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The Advertiser
$4m Federal grant for Port Adelaide Football Club's new Aboriginal excellence centre
The Advertiser
“I am pleased to be partnering with Port Adelaide Football Club to provide $4 million to establish a facility that will deliver residential and education support for young indigenous Australians,” Scullion said. “I am backing in the Port Adelaide ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
If Aboriginal culture was 24 hours old, white people have been in Australia five minutes
The Sydney Morning Herald
The discovery that Aboriginal people have lived in Australia at least 65,000 years, 18,000 years longer than was known previously, has blown the minds of archaeologists worldwide and challenged many previously held assumptions. It's a hard number to ...

The Guardian
Indigenous archaeological find in Kakadu recasts Australian history – video
The Guardian
A dig at Madjedbebe on the traditional lands of the Mirarr people in northern Australia has unearthed thousands of artefacts, some as old as 80,000 years. The discovery upends decades-old estimates about the human colonisation of the continent ...

The Guardian
Indigenous archaeological find in Kakadu recasts Australian history – video
The Guardian
A dig at Madjedbebe on the traditional lands of the Mirarr people in northern Australia has unearthed thousands of artefacts, some as old as 80,000 years. The discovery upends decades-old estimates about the human colonisation of the continent ...

The Canberra Times
Albert Namatjira paintings donated to National Gallery of Australia
The Canberra Times
At the same time as Margaret Preston was advocating the use of Aboriginal patterns in "civilised" applied arts, an Aboriginal artist appeared "who could paint like a white fella" and for a time he became the most famous living artist in Australia. Elea ...

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Australian Ageing Agenda
Innovation grants focus on improving indigenous home care
Australian Ageing Agenda
The fund targets six priority areas including adaptive technology, dementia, and support for indigenous Australians and older people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Among the successful applicants is the National Ageing Research Institute, which ...

Australian Ageing Agenda
Innovation grants focus on improving indigenous home care
Australian Ageing Agenda
Other successful projects include initiatives to improve the diagnosis of dementia among Aboriginal communities, boosting support for informal carers in rural Australia and a randomised controlled trial of the CSIRO's Smarter Safer Homes platform.

Gizmodo Australia
There Is Now 65000 Year Old Evidence Of Aboriginal Life
Gizmodo Australia
Once again, science is proving what Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always known. To put this evidence into context, this means people were here before the extinction of the Australian megafauna, the giant animals that ...
Indigenous rock shelter in Top End pushes Australia's human history back to 65000 yearsABC Online
Aboriginal archaeological discovery in Kakadu rewrites the history of AustraliaThe Sydney Morning Herald
Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65000 yearsThe Conversation AU
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9news.com.au
Indigenous Australians roamed alongside giant kangaroos and wombats
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Indigenous Australians roamed alongside giant kangaroos and wombats An edge-ground hatched head found at the Madjedbebe rock shelter in the Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory which is part of new proof showing Aboriginal people lived in ...

NEWS.com.au
Kakadu archaeological discovery proves First Australians arrived at least 65000 years ago
NEWS.com.au
NEW proof has been found showing Aboriginal people lived in Australia up to 18,000 years earlier than once thought, at the same time now-extinct species of giant animals roamed the land. A team of archaeologists have uncovered a treasure trove of ...

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Kakadu find confirms earliest Australian occupation
UQ News
Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 65,000 years – much longer than the 47,000 years believed by some archaeologists. The discovery, by a team of archaeologists and dating specialists led by Associate Professor Chris Clarkson from The ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal archaeological discovery in Kakadu rewrites the history of Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
Jabiru, Northern Territory: Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for a minimum of 65,000 years, a team of archaeologists has established - 18,000 years longer than had been proved previously and at least 5000 years longer than had been speculated ...
Indigenous rock shelter in Top End pushes Australia's human history back to 65000 yearsABC Online
Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65000 yearsThe Conversation AU
Indigenous Australians lived alongside giant kangaroos and wombats9news.com.au
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ABC Online
Indigenous rock shelter in Top End pushes Australia's human history back to 65000 years
ABC Online
Dr Clarkson said the agreement was one of the strongest agreements ever negotiated in Australia between traditional owners and archaeology teams. "Aboriginal involvement, Aboriginal permission, Aboriginal rights over the excavation itself are very ...
Aboriginal archaeological discovery in Kakadu rewrites the history of AustraliaThe Sydney Morning Herald
University of Wollongong researchers dig up new details about first AustraliansIllawarra Mercury
Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80000 years agoThe Guardian
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ABC Online
Indigenous rock shelter in Top End pushes Australia's human history back to 65000 years
ABC Online
Dr Clarkson said the agreement was one of the strongest agreements ever negotiated in Australia between traditional owners and archaeology teams. "Aboriginal involvement, Aboriginal permission, Aboriginal rights over the excavation itself are very ...
Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80000 years agoThe Guardian

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Illawarra Mercury
University of Wollongong researchers dig up new details about first Australians
Illawarra Mercury
Associate Professor Chris Clarkson, an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow from the University of Queensland led the expedition, which also included ARC and UOW researchers Professor Zenobia Jacobs, Associate Professor Ben Marwick, ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal archaeological discovery in Kakadu rewrites the history of Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
Jabiru, Northern Territory: Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for a minimum of 65,000 years, a team of archaeologists has established - 18,000 years longer than had been proved previously and at least 5000 years longer than had been speculated ...
Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80000 years agoThe Guardian
Aborigines in Australia longer than previously thought: studyYahoo7 News
Aborigines came here 20000 years before megafauna vanishedThe Australian
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The Guardian
Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80000 years ago
The Guardian
The findings on about 11,000 artefacts from Kakadu national park, published on Thursday in the Nature journal, prove Indigenous people have been in Australia for far longer than the much-contested estimates of between 47,000 and 60,000 years, the ...
First Australians arrived even earlier9news.com.au

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The Advocate
Burnie City Council explores displaying the Aboriginal flag on Australia Day
The Advocate
Alderman voted on Monday to have the council's Australia Day Special Committee consider the matter rather than make the decision themselves. Mayor Anita Dow said this was because the committee “on the council's behalf” coordinates Australia Day events ...

The Canberra Times
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spends $50000 on art
The Canberra Times
The paintings, etchings, and photography - including some by leading Aboriginal Australian artists - are on display in key entertainment and work areas within the diplomatic buildings including Australia House in London and the Australian Consulate ...

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The Advertiser
Opposition Leader Steven Marshall would move Aboriginal affairs into premier's department as part of a broader ...
The Advertiser
OPPOSITION Leader Steven Marshall will move Aboriginal Affairs into the premier's department if he wins the state election in March as part of a broader public service shake-up which he says will restore ministerial accountability to SA while cutting ...

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