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Warrnambool Standard
Change gonna come, remembering the 1967 referendum
Warrnambool Standard
For Yanti Ropeyarn it was a moment of pure joy, when the significance of what was being attempted on behalf of Aboriginal Australia half a century ago was distilled into a single sentence in a hand-written note in the palm of her hand. The note was ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal women 'sick of being another domestic violence statistic'
ABC Online
A young mother from a town camp in Alice Springs says Aboriginal women are sick of being just another domestic violence statistic. Shirleen Campbell from Hoppy's Camp spoke at this week's inaugural Indigenous Family Violence Policing Conference in ...

ABC Online
Call for corporate Australia to invest in remote Indigenous art centres
ABC Online
The art of remote Australia can often be seen in the background when corporate giants and political leaders appear on the evening news. Depictions of waterholes, dreaming tracks and ancestral spirits animate the walls of many boardrooms and government ...

ABC Online
Call for corporate Australia to invest in remote Indigenous art centres
ABC Online
The art of remote Australia can often be seen in the background when corporate giants and political leaders appear on the evening news. Depictions of waterholes, dreaming tracks and ancestral spirits animate the walls of many boardrooms and government ...

Rare Glass Spearhead Discovered on Rottnest Island
National Geographic Australia
Rottnest held 4,000 men and young boys as prisoners between 1838 and 1931. To begin with, the island was used as an Indigenous prison but later incarcerated non-aboriginals as well. There are 373 indigenous Australians buried at a site called Tentland.

The Conversation AU
How Indigenous tourism can help bring about reconciliation in Australia
The Conversation AU
This is important because, as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples comprise only about 3% of Australia's total population, non-Indigenous Australians can live their lives with little cultural interaction. Experiences potentially fostering ...

The Conversation AU
How Indigenous tourism can help bring about reconciliation in Australia
The Conversation AU
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples use tourism to bridge the cultural divides and create better futures by sharing culture, knowledge and country. Settler-colonial states such as Australia have sought strategies to reconcile their divided ...

Ancient Origins
Remote Australian Archaeological Site Provides More Evidence to Refute Traditional Theory of Entirely Nomadic ...
Ancient Origins
Were the Australian Aborigines of years ago really hunter-gatherers, or did some have settled lives in villages with agriculture and architectural features? Some archaeologists are exploring this new avenue with Aboriginal researchers at a large site ...

The Australian Financial Review
Marcia Langton: Green extremists 'hijacking' Indigenous cause
The Australian Financial Review
Langton has routinely identified Australian mining as a wellspring of real and sustaining economic enfranchisement of remote Aboriginal communities around our mining nation. This has made her controversial in some corners of Australian society.
Indigenous people victims of 'green' fight against Adani mine, says Marcia LangtonThe Guardian

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The Australian Financial Review
Marcia Langton: Green extremists 'hijacking' Indigenous cause
The Australian Financial Review
Langton has routinely identified Australian mining as a wellspring of real and sustaining economic enfranchisement of remote Aboriginal communities around our mining nation. This has made her controversial in some corners of Australian society.
Indigenous people victims of 'green' fight against Adani mine, says Marcia LangtonThe Guardian

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The Australian
Greens, anti-Adani groups 'hijacking' interests of Aboriginal people
The Australian
Dr Langton, in her Australian Mining Industry Annual Lecture address, said green-backed anti-mining activists used a series of “sophisticated and well-funded manoeuvres” to disguise their strategies to end mining as “pro-indigenous campaigns”. “Let me ...
Indigenous people victims of 'green' fight against Adani mine, says Marcia LangtonThe Guardian

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The Australian
Greens, anti-Adani groups 'hijacking' interests of Aboriginal people
The Australian
Dr Langton, in her Australian Mining Industry Annual Lecture address, said green-backed anti-mining activists used a series of “sophisticated and well-funded manoeuvres” to disguise their strategies to end mining as “pro-indigenous campaigns”. “Let me ...
Indigenous people victims of 'green' fight against Adani mine, says Marcia LangtonThe Guardian

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Tone Deaf
10 music videos by Indigenous artists that everyone needs to see
Tone Deaf
Music is a hugely important part of Australia's Indigenous culture, and our country is and always has been home to an array of talented Aboriginal performers. From icons like Yothu Yindi and Archie Roach who made a huge impact with their music in ...

UQ News
Ground-breaking UQ professors honoured as Queensland Greats
UQ News
A health and nursing academic who has devoted her life to improving the health of Indigenous Australians and a neuroscience pioneer who was founding director of the Queensland Brain Institute – both University of Queensland professors – have received ...
QUT vice-chancellor Peter Coaldrake named a 'Queensland Great'The Australian

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Northern Star
The beard that stopped the nation is coming to Lismore
Northern Star
At a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881, the men and women of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve went head-to-head with the Aboriginal Protection Board. Their goal was both simple and revolutionary: to be allowed to continue the brilliant ...

Northern Star
The beard that stopped the nation is coming to Lismore
Northern Star
Coranderrk is a collaboration between leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, researchers, education experts and community members. The production aims to encourage a shared understanding of the past between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ...

Program creating opportunities for Aboriginal people
CathNews
MercyCare Chief Executive Officer Chris Hall said the traineeship program was part of the organisation's commitment to working with Aboriginal people to create employment opportunities. “MercyCare is committed to supporting Aboriginal people's ...

Northern Star
Ball recognises all Australians
Northern Star
Mayor Robert Mustow, Aboriginal Ambassador of the Year Cath Gillespie, Irene Green, compere Troy Combo, Elder of the Year Vivian Lambeth, compere Troy Freeburn, Isaachar Fraser, Young Person of the Year Tara Freeburn, Community Achievers Award ...

The Conversation AU
FactCheck Q&A: are Indigenous Australians the most incarcerated people on Earth?
The Conversation AU
During a Q&A episode marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum, Cape York Partnership founder Noel Pearson outlined some of the problems Indigenous Australians continue to face, including high incarceration rates. Pearson said Indigenous ...
Noel Pearson denies he swore at Malcolm Turnbull - The AustralianThe Australian

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The Conversation AU
FactCheck Q&A: are Indigenous Australians the most incarcerated people on Earth?
The Conversation AU
During a Q&A episode marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum, Cape York Partnership founder Noel Pearson outlined some of the problems Indigenous Australians continue to face, including high incarceration rates. Pearson said Indigenous ...
Australia lags behind in Indigenous affairs | The Daily AdvertiserDaily Advertiser
Noel Pearson denies he swore at Malcolm Turnbull - The AustralianThe Australian
Noel Pearson denies calling Turnbull a 'white c***' | Daily Mail OnlineDaily Mail

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