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ABC Online
Aboriginal man wanted to 'do something nice' after overhearing racist comments in a Fremantle cafe
ABC Online
Jarred Wall, 31, was having lunch with his fiancee and his two children at a Perth cafe when he listened to a pair of "elderly ladies" discussing Aboriginal people. "The first part of the conversation started with basically one of them saying 'He got ...
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The Guardian
Reimagining The Drover's Wife: Leah Purcell weaves Indigenous Australia into classic tale
The Guardian
Purcell is getting ready to perform in her radical rewrite of the Henry Lawson short story The Drover's Wife, retooled with strong Indigenous emphasis and autobiography, while retaining a few Lawson plot points: bullock shooting and rogue swaggies ...

Independent Australia
Former PM Howard on a treaty: 'Appalled' or 'appalling'?
Independent Australia
Obviously, Howard's principle and words didn't – and still don't – apply for Australia's Indigenous peoples. We didn't and, apparently, still don't need to establish Indigenous consent or agreement to move forward together as one united nation — even ...

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Pedestrian TV
Aboriginal Man Gifts Sassy Cuppa Tea To Old Ladies After Racist Cafe Convo
Pedestrian TV
... his post with the hashtags #Black LivesMatter and #EnglishBreakfastTea (which we're thinking is a rather pointed yet subtle commentary on exactly who was responsible for the colonisation of, and treacherous acts against the First People of Australia).
Aboriginal man's brilliant response to racismThe Advertiser
'Enjoy the tea!': Man confronts racist conversation with a nice pot of teaMashable
'Distasteful conversation' gets perfect response from Indigenous AustralianThe New Daily
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The Sydney Morning Herald
TV review: Howard on Menzies: Building Modern Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
People of opposing views are on hand to hose down any attempts at hagiography, and Menzies' unavoidable shortcomings – including when it came to both Indigenous Australia and ending the White Australia policy – are acknowledged. The series also ...

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The Creators Project (blog)
It's Time to Rethink How We See Indigenous Australian Art
The Creators Project (blog)
A recent exhibition at the Harvard Art Museum set out to change how we view and contextualize Australian Indigenous art—not as relics of the past, but as contemporary, internationally relevant contributions. Everywhen: The Eternal Present in ...

The Advertiser
Aboriginal man's brilliant response to racism
The Advertiser
Perth man Jarred Wall was having lunch with a friend in Fremantle when he heard two elderly ladies talking about Aboriginal people. “The conversation was less than distasteful with words like assimilation being thrown around willy nilly,” he wrote in a ...
Man buys racist neighbours a pot of tea in ultimate power moveMashable
'Distasteful conversation' gets perfect response from Indigenous AustralianThe New Daily
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Huffington Post Australia
Indigenous Man Stands Up To Racism With A Friendly Pot Of Tea
Huffington Post Australia
A Perth man who overheard two women making racist comments about Indigenous Australians has responded in the most perfect way possible -- by buying them a friendly pot of tea. Jarred Wall and a friend, who are both Indigenous, were having lunch at ...
'Distasteful conversation' gets perfect response from Indigenous AustralianThe New Daily
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Pacific & Australia: cruises, island-hopping and Aboriginal art
The Times (subscription)
Yasawa Island is a green scratch on the Pacific, 13 miles long and half a mile wide, with emerald peaks that plunge down onto powder-white beaches into an ocean teeming with tropical fish. The Yasawa Island Resort has just 18 beachfront thatched suites ...

The Age
Aboriginal artefacts in Sotheby's auction prompt questions over ...
The Age
"I defy anyone to look at these and not feel uncomfortable," says Indigenous artist Jonathan Jones of the broad shields listed in the catalogue for the Sotheby's ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal artefacts in Sotheby's auction prompt questions over provenance
The Sydney Morning Herald
Jones, along with National Museum of Australia senior curator Carol Cooper, is on a mission to find out exactly where shields like this came from, right down to identifying the people who made them. Indigenous artist Jonathan Jones holding one of the ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal artefacts in Sotheby's auction prompt questions over provenance
The Sydney Morning Herald
Jones, along with National Museum of Australia senior curator Carol Cooper, is on a mission to find out exactly where shields like this came from, right down to identifying the people who made them. Indigenous artist Jonathan Jones holding one of the ...

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The Guardian
NT Aboriginal corporation appeals court decision in mining royalty case
The Guardian
A file picture of the Gove bauxite mine in the Northern Territory. The Rirratjingu Aboriginal Corporation has been involved in a court battle with the Northern Land Council about mining royalties. Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images.

ABC Online
Boyer Lectures: Sir Michael Marmot urges Australia to invest in early childhood to close Indigenous health gap
ABC Online
If Australia wants to close the gap between the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, the traditional approach of treating disease will not do it, epidemiologist Sir Michael Marmot says. Indigenous life expectancy is 10 years lower than ...

ABC Online
Boyer Lectures: Sir Michael Marmot urges Australia to invest in early childhood to close Indigenous health gap
ABC Online
"In my view, the reason why Aboriginal Australians have worse health than the non-Indigenous population is because of inequality," Sir Michael, president of the World Medical Association and director of the Institute of Health Equity, says in his ...

Football Australia (press release)
Fogarty aims to inspire Aboriginal talent
Football Australia (press release)
For followers of the indoor game in Australia the sight of Fogarty proudly waving the Aboriginal flag upon the conclusion of another victory has become ubiquitous, and it's something that the engaging attacker is hoping to repeat at the 2016 edition of ...

Football Australia (press release)
Fogarty aims to inspire Aboriginal talent
Football Australia (press release)
For followers of the indoor game in Australia the sight of Fogarty proudly waving the Aboriginal flag upon the conclusion of another victory has become ubiquitous, and it's something that the engaging attacker is hoping to repeat at the 2016 edition of ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
The women taking on Australia's global suicide capital
The Sydney Morning Herald
A 2016 audit of data from 2005 to 2014 found the Indigenous suicide rate in the Kimberley to be more than seven times Australia's average in 2011, with 74 suicides per 100,000 compared to 9.9 per 100,000 across Australia. Of those, 27 per cent were ...

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The Australian
QUT's Oodgeroo unit for indigenous students not discriminatory
The Australian
At the outset, QUT unapologetically stands by its longstanding and hitherto uncontroversial practice of providing a support unit and services dedicated to encourage and assist indigenous students in their education here. Most Australian universities ...

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Brisbane Times
No spark for Australia Day fireworks in Cockburn - Brisbane Times
Brisbane Times
The Australia Day fireworks in the southern suburbs are officially dead after the City of Cockburn decided it couldn't afford to foot the bill for the event.

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