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New WA govt winds up Aboriginal Affairs dept
National Indigenous Times
The Western Australian government has scrapped its Aboriginal Affairs Department in a move cautiously welcomed by some sectors of the state's Aboriginal community. The axing of the department came as part of a public sector shake-up announced by new ...

National Indigenous Times
Bunna Lawrie to bring 'Black Boy' beats back to Barunga
National Indigenous Times
Coloured Stone was an Australian Indigenous band whose members had cut its teeth the hard way, knocking on doors and travelling the back roads of Australia selling recycled drink bottles. Then came 'Black Boy', arguably the band's most defining song.

National Indigenous Times
Bunna Lawrie to bring 'Black Boy' beats back to Barunga
National Indigenous Times
Coloured Stone was an Australian Indigenous band whose members had cut its teeth the hard way, knocking on doors and travelling the back roads of Australia selling recycled drink bottles. Then came 'Black Boy', arguably the band's most defining song.

ABC Online
Bush bananas: The bush tucker that kept Indigenous stockman David Newry strong
ABC Online
Miriwoong man David Newry was born in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1960, it was a time when the town of Kununurra did not exist and the Ord River was not dammed. "I'm older than Kununurra," he said proudly. He spent his young adult ...

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Frist Center Presents "Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan & Levi Collection"
PR Newswire (press release)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 2, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan & Levi Collection, an exhibition that explores the flourishing of indigenous Australian ...

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Frist Center Presents "Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan & Levi Collection"
PR Newswire (press release)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 2, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan & Levi Collection, an exhibition that explores the flourishing of indigenous Australian ...

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The Australian
Indigenous to receive project lending boost
The Australian
Indigenous Business Australia, the federal agency tasked with funding home and business loans, will have its rules changed from the new financial year to provide intensive support to projects that would otherwise have little chance of succeeding, in ...

The Australian
Indigenous students on the rise at the University of Newcastle
The Australian
Trawling through hundreds of hours of sound files from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra, he found anomalies between the tapes and his knowledge of Aboriginal language. It became evident that scholars ...

The Australian
Indigenous students on the rise at the University of Newcastle
The Australian
Trawling through hundreds of hours of sound files from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra, he found anomalies between the tapes and his knowledge of Aboriginal language. It became evident that scholars ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal ancestor's mummified remains repatriated to northern Queensland from German museum
ABC Online
To date, 1,474 Aboriginal ancestral remains have been returned to Australia from overseas. It is estimated that more than 1,000 are still housed in overseas collections. Dr Gillespie said funding was available to assist with the repatriation of ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal ancestor's mummified remains repatriated to northern Queensland from German museum
ABC Online
His mummified remains were removed from Australia in 1904 by German anthropologist Hermann Klaatsch, and have been in the possession of Frankfurt Naturmuseum Senckenburg in Frankfurt for decades. His body was returned to Australia in March, then ...

St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
Sutherland Shire Council receives national award for exhibition promoting indigenous recognition
St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
The Promoting Indigenous Recognition Award acknowledges local government initiatives that promote recognition of the unique place and contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia through engaging Indigenous peoples in ...

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St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
Sutherland Shire Council receives national award for exhibition promoting indigenous recognition
St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
The Promoting Indigenous Recognition Award acknowledges local government initiatives that promote recognition of the unique place and contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia through engaging Indigenous peoples in ...

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The Australian
Yirramboi First Nations Arts Festival: Voice of the peoples
The Australian
In recent years Australians have embraced traditional indigenous names when describing the languages, culture and land of our original inhabitants. There's a much greater awareness that, far from being a homogenous group, the first Australians had ...

ABC Online
Meth Australia's biggest social problem aside from treatment of Aboriginal people, judge says
ABC Online
A WA District Court judge has called methamphetamine Australia's biggest ever social problem, tantamount only to the treatment of Aboriginal people. Judge Phillip McCann made the comments during the sentencing of Crystal Godfrey in Geraldton, 400 ...
Young mum jailed after trying to flee police while carrying $160k of meth, $60k in cashThe West Australian

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ABC Online
Legacy, dumped asbestos waste 'widespread' in remote Indigenous Australia, report finds
ABC Online
Dumped asbestos in and around remote Indigenous communities is a widespread problem and the cost of removing it is three times higher compared to non-remote areas, a study from the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (ASEA) has found.

ABC Online
Legacy, dumped asbestos waste 'widespread' in remote Indigenous Australia, report finds
ABC Online
Dumped asbestos in and around remote Indigenous communities is a widespread problem and the cost of removing it is three times higher compared to non-remote areas, a study from the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (ASEA) has found.

St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
PHOTOS | Meeting of Two Cultures ceremony at Kurnell
St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
The ceremony acknowledged the traditional owners of the land, the Australian Aboriginal people,and the meeting of the indigenous inhabitants with European explorers. Guests on the day included Cook MP and Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison and Cronulla ...

St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
Sutherland Shire Council receives national award for exhibition promoting indigenous recognition
St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
The Promoting Indigenous Recognition Award acknowledges local government initiatives that promote recognition of the unique place and contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia through engaging Indigenous peoples in ...

National Geographic Australia
7000 Year Old Indigenous Story Proved True
National Geographic Australia
One of Australia's youngest volcanos, Kinrara is believed to be the volcano mentioned in the 7,000-year-old Indigenous story. The Indigenous story and timeline hold fast in light of new evidence. Kinrara's eruption would've been large: suffocating ash ...