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ABC Online
NAIDOC Week: Aboriginal groups to be given more say over South Australian policy decisions
ABC Online
Aboriginal people in South Australia will have more say over their future under an Australian-first agreement, the State Government has said. Three Aboriginal organisations have been recognised as South Australia's first Aboriginal Regional Authorities.
Songlines: The living narrative of AustraliaPlaneta.com
Healthy NAIDOC WeekThe Maitland Mercury

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The Guardian
One in five Indigenous children born in Western Australia has no birth certificate: study
The Guardian
Nearly one in five Indigenous children born in Western Australia has no birth documents, with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, new research has found. A study published in the ...
Many Indigenous children have no birth recordSky News Australia
One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth recordDaily Mail
Invisible children: research shows up to one in five Aboriginal newborns aren't registeredThe Conversation AU

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The Conversation AU
No identity: One in five Aboriginal births unregistered in western Australia
Science Daily
The high number of unregistered births suggests Aboriginal families face major barriers registering the birth of newborns. In Western Australia, parents must lodge the necessary forms with the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages within 60 days of ...
One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth recordDaily Mail
Invisible children: research shows up to one in five Aboriginal newborns aren't registeredThe Conversation AU
No Birth Certificate: 1 In 5 Aboriginal Babies In WA Are UnregisteredHuffington Post Australia
WAtoday -The Guardian
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ABC Local
Eumundi's first all-Indigenous markets open for business
ABC Local
Called the Eumundi Cultural and Creative Market, it is one of several social enterprise projects of Indigenous community development organisation SevGen. The market operates on the last Friday of the month at the Pavillion market site in the small town ...

ABC Local
Cleverman showcases revival of Australia's Indigenous languages
ABC Local
According to Languages Australia, hundreds of Australian Indigenous languages have died out in the past 200 years. One of the languages that almost died, but has been revived, is Gumbaynggirr, based on the mid north coast of New South Wales.

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ABC Online
Berndt Museum curator calls for space to display collection of Aboriginal art
ABC Online
The Berndt Museum at the University of Western Australia (UWA) has one of the most culturally significant collections of Aboriginal art and objects in the world. But right now those objects are packed away in storage boxes and containers in rooms at ...

ABC Online
Berndt Museum curator calls for space to display collection of Aboriginal art
ABC Online
The Berndt Museum at the University of Western Australia (UWA) has one of the most culturally significant collections of Aboriginal art and objects in the world. But right now those objects are packed away in storage boxes and containers in rooms at ...

ABC Online
Australian Story: David Batty is one of the Bush Mechanics mob
ABC Online
David joined it to make videos and train young Aboriginal filmmakers. He got a call from the Warlpiri mob asking him to come out and make a show like Sesame Street in their own language. Creating Manyu Wana, he met Francis "Jupurrula" Kelly. One of the ...

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Thomson Reuters Foundation
One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record
Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON, July 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly one in five aboriginal children born in Western Australia has no birth documents with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, research ...

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The Daily Star
No identity: 1 in 5 Aboriginal births unregistered in western Australia University of Sydney
EurekAlert (press release)
Nearly one in five Aboriginal children aged less than 16 years old in Western Australia had unregistered births according to new research that means thousands of Aboriginal children are likely to have no official identity. Published today in The ...
One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth recordDaily Mail
Many Aboriginal children have no identitySBS

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Thomson Reuters Foundation
One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record
Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON, July 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly one in five aboriginal children born in Western Australia has no birth documents with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, research ...
No identity: 1 in 5 Aboriginal births unregistered in western AustraliaScience Codex
Thousands of Aboriginal children have no official identityBusiness Insider Australia

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One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record
Daily Mail
LONDON, July 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly one in five aboriginal children born in Western Australia has no birth documents with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, research ...

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ABC Online
Growth in aged Indigenous populations 'unprecedented'
ABC Online
Improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life expectancy is expected to deliver a surge in Indigenous seniors over the next decade. There are currently 51,303 Indigenous Australians aged over 60, and by 2026, that figure is expected to ...

ABC Online
Assigned birthday brings mixed emotions for Stolen Generations
ABC Online
Aboriginal people across Australia have celebrated their assigned birthday, a date that brings mixed emotions for members of the Stolen Generations. Through much of the 20th century, Aboriginal people were given the birth date of July 1 by authorities, ...

The West Australian
Australia's first Aboriginal ballerina has life of wonder
The West Australian
There were about 10 cottages with about 10 or 11 Aboriginal children in them from all over WA,” she said. “We had care of a house mother and it was very institutional. We were under assimilation, that was the idea of Sister Kate's originally — that we ...

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The West Australian
Australia's first Aboriginal ballerina - The West Australian
The West Australian
There were about 10 cottages with about 10 or 11 Aboriginal children in them from all over WA,” she said. “We had care of a house mother and it was very institutional. We were under assimilation, that was the idea of Sister Kate's originally — that we ...

The West Australian
Australia's first Aboriginal ballerina - The West Australian
The West Australian
There were about 10 cottages with about 10 or 11 Aboriginal children in them from all over WA,” she said. “We had care of a house mother and it was very institutional. We were under assimilation, that was the idea of Sister Kate's originally — that we ...

The West Australian
Celebrating storylines of WA's First People
The West Australian
“The collections tell stories about the early colonisation and settlement of Western Australia and the impacts of this on Aboriginal people,” she said. “It is an area of our history that has traditionally been told from a European perspective but is ...

Center for Research on Globalization
Radioactive Waste and the “Nuclear War” against Australia's Aboriginal people
Center for Research on Globalization
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes persist today with plans to dump over half a million tonnes of high and intermediate ...

SBS
Linda Burney to become first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history
SBS
Ms Burney told NITV she strongly supported constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, saying it did not preclude a treaty later being formed. “I know that there are diverse views in our community about this issue but it is unrealistic to ...
Australia looks set to get its first federal female Aboriginal MPBusiness Insider Australia
Linda Burney becomes first Indigenous woman elected to Australia's lower houseThe Guardian
Linda Burney Just Became The First Indigenous Woman In The House Of RepresentativesHuffington Post Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald -NEWS.com.au -National Indigenous Times
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