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Sydney Morning Herald
Maybe the colonialists were actually a minority
Sydney Morning Herald
Now enter Dr Boyd Hunter, of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at ANU. With Professor John Carmody, a physiologist at Sydney University, he published this year in the Australian Economic History Review a long paper reviewing Butlin's ...

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Stark statistics on Indigenous people in ACT jail, says Jon Stanhope
Sydney Morning Herald
Stanhope now has two part-time jobs – at the University of Canberra and the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service. While the ACT has Australia's lowest incarceration rates, Stanhope emphasises he is concerned at the rate of increase, as well as ...

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The Australian
Indigenous graduates get this parity started
The Australian
Naomi, 17 — who scored an OP4 and may study humanities at the University of Queensland before transferring to law — said she eventually wanted to fight for the rights of Aboriginal Australia. “Education is the foundation for a good life and to help ...

The Australian (blog)
Refuges bracing for an influx of domestic violence victims
The Australian (blog)
Seventy-nine women have been killed in Australia this year. WA Aboriginal Family Law Services chief executive Mary Cowley said the excessive consumption of drugs that was more prevalent during celebrations exacerbated domestic abuse. In December ...

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The Australian
Poetry anthology Bareknuckle has Howl at its heart
The Australian
The advent of a new Australian literary magazine is almost always welcome. Well-established journals such as Meanjin, Southerly, Westerly and Island have managed to survive for decades (sometimes half a century or more) but always with difficulty ...

The Australian (blog)
Buyers consider the bigger picture
The Australian (blog)
French and some US collectors recently have started taking advantage of the disparity and see high value in Australian art. Aboriginal art historically has fared well in France, where there is an established tradition of collecting tribal pieces ...

The Age
John Bannon remembered as a man of integrity
The Age
Modern Australia was forged in South Australia in the 1970s when it became the first state to increase spending on health and education, to introduce consumer protection, decriminalise homosexuality and abortion, introduce Aboriginal land rights ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Christmas mass: Bishop Terry Brady calls for action on the welfare of refugees ...
Sydney Morning Herald
At St Mary's Cathedral it was standing room only as the loyal faithful and the once-a-year parishioners flocked to hear Bishop Terry Brady's Christmas Day message, which he used to advocate for greater social justice for Australia's indigenous people, ...

cricket.com.au
Indigenous role models make a world of difference
cricket.com.au
"To ensure that cricket has a meaningful presence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities," the report says. According to the report, the number of Indigenous people in Australia is predicted to “soar” from its current 670,000 to beyond 1 ...

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cricket.com.au
Indigenous role models make a world of difference
cricket.com.au
The report was completed over 18 months by former Australian of the Year and Director of the Australian National University's National Centre for Indigenous Studies Professor Mick Dodson and his fellow academic Dr Bill Fogarty, with the support of ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Your guide to the art and culture scene of the NSW South Coast
Sydney Morning Herald
Located a short drive from Narooma, Apma Creations Aboriginal Art Gallery showcases a range of artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and creative producers, including local Yuin and Ngarigo artists. The gallery was established this ...

ABC Online
Kimberley pastoralist Jim Motter reflects on former life at Bulka Station
ABC Online
In the late 1980s, the Emmanuel properties were split up with the idea that smaller family-owned units and Aboriginal communities could have a go at working the land. "Larrawa and Bulka went up for auction and we ended up with Bulka," Mr Motter said.

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Three youth suicides, buried next to each other – we were not put on this ...
The Stringer
Many of these communities have to beg for water tanks let alone clean water, beg for power lines, beg for essential services that Australians in general take for granted. The majority of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities are denied ...

ABC Online
'Fat bikes' take off on rugged Kimberley terrain
ABC Online
An unusual looking bicycle known as the 'fat bike' is taking Western Australia's Kimberley region by storm. The bike gets its name from its four-inch wide tyres, which are double the width of a regular mountain bicycle. Fat bikes have been flying out ...

Gizmodo Australia
Smartphone Technology Could Be The Key To Aiding Australia's Indigenous ...
Gizmodo Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults are six times more likely to go partially or completely blind than non-Indigenous Australians. In 94% of cases it can be corrected, but with more than one-third of Indigenous adults never having had an eye ...

Gizmodo Australia
Smartphone Technology Could Be The Key To Aiding Australia's Indigenous ...
Gizmodo Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults are six times more likely to go partially or completely blind than non-Indigenous Australians. In 94% of cases it can be corrected, but with more than one-third of Indigenous adults never having had an eye ...

Coffs Coast Advocate
Coffs Coast year in review: January - April
Coffs Coast Advocate
HOME STAGE: Gumbaynggirr singer Emma Donovan and her band the Putback belt out a song at the 2015 Saltwater Freshwater Festival at the Botanic Garden on January 26. The festival brought together Aboriginal culture and performers from four Mid ...

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SBS
High Court Challenge to $1.3b native title deal
SBS
Action has begun in the High Court to try to stop a native title deal that could be worth $1.3 billion to the Noongar people of the south west of Western Australia. The challenge is by other Noongar native title claimants who say they did not agree to ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Trend of personalised presents changes the game of gift-giving
Sydney Morning Herald
Elphick's favourite story is an Aboriginal artist from South Australia who wanted to make a board about reconciliation. His own artwork on the surfboard signified old meeting new Australia. "One girl is blind in one eye and partially blind in the other ...

Gatton Star
John Barwell: A facinating life
Gatton Star
JOHN Barwell now calls Laidley home after leading a life on the move, including experiencing an Aboriginal tribe up close and personal in the heart of Australia. John spoke passionately of his "fascinating period" in central Australia from 1969-71. "I ...