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The Age
No Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country
The Age
Australia Day seems a fitting day to declare that no Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country. It is a good day for immigrants, the descendants of immigrants and Indigenous Australians alike to declare that this is not just a white ...

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The Canberra Times
Australia Day Honours 2016: Matthew James awarded Public Service Medal
The Canberra Times
"With Indigenous affairs, sometimes people would be forgiven for thinking that nothing is getting better, that everything is static or getting worse and that's not true," Matthew James says. But without the work of Mr James and his team at the ...

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WA today
No Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country
WA today
Australia Day seems a fitting day to declare that no Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country. It is a good day for immigrants, the descendants of immigrants and Indigenous Australians alike to declare that this is not just a white ...

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Education the key for Aboriginal Australians, says IAC Chair
3AW
Australia Day is a common springboard for discussions about how to improve the state of Aboriginal Australia. But Tom Elliott doesn't think calling for symbolic gestures is sensible. "The government standing up and saying sorry, maybe declaring a ...

Coffs Coast Advocate
NSW Aboriginal Land Council Chair reflects Day of Mourning
Coffs Coast Advocate
ON the eve of Australia Day celebrations, NSW Aboriginal Land Council Chair Roy Ah-See has appealed to Aboriginal people to continue to fight for self-determination by taking inspiration from the leaders of the 1938 Day of Mourning. Coinciding with ...

SBS
Mt Druitt Indigenous Choir prepares for Australia Day performance
SBS
It was preparation before they sing in their native language - Dharug - during Australia day celebrations in Sydney tomorrow. "What a better way to give these little kids an identity by singing their language. The beauty of it is these little fellahs ...

New Matilda
'A White Australia Safari': Aamer Rahman And Briggs Discuss Australia/Invasion Day
New Matilda
“Like a white Australia safari,” Rahman says. In the short clip the pair also discuss the Australian flag, the absence of Aboriginal history in schools, and explain why they won't stand for the national anthem. “Number one, it doesn't represent me or ...
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ABC Online
Australia Day: Sombre time for Aboriginals, Jannawi Dance Clan artistic director says
ABC Online
Australia Day may mark the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 and the founding of our nation, but for many Aboriginal Australians there is little to celebrate and 'Invasion Day' or 'Survival Day' as it is known is one filled with mixed emotions. "I've ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Journalist calls for Australians to embrace Indigenous history
ABC Online
ELEANOR HALL: Our political leaders might be calling for us to break away from the monarchy, but are Australians ready to become a republic if we're still ignorant of much of own history of conflict with Indigenous Australians? One of Australia's most ...
Stan Grant's speech on racism: Is this Australia's 'Martin Luther King moment'?Sydney Morning Herald
Stan Grant's speech on racism and the Australian dream goes viralThe Guardian
Here's how Australians are reacting to Stan Grant's speech on racism 'killing the Australian dream'Business Insider Australia
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EducationHQ Australia
Re-building Indigenous identity in Canada
EducationHQ Australia
Lionel Cranenburgh travelled 17,000 kilometres from Perth to Canada last year to study first hand how two provinces in Canada tackle the 21st century curriculum. What he found has relevance to schools in Australia and New Zealand. This is the first of ...

Bega District News
Greens: Australia Day celebrations show disregard for Indigenous history
Bega District News
On January 26, many in the Bega Valley and across the seat of Eden-Monaro will come together to celebrate what they see as a day of national pride and Australian values. Greens candidate for Eden-Monaro Tamara Ryan has joined with Greens Senator for ...

New York Times
Aboriginal Brass Band Offers Burst of Hope in a Bleak Community
New York Times
“It sounds like here is an English tradition being foisted upon indigenous Australia — what a horrible colonial thing to do,” said Mr. Morrison, the former artistic director of the Queensland Music Festival, one of the project's main supporters ...

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InDaily
Protests and celebrations for SA's Aboriginal community
InDaily
While for most Australians, Australia Day is spent celebrating national pride, for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people it's a day for reflecting on culture and the past. On January 26, 1788, the first fleet raised the Union Jack at Sydney ...
The Presets Explain Why They Won't Celebrate Australia Day On Jan 26Pedestrian TV
It's time to change our traditionsThe Monthly (subscription)
Can Australia Day be reshaped?WA today
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InDaily
Protests and celebrations for SA's Aboriginal community
InDaily
While for most Australians, Australia Day is spent celebrating national pride, for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people it's a day for reflecting on culture and the past. On January 26, 1788, the first fleet raised the Union Jack at Sydney ...
How to show solidarity with Indigenous Australians this Invasion DayDaily Life

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Daily Life
How to show solidarity with Indigenous Australians this Invasion Day
Daily Life
In the lead-up to Invasion Day 2016, Buzzfeed Australia released a video entitled, Aboriginal People Respond To 'Australia Day'. Generally speaking, I haven't been much of a fan of the various Buzzfeed 'Respond' videos. Many of them seem to be focused ...
Protests and celebrations for SA's Aboriginal communityInDaily
Australia's Annual Celebration of Genocide and ConquestteleSUR English
Briggs Drops Truth Bombs About Australia DayTone Deaf

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Daily Life
How to show solidarity with Indigenous Australians this Invasion Day
Daily Life
In the lead-up to Invasion Day 2016, Buzzfeed Australia released a video entitled, Aboriginal People Respond To 'Australia Day'. Generally speaking, I haven't been much of a fan of the various Buzzfeed 'Respond' videos. Many of them seem to be focused ...

The Queensland Times
Aboriginal art invades cafe for Australia Day
The Queensland Times
BORN on Australia Day and taking on the adopted name of Cook, Aboriginal artist Sally Harrison has always felt an obvious conflict in her sense of identity. "I couldn't stand myself being a white person. I'm Captain Cook and I'm black," Harrison said.

Sydney Morning Herald
Acknowledging how Indigenous Australians are still left behind this Australia Day
Sydney Morning Herald
For many Australians, January 26 will be marked by beers, barbecues and Australian flag bikinis. The Triple J Hottest 100 will blare from house parties around the country and pubs will swell with punters out to celebrate a rare Tuesday off work.
Government's Healthy Welfare Card no solution to alcohol abuseThe Australian

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Sydney Morning Herald
Acknowledging how Indigenous Australians are still left behind this Australia Day
Sydney Morning Herald
For many Australians, January 26 will be marked by beers, barbecues and Australian flag bikinis. The Triple J Hottest 100 will blare from house parties around the country and pubs will swell with punters out to celebrate a rare Tuesday off work.

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ABC Online
Stan Grant's speech on racism and the Australian dream as part of IQ2 debate goes viral
ABC Online
A powerful speech by Indigenous journalist Stan Grant in which he says the "Australian dream is rooted in racism" has gone viral. Grant addressed an audience in Sydney on the impact of colonisation and discrimination as part of the IQ2 debate series ...
Here's how Australians are reacting to Stan Grant's speech on racism 'killing the Australian dream'Business Insider Australia
After the furore, meet the real Adam GoodesSydney Morning Herald
Stan Grant's speech on racism hailed Australia's 'Martin Luther King moment'Daily Mail

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