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NT News
All welcome on Jan 26
NT News
WHILE some denounce Australia Day as Invasion Day, an Aboriginal clan from northeast Arnhem Land uses it to welcome doctors, nurses, teachers, police and the community to their land and to thank them for their contributions. On Thursday, the ...

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The Advocate
Know Australia Day before you change it
The Advocate
Many Indigenous elders shudder at the mentioning of Australia Day as a time to celebrate this country, for the scars inflicted on their culture still show. There is a significant number of people – probably a majority of Australians – who will ...

Courier Mail
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
Courier Mail
Clan leader, Bakamumu Marika, 59, says: “Australia Day is a very significant day for Australians, including Yolgnu people, the First Australians. We don't talk about negative things. It's about a birth of citizenship and freedom, for all of them on our ...

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Courier Mail
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
Courier Mail
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
dailytelegraph.com.au
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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The Advertiser
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
The Advertiser
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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Herald Sun
Arnhem Land: Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
Herald Sun
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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Daily Advertiser
What's happening in Wagga Wagga
Daily Advertiser
On Australia Day 2017 do we, as Aboriginal people, just turn our backs on the day and try to pretend that it is not happening, or do we try to find a way to show and educate others about the amazing culture that we have and have had for over 60,000 years.

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Coolum News
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
Coolum News
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane" to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

The Reporter
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
The Reporter
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane" to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

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Whitsunday Times
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
Whitsunday Times
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane" to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

The Satellite
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
The Satellite
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane” to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

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Bundaberg News Mail
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
Bundaberg News Mail
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane" to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

It's a load of crystal balls
The Australian
A referendum will approve the new constitutional preamble recognising Aboriginal Australia. The referendum will be lost following a virulent campaign by right-wing pundits. Australia will close offshore detention centres and agree to accept its ...

The Australian
Indigenous hopes for heritage status for Lake Condah
The Australian
Yesterday, descendants of Victoria's southwest Aboriginal peoples heard Malcolm Turnbull grant them their wish — Australia's commitment to seek World Heritage status for the site. On the lake's shore, the Prime Minister told the crowd that he had been ...
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape: Ancient Aboriginal site a step closer to UNESCO World Heritage statusABC Online
Ancient Indigenous site Budj Bim a step closer to World Heritage status after a big day for Portland districtThe Age
Remarks at Budj Bim Cultural LandscapeSatellite PR News (press release)

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The Australian
Our day of dilemma
The Australian
The conversation won't stop until we do something about it because it makes too many people uncomfortable – a minority of Australians, aware that we've not listened hard enough to our Aboriginal brothers and sisters over several centuries. Disquiet ...

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The Australian
Our day of dilemma
The Australian
The conversation won't stop until we do something about it because it makes too many people uncomfortable – a minority of Australians, aware that we've not listened hard enough to our Aboriginal brothers and sisters over several centuries. Disquiet ...

The Advertiser
Waving the flag for right reasons?
The Advertiser
In 1988, with the Bicentennial First Fleet re-enactment in Sydney Harbour, every state and territory agreed to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 itself, rather than with a long weekend. This was the year indigenous Australians renamed Australia Day ...

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The Mercury
Waving the flag for right reasons?
The Mercury
In 1988, with the Bicentennial First Fleet re-enactment in Sydney Harbour, every state and territory agreed to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 itself, rather than with a long weekend. This was the year indigenous Australians renamed Australia Day ...

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The Mercury
Waving the flag for right reasons?
The Mercury
Last August, Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt announced that for Aboriginal Australians, January 26 is “a day of sadness and dispossession”. He was proud to see his council support change and said he hoped to see “a wave of change across the nation that ...

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