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9news.com.au
Why Indigenous people want to change the date of Australia Day
9news.com.au
Many Indigenous Australians refer to Australia Day as Survival Day or Invasion Day. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have long opposed the holiday being held on the date of colonisation, with Ms McGrath joining a chorus of activists ...
NITV's 3LACK60 Sessions: #ChangeTheDateSBS
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9news.com.au
Why Indigenous people want to change the date of Australia Day ...
9news.com.au
Activists have urged the nation to think about why Indigenous people find it so offensive to celebrate Australia Day on the date that started "200+ years of ...
NITV's 3LACK60 Sessions: #ChangeTheDate | NITV - SBSSBS
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Change the Date: hip-hop artists collaborate on new Australia Day ...The Guardian
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Solving the problem of Australia Day
On Line opinion
On the one hand, many enthusiasts for Australia Day want the Aboriginal critics and their non-Aboriginal advocates to basically “get over” their resentment – some even suggesting that it is based on a false or excessively negative reading of Australian ...

ABC Online
Sydney Festival invites choir to sing in Indigenous language Darug on Australia Day
ABC Online
One Sydney Indigenous woman is trying to use the power of song to shape the conversation about which date Australia Day should be celebrated. Jacinta Tobin, a senior Darug woman, is trying to revive Sydney's original language and to do that she will be ...

NEWS.com.au
Stats show how far we've come in 50 years
NEWS.com.au
The 1966 Census recorded a national population of 11,540,764, though it's important to note that a historic referendum — which recognised Aboriginal Australians in the Census and Australia's population statistics — took place the following year ...

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Independent Australia
How the rise of Trump is related to indigenocide and Australia Day
Independent Australia
There will be endless talk about the great Australian spirit and all being together. It is all bullshit. Indigenocide saw the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Aboriginal people between 1788 and 1850, either through actual force of arms, or more often ...

The Conversation AU
The markers of everyday racism in Australia
The Conversation AU
Claire Smith has received funding from the Australian Research Council for research into Aboriginal people living in the long grass in Darwin. Jordan Ralph receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship and ...
Australia Day Is Stained With Blood And It's Time We Moved ItHuffington Post Australia
Why I won't be partying on 26 JanuaryRed Flag
Australian style: meet the designers at the forefront of contemporary Australian designDomain News
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The Conversation AU
The markers of everyday racism in Australia
The Conversation AU
Claire Smith has received funding from the Australian Research Council for research into Aboriginal people living in the long grass in Darwin. Jordan Ralph receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship and ...

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The Guardian
Northern Australia beset by floods but Indigenous groups warn of fire risk
The Guardian
Aboriginal rangers and traditional owners conduct fire management burns in the Katiti-Petermann Indigenous protected area, in the remote desert country near the Western Australia and Northern Territory border. Photograph: Helen Davidson for the Guardian.

Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous sorry business treads a well-worn track
The Australian
Congratulations to Nick Cater for his excellent article on indigenous sorry business (“Too many caught up in cycle of the sorry business”, 24/1). He makes reference to “the keepers of indigenous rage”. Tomorrow is Australia Day, so we can expect to ...
Mason gives hope to indigenous womenNEWS.com.au
Indigenous Homeless Hit Hardest By Funding Uncertainty | PBAPro Bono Australia
'It was the start of our genocide'Geelong Advertiser
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The Australian
Bear hug for first indigenous minister Ken Wyatt
The Australian
The Prime Minister made special mention of the importance of Mr Wyatt's appointment as the first indigenous Australian to head a federal portfolio. Mr Hunt took the opportunity to highlight one of his priorities as he posed for a photograph with former ...

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Courier Mail
January 26 is Australia Day. Stop trying to change it
Courier Mail
Indigenous Australians describe it as “Invasion Day” and argue there is nothing positive or beneficial about the arrival of the First Fleet. The latest Meat and Livestock lamb advertisement, where MasterChef's Poh Ling Yeow asks “aren't we all boat people?

Perth Now
January 26 is Australia Day. Stop trying to change it
Perth Now
Indigenous Australians describe it as “Invasion Day” and argue there is nothing positive or beneficial about the arrival of the First Fleet. The latest Meat and Livestock lamb advertisement, where MasterChef's Poh Ling Yeow asks “aren't we all boat people?

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dailytelegraph.com.au
January 26 is Australia Day. Stop trying to change it
dailytelegraph.com.au
Indigenous Australians describe it as “Invasion Day” and argue there is nothing positive or beneficial about the arrival of the First Fleet. The latest Meat and Livestock lamb advertisement, where MasterChef's Poh Ling Yeow asks “aren't we all boat people?

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CT Australia (press release)
Australia Day – Indigenous, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Mainstream
CT Australia (press release)
The question raised in the leftie and elite classes is whether even the term 'Australia Day' should be declared – to illustrate, indigenous groups call it Invasion Day, some Muslim hardliners only recognise their religious-politic days. What is it that ...

ABC Online
'An act of betrayal against Australia': Fremantle divided over cancellation of Australia Day festivities
ABC Online
He said Aboriginal people find nothing to celebrate about the day, which marks the arrival of the First Fleet. "Australia Day being celebrated on the 26th of January means the celebration of history, and in that history Aboriginal people have suffered ...
WA celebrates Australia Day with a bangNEWS.com.au

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ArtsHub (subscription)
$300000 grant builds Indigenous cultural leadership
ArtsHub (subscription)
'We are delighted to not only contribute to the career of a leading indigenous Australian with this outstanding learning opportunity, but also increase the sum total of leadership, knowledge and diversity in the important arts culture and creative ...

Artists divided as some boycott Australia Day
ArtsHub (subscription)
For some, 26 January is a day to celebrate the founding of the country we now call Australia. For others it's an excuse for a barbie and a day off. But for an increasing number of Australians - especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – 26 ...

Mashable
Indigenous Australia has a message for you: #ChangeTheDate
Mashable
If you've been on Australian social media lately, you may have seen a message: #ChangeTheDate. Jan. 26, 1788 was the first official day of European colonialism in Australia. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, it marks the beginning of a ...
Change the Date: hip-hop artists collaborate on new Australia Day trackThe Guardian
Aussie hip hop artists unite for 'Change the Date' trackABC Online

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Courier Mail
Kylie Lang, The Courier-Mail
Courier Mail
And if moving the January 26 booze-fest forward to January 1 does help heal deep and understandable wounds for many indigenous Australians, even better. January 26 was the wrong choice from the get-go, and as we've only had it in place since 1938, ...