mural by Robert Young - ABC Online


ABC Online

Fitzroy's Indigenous heritage honoured in Charcoal Lane mural by Robert Young
ABC Online
"To be able to do a mural like this, it's just a great opportunity for people to initiate the questions or initiate the thought behind, 'Oh why is there an Aboriginal mural here?'" The mural references the cultural connections Fitzroy has to Australia ...

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RSL reaffirms Aboriginal flag stance - The West Australian


The West Australian

RSL reaffirms Aboriginal flag stance
The West Australian
The Aboriginal flag will not fly at Albany's Anzac Day services next year after the Returned Services League of Australia reviewed its flag policy. It comes after RSLWA president Peter Aspinall placed the flag protocol review on the national RSL agenda ...

Rallies across the country call for justice for Elijah Doughty - SBS


BuzzFeed News

Rallies across the country call for justice for Elijah Doughty
SBS
"The verdict “reduced (Elijah's) death to an offence under the Road Traffic Act," she said.“It seems to be open season for vigilantes in Western Australia.” She questioned why no Indigenous people had been on the jury. Labor MP Linda Burney also spoke ...
AB Original's Powerful Splendour Set Pays Tribute To Elijah DoughtyHuffington Post Australia
Hundreds protest Elijah Doughty sentenceNEWS.com.au
Is The Life Of An Aboriginal Child Worth Three Years? National Protests Call For Justice For ElijahBuzzFeed News
Independent Australia -New Matilda
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Rallies across the country call for justice for Elijah Doughty - SBS


BuzzFeed News

Rallies across the country call for justice for Elijah Doughty
SBS
"The verdict “reduced (Elijah's) death to an offence under the Road Traffic Act," she said.“It seems to be open season for vigilantes in Western Australia.” She questioned why no Indigenous people had been on the jury. Labor MP Linda Burney also spoke ...
AB Original's Powerful Splendour Set Pays Tribute To Elijah DoughtyHuffington Post Australia
AB Original bring thought-provoking fury to SplendourABC Online
'Threat to kill boy' after alleged bike theftThe Australian
BuzzFeed News
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AB Original's Powerful Splendour Set Pays Tribute To Elijah Doughty - Huffington Post Australia


Sky News Australia

AB Original's Powerful Splendour Set Pays Tribute To Elijah Doughty
Huffington Post Australia
Australian rappers A.B. Original used their set at Splendour In The Grass to issue an emotional, incendiary call for justice for indigenous people, leading the crowd in chants and tributes while dedicating their set to Kalgoorlie teenager Elijah Doughty.
Rallies across the country call for justice for Elijah DoughtySBS
The Killing Fields: How We Failed Elijah Doughty, And Countless OthersNew Matilda
Elijah Doughty's death was murderIndependent Australia
The Australian -Sky News Australia -ABC Online
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AB Original's Powerful Splendour Set Pays Tribute To Elijah Doughty - Huffington Post Australia


Sky News Australia

AB Original's Powerful Splendour Set Pays Tribute To Elijah Doughty
Huffington Post Australia
Australian rappers A.B. Original used their set at Splendour In The Grass to issue an emotional, incendiary call for justice for indigenous people, leading the crowd in chants and tributes while dedicating their set to Kalgoorlie teenager Elijah Doughty.
Rallies across the country call for justice for Elijah DoughtySBS
'Threat to kill boy' after alleged bike theftThe Australian
Anger over sentence in Elijah Doughty caseSky News Australia
ABC Online
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Sacred Aboriginal objects returned to Central Australia, century after collected by museums - ABC Online


ABC Online

Sacred Aboriginal objects returned to Central Australia, century after collected by museums
ABC Online
More than two dozen sacred objects have been returned to Indigenous people in Alice Springs, a century after they were removed. The 26 items ended up in museums in Victoria where many of them were on public display, contrary to Arrente law, until the ...

Sacred Aboriginal objects returned to Central Australia, century after collected by museums - ABC Online


ABC Online

Sacred Aboriginal objects returned to Central Australia, century after collected by museums
ABC Online
More than two dozen sacred objects have been returned to Indigenous people in Alice Springs, a century after they were removed. The 26 items ended up in museums in Victoria where many of them were on public display, contrary to Arrente law, until the ...

Survival of Aboriginal Australians should be a cause for national pride - The Sydney Morning Herald


The Sydney Morning Herald

Survival of Aboriginal Australians should be a cause for national pride
The Sydney Morning Herald
Science has rewritten the history of Australia – of humans, even – by proving that Aboriginal people have lived here at least 65,000 years. That's 18,000 years longer than previously known and exceeds even outlying expectations by 5000 years.
Australian state hands 470 houses to Aboriginal peopleXinhua

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