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Vandals deface Australia Day plaque for anti-racism hero Adam Goodes - The Canberra Times


The Canberra Times

Vandals deface Australia Day plaque for anti-racism hero Adam Goodes
The Canberra Times
Goodes, a Sydney Swans star who has been awarded two Brownlow medals and claimed two premierships, is considered a role model for young indigenous Australians and budding footballers. But it has been his staunch fight against racism, after he ...

Decades-old Kenbi land claim held up by $32m clean-up bill for asbestos and ... - ABC Online


ABC Online

Decades-old Kenbi land claim held up by $32m clean-up bill for asbestos and ...
ABC Online
Australia's oldest unresolved Aboriginal land rights claim is facing a huge asbestos problem which the Government says will cost almost $32 million to clean up. The Kenbi land claim was lodged in 1979 and 36 years later has still not been fully resolved.

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Chief Minister to consider indigenous university funded by Indian family for ACT - The Canberra Times


Chief Minister to consider indigenous university funded by Indian family for ACT
The Canberra Times
Representatives of a wealthy philanthropic Indian family will meet the ACT government in coming weeks to discuss plans to build a university for indigenous and disadvantaged Australians. Arun and Harikumar Kumar Pallathadka, brothers from Kerala State ...

Seminar on aboriginal Australia held - The Hindu


The Hindu

Seminar on aboriginal Australia held
The Hindu
A two-day seminar on 'Understanding aboriginal Australia' organised by the Centre for Australian Studies, University of Kerala, concluded on Friday. C.P. Ravindra from the University of Mysore inaugurated the seminar. G. S Jayasree, head, Institute of ...

WARU!! Fire in Australian Aboriginal art - Crikey (blog)


Crikey (blog)

WARU!! Fire in Australian Aboriginal art
Crikey (blog)
In 1977 the late Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri painted his magisterial Warlugulong that is “arguably the most important Indigenous work in the National Gallery of Australia's collection.” In 2010 then National Gallery director Ron Radford said of ...

Slump in recommended indigenous sites receiving heritage listing - The Australian


The Australian

Slump in recommended indigenous sites receiving heritage listing
The Australian
He said the proposed amendments did not oblige the head of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs to “communicate with any Aboriginal people” and lacked any of the provisions for public consultation required by the Australian Heritage Council. Mr Collier ...

Slump in recommended indigenous sites receiving heritage listing - The Australian


The Australian

Slump in recommended indigenous sites receiving heritage listing
The Australian
He said the proposed amendments did not oblige the head of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs to “communicate with any Aboriginal people” and lacked any of the provisions for public consultation required by the Australian Heritage Council. Mr Collier ...

Police woman who called Aborigines 'scum bags' and 'oxygen thieves' on social ... - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Police woman who called Aborigines 'scum bags' and 'oxygen thieves' on social ...
Daily Mail
Ian Nelson, the Queensland director for One Nation, confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that Ms Rissman is standing as the party's candidate but is yet to provide further comment. Party leader Pauline Hanson returned to One Nation last year after being ...

Indigenous model Samantha Harris on controversy over Jessica Mauboy's ... - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Indigenous model Samantha Harris on controversy over Jessica Mauboy's ...
Daily Mail
'This is a day of mourning for Indigenous Australians. Its not a day to be celebrated by us because this is the day that the extinction of our race started. Luckily this didn't end up happening. So why should one of our highest public figures be ...

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Indigenous model Samantha Harris on controversy over Jessica Mauboy's ... - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Indigenous model Samantha Harris on controversy over Jessica Mauboy's ...
Daily Mail
'This is a day of mourning for Indigenous Australians. Its not a day to be celebrated by us because this is the day that the extinction of our race started. Luckily this didn't end up happening. So why should one of our highest public figures be ...

Fans demand Indigenous singer Jessica Mauboy ditch Australia Day performance - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Fans demand Indigenous singer Jessica Mauboy ditch Australia Day performance
Daily Mail
Taking to social media to air their views, some said they believed the Northern Territory born star, who is of Aboriginal and Indonesian descent, ought to make a political statement by shunning the festivities on a day that many Indigenous Australians ...
Utopia - breaking the Great Australian SilenceThe Ecologist

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Indigenous Australian art in focus at new Brumby-Ute Gallery - Aspen Times


Aspen Times

Indigenous Australian art in focus at new Brumby-Ute Gallery
Aspen Times
But look a little closer, and ask some questions, and you'll find they tell a story and carry on a tradition of Aboriginal artists from Australia. The exhibition at the recently opened gallery showcases work from Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Artists, a ...

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Indigenous Australian art in focus at new Brumby-Ute Gallery - Aspen Times


Aspen Times

Indigenous Australian art in focus at new Brumby-Ute Gallery
Aspen Times
The exhibition at the recently opened gallery showcases work from Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Artists, a nonprofit center for indigenous artists on the northern coast of Australia. Among them is Guynbi Ganambarr, who has had some of her work acquired by the ...

'You need to start thinking about stepping up': Fans demand Indigenous singer ... - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

'You need to start thinking about stepping up': Fans demand Indigenous singer ...
Daily Mail
Taking to social media to air their views, some said they believed the Northern Territory born star, who is of Aboriginal and Indonesian descent, ought to make a political statement by shunning the festivities on a day that many Indigenous Australians ...
Utopia - breaking the Great Australian SilenceThe Ecologist

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In chains: Aboriginal prisoners' bleak history - NewsMaker (press release)


In chains: Aboriginal prisoners' bleak history
NewsMaker (press release)
“Once imprisoned, the use of chains was seen as 'essential' due to the high rates of escape – in Western Australia in 1901 when only 10% of the prison population in gaols was classified as Indigenous, 96 out of 99 prison escapes were by Aboriginal ...

Bicentenary event for first 'Stolen' children - Parramatta Sun


Bicentenary event for first 'Stolen' children
Parramatta Sun
On December 28, 1814, she was the first child placed at the Native Institution next to St John's Church at Parramatta, officially established on January 18, 1815 by Governor Lachlan Macquarie at a time when Aboriginal Australians were expected to ...

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UOW adapts US trauma program to assist Indigenous Australians - ABC Message Stick


ABC Message Stick

UOW adapts US trauma program to assist Indigenous Australians
ABC Message Stick
Educators and health professionals from around the country gathered at the University of Wollongong this week to finalise the curriculum for Australia's first course in Indigenous Trauma Recovery. It is adapted from a program developed at the USA's ...

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UOW adapts US trauma program to assist Indigenous Australians - ABC Message Stick


ABC Message Stick

UOW adapts US trauma program to assist Indigenous Australians
ABC Message Stick
Educators and health professionals from around the country gathered at the University of Wollongong this week to finalise the curriculum for Australia's first course in Indigenous Trauma Recovery. It is adapted from a program developed at the USA's ...

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UOW adapts US trauma program to assist Indigenous Australians - ABC Message Stick


ABC Message Stick

UOW adapts US trauma program to assist Indigenous Australians
ABC Message Stick
Educators and health professionals from around the country gathered at the University of Wollongong this week to finalise the curriculum for Australia's first course in Indigenous Trauma Recovery. It is adapted from a program developed at the USA's ...

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