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Aboriginal Superhero Makes Australian TV Debut
Voice of America
Australia has its first Indigenous superhero. Cleverman, a fantasy drama that has had its premiere on Australian television, blends Aboriginal mythology with modern superhuman style and cutting political commentary on racism and identity. It is set in ...

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School closed in remote Australian indigenous community
World Socialist Web Site
Queensland's state Labor government last month withdrew teachers and shut down the only school in the remote Aboriginal township of Aurukun, blaming violence by local youth, while boosting the number of police in the town from five to 21. It was the ...

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School closed in remote Australian indigenous community
World Socialist Web Site
Queensland's state Labor government last month withdrew teachers and shut down the only school in the remote Aboriginal township of Aurukun, blaming violence by local youth, while boosting the number of police in the town from five to 21. It was the ...

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ABC Local
Why closing the gaps between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians is not black and white
Warwick Daily News
LONG-TERM and sustainable grassroots-backed job programs are the key to ensuring the Southern Downs's Aboriginal residents are better educated, healthier and live longer. That's the view from three of the nation's leading indigenous experts who have ...
Prominent Indigenous Australians throw weight behind constitutional change and treaty debateABC Local
Six inspiring Indigenous stories for Reconciliation WeekArtsHub (subscription)
Still a long way to go on Indigenous issuesThe Sunshine Coast Daily
The Australian -Pro Bono Australia -ABC Online
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ABC Local
Astronomy the centre point of Indigenous culture
ABC Local
Indigenous peoples' spiritual and physical connection to the land also extends to the stars, according to a Monash University astronomer Dr Duane Hamacher. According to Dr Hamacher, astronomy is centre point of Indigenous culture in Australia, playing ...

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Astronomy the centre point of Indigenous culture
ABC Online
Indigenous peoples' spiritual and physical connection to the land also extends to the stars, according to a Monash University astronomer Dr Duane Hamacher. According to Dr Hamacher, astronomy is centre point of Indigenous culture in Australia, playing ...

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Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal people vow to stop nuclear waste dumps
Green Left Weekly
In the plans of governments in Adelaide and Canberra, South Australia is to become the country's “nuclear waste dump state”. Most South Australians remain sceptical. And among the state's Aboriginal population — on whose ancestral lands the dumps ...

The Guardian
Aboriginal sacred site up to 8000 years old destroyed by 'cultural vandals'
The Guardian
Two ochre stencils on a cave wall in the upper reaches of the Derwent valley were found destroyed by members of Tasmania's Aboriginal community on the eve of Sorry Day, which marks the anniversary of the Bringing them Home report into the stolen ...

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The Guardian
Aboriginal sacred site up to 8000 years old destroyed by 'cultural vandals'
The Guardian
Clyde Mansell, chairman of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council, said the stencils were believed to have been made between 800 and 8,000 years ago by members of the teen toomele menennye, or Big River people, on their way down through the ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
ABC's Indigenous hero series Cleverman wins plaudits ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
The drama which features an 80 per cent indigenous cast received glowing reviews on social media after its first episode on Thursday night, with Australian audiences hailing the show as "incredible television", "brilliant" and "the show Australia needs ...
Aboriginal Australian folklore gets familiar sci-fi take in SundanceTV's 'Cleverman'Tampabay.com (blog)
Deborah Mailman: Australia Is Now Realising The Worth Of Indigenous WorkJunkee
Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi 'Cleverman' Is Getting International CoveragePedestrian TV
A.V. Club -Inverse -The Guardian
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ABC Message Stick
Eddie Mabo hailed a hero by Indigenous community leaders on anniversary of landmark decision
ABC Message Stick
On the 24th anniversary of the High Court's landmark decision on Indigenous land rights, community leaders in far north Queensland have hailed Eddie Koiki Mabo a hero of the people. Traditional land owner Tommy Pau said Mr Mabo was particularly ...

Junkee
Deborah Mailman: Australia Is Now Realising The Worth Of Indigenous Work
Junkee
After months of anticipation including an announcement of a second season before the first episode even aired, Australia had its first look at Cleverman last night. The overwhelming consensus: the hype has been worth it.
Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi 'Cleverman' Is Getting International CoveragePedestrian TV
Hunter Page-Lochard stars as Koen West in Cleverman, which begins on Thursday. Photo: Lisa TomasettiThe Sydney Morning Herald
Cleverman recap, season one episode one: supernatural and politicalThe Guardian
Australia Network News -Hollywood Reporter -The New Daily
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ABC Local
Prominent Indigenous Australians throw weight behind constitutional change and treaty debate
ABC Local
Prominent Indigenous Australians have thrown their weight behind the possibility of constitutional change and a treaty, after the Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister said Australia could have both. Speaking at a Reconciliation Week visit to the ...
Six inspiring Indigenous stories for Reconciliation WeekArtsHub (subscription)
Indigenous Leaders Call For Post Election SummitPro Bono Australia
Commonwealth Bank announces intention to reach Indigenous employment parity by 2026ABC Online
Central Western Daily
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ArtsHub (subscription)
Six inspiring Indigenous stories for Reconciliation Week
ArtsHub (subscription)
It has the bookends of two significant dates: 27 May, which marks the anniversary of Australia's most successful referendum that saw 90 per cent of Australians vote to give the Commonwealth the power to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
Prominent Indigenous Australians throw weight behind constitutional change and treaty debateABC Local
SISTER MARY: Constitutional recognition for Australia's first people is neededCentral Western Daily
Indigenous Leaders Call For Post Election SummitPro Bono Australia
ABC Online -My Sunshine Coast (press release) -The Stringer
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ABC Online
Commonwealth Bank announces intention to reach Indigenous employment parity by 2026
ABC Online
The Commonwealth Bank announced on Thursday it will significantly raise the number of Indigenous Australians it employs, hoping to reflect population levels by 2026. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 2.4 per cent of the population ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous woman hit with baseball bat in 'cowardly' attack
The Guardian
One woman was hit with a baseball bat during an assault on a group of Indigenous people that left two hospitalised in Darwin on Wednesday night. Northern Territory police on Thursday said a group of six Indigenous people were sitting in a Darwin park ...

Aboriginal elder who became Australia's first permanent deacon turns 80
Catholic Leader
His road to ministry was not an easy one and his story is even more important, as Australia celebrates National Reconciliation Week (May 27-June 3), building on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and ...

Aboriginal elder who became Australia's first permanent deacon turns 80
Catholic Leader
LAST month the people of Wadeye, Northern Territory, celebrated the 80th birthday of Deacon Boniface Perdjert. Deacon Boniface is senior elder of the Kardu Diminin clan and Murrinhpatha language speaker, and the traditional owner of the land on which ...

Aboriginal elder who became Australia's first permanent deacon turns 80
Catholic Leader
His road to ministry was not an easy one and his story is even more important, as Australia celebrates National Reconciliation Week (May 27-June 3), building on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and ...

A watershed tour: Australia Indigenous Women leave behind the past
Wisden India
If there was one thing the women from Australia's indigenous national cricket team took away from their ten-day tour of India, it was that their communities back home weren't too different from the ones they encountered in the subcontinent. It can't be ...