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Arnhem Land musician inspiring kids as first Aboriginal to rap in Indigenous language
ABC Online
Musician and dancer Baker Boy had a clear goal in mind: he wanted to be Australia's first Aboriginal artist to rap in an Indigenous language. And with the release of his track Cloud 9, which features the 20-year-old rapping in Yolngu Matha, he's on his ...

ABC Online
Arnhem Land musician inspiring kids as first Aboriginal to rap in Indigenous language
ABC Online
Musician and dancer Baker Boy had a clear goal in mind: he wanted to be Australia's first Aboriginal artist to rap in an Indigenous language. And with the release of his track Cloud 9, which features the 20-year-old rapping in Yolngu Matha, he's on his ...

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Constitutional recognition: Will it mean anything to Aboriginal families?
ABC Online
So could reforming Australia's constitution be of any use to families like Deborah Lonsdale's? Tasmanian Aboriginal writer Michael Mansell doubts that, and thinks many of his people will need convincing that constitutional recognition is a worthwhile step.

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Constitutional recognition: Will it mean anything to Aboriginal families?
ABC Online
So could reforming Australia's constitution be of any use to families like Deborah Lonsdale's? Tasmanian Aboriginal writer Michael Mansell doubts that, and thinks many of his people will need convincing that constitutional recognition is a worthwhile step.

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Artifacts Reveal Aboriginal Life On Australian Coast Existed Some 50000 Years Ago
Tech Times
Researchers found new evidence of Aboriginal occupation in a cave in northwestern Australia, and their findings date back the earliest Australian occupation to about 50,000 years ago. The international team of researchers from various universities ...

Perth Now
Welfare card increases crime
Perth Now
Aboriginal Health Council of WA chairwoman Michelle Nelson-Cox said no drop in meth use had been seen in the East Kimberley, one of two sites in Australia where the Turnbull Government has been trialling the initiative for the past year. She also said ...

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Push to change names linked to Australia's violent colonial past
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He also signed a so-called "treaty" with Aboriginal elders in 1835, believed to be the only such agreement of its kind in Australia. In exchange for items like knives, flour and blankets, Batman's treaty gave him access to around 60,000 acres of land.

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Push to change names linked to Australia's violent colonial past
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He also signed a so-called "treaty" with Aboriginal elders in 1835, believed to be the only such agreement of its kind in Australia. In exchange for items like knives, flour and blankets, Batman's treaty gave him access to around 60,000 acres of land.

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From model to role model: Lois Peeler on inspiring the next generation of Indigenous Australians
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In the 1960's she became Australia's first Aboriginal model, then joined the now famous band The Sapphires touring war-raved Vietnam, as imortalised in the 2012 film. Ms Peeler considers the production “mostly accurate – with some artistic licence” and ...

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From model to role model: Lois Peeler on inspiring the next generation of Indigenous Australians
SBS
In the 1960's she became Australia's first Aboriginal model, then joined the now famous band The Sapphires touring war-raved Vietnam, as imortalised in the 2012 film. Ms Peeler considers the production “mostly accurate – with some artistic licence” and ...

The Guardian
Indigenous leaders head to Uluru for 'historic' meeting on ...
The Guardian
Uluru will host a four-day summit on constitutional recognition that could change Australia's relationship with its first peoples. Photograph: Kristi O'Brien/Tourism ...
Renewing the faith of 67: Indigenous recognition remains elusiveThe Australian
Change gonna come, remembering the 1967 referendum | Illawarra ...Illawarra Mercury

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The Guardian
Indigenous leaders head to Uluru for 'historic' meeting on constitutional recognition
The Guardian
Anderson said the message from the community dialogues was that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples would reject any purely symbolic attempts at recognition and demanded substantive, structural reforms dictating how the Australian parliament, ...
PM, Shorten shun Uluru stop on road to indigenous recognitionThe Australian

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The Australian
Forrest failed to deliver on promises, says Aboriginal dealmaker
The Australian
Tony Shaw tells The Weekend Australian Magazine today that he regrets his role in the Murrin Murrin nickel project in the West Australian Goldfields that launched Mr Forrest's mining career in the late 1990s. Mr Shaw is now a leading Perth-based native ...

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The Australian
Renewing the faith of 67: Indigenous recognition remains elusive
The Australian
It has helped to reshape Australia's self-image and the national approach to Aboriginal people and indigenous culture — so much so that today's proponents of a new referendum hope their proposals for constitutional reform also may have the potential ...
Change gonna come, remembering the 1967 referendumBrisbane Times

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The Australian
Renewing the faith of 67: Indigenous recognition remains elusive
The Australian
It has helped to reshape Australia's self-image and the national approach to Aboriginal people and indigenous culture — so much so that today's proponents of a new referendum hope their proposals for constitutional reform also may have the potential ...
Change gonna come, remembering the 1967 referendumThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Australian
PM, Shorten shun Uluru stop on road to indigenous recognition
The Australian
At each of those meetings 10 representatives were elected for the Uluru gathering, making it indigenous Australia's biggest formal gathering, particularly significant given there was no indigenous representation at the conventions that crafted the 1901 ...

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Mundine wants Indigenous voice in parliament
Sky News Australia
Mr Mundine previously believed effective representation for all Australians already existed in parliaments and has rubbished plans to have dedicated seats in parliament for Aboriginal people or other constitutionally protected bodies. He said ...
Anthony Mundine hints at a future in politicsDaily Mail

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Sky News Australia
Mundine wants Indigenous voice in parliament - Sky News
Sky News Australia
Aboriginal leader Warren Mundine is calling for a constitutionally enshrined indigenous voice in parliament.
Warren Mundine: constitutional recognition profoundly important for ...The Sydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
Earliest evidence found of Indigenous Australian life on coast 50000 years ago
The Guardian
Archaeologists led by the University of Western Australia found evidence of inhabitation on Barrow Island in the country's north west, discovering charcoal, animal remains and ancient artefacts that confirmed hunter-gatherer occupation. Located 60 ...
WA Pilbara coast occupied by Australian Aboriginal 50000 years agoPerth Now
Aust coastal occupation '50000 years old'9news.com.au

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ABC Online
Artefacts found in Pilbara cave show Aboriginal life in northern WA ...
ABC Online
Artefacts found in a remote cave near Western Australia's Pilbara show Aboriginal people were living in the now largely submerged northern coast 50000 years ...
Coastal occupation goes back 50000 yearsPerth Now
Aust coastal occupation '50,000 years old' - 9news.com.au9news.com.au
Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia - ScienceDirectScienceDirect

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