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French students travel to Australia to identify Indigenous digger
SBS
A group of French students has travelled to Australia to solve the mystery of an unidentified Indigenous digger in a rare World War One photograph. By. Thea Cowie. 24 Jul 2014 - 6:11 PM UPDATED YESTERDAY 8:04 PM. Tweet. 0. A group of French ...

Bishops: learn from Aboriginal Australians' love for the land
Catholic Culture
In a recent message for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday, Australia's bishops called upon Catholics to learn from indigenous peoples to love the land. “Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have joyfully embraced the good news ...

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Indigenous Music Awards Attacked Over Album Snub
theMusic
Smith told theMusic.com.au today, “The judging panel comprises reputable, high level figures from across the Australian Music Industry and we are confident in their ability and passion for celebrating Indigenous music. Tom E Lewis has produced a great ...
Dan Sultan, Gurrumul, Jessica Mauboy, Shellie Norris Line-up For National ...Noise11
Philly wins triple j Unearthed's National Indigenous Music AwardRadioinfo (subscription)

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The Guardian
Neighbours Finally Casts An Indigenous Australian Actor
Pedestrian TV
A quick history lesson: the first indigenous Australian actor to appear on Neighbours was actually Tony Briggs, who went on to pen award winning play The Sapphires, adapted into a film which serendipitously starred Wyatt, whose other film and TV ...
Neighbours adds first Indigenous actor, Meyne Wyatt, to main castThe Guardian
Indigenous actor gets stint on Ramsay StSydney Morning Herald
Neighbours: Indigenous actor joins castBBC News
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Sydney Morning Herald
Imams warn against radicalism to Aboriginal inmates converting to Islam
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's spy agency has been enlisted to help crack down on radicalisation in jails after revelations Aboriginal prisoners are converting to Islam and risk becoming extremists. Sheikhs and imams are being brought into prisons to deliver de ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Imams warn against radicalism to Aboriginal inmates converting to Islam
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's spy agency has been enlisted to help crack down on radicalisation in jails after revelations Aboriginal prisoners are converting to Islam and risk becoming extremists. Sheikhs and imams are being brought into prisons to deliver de ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Are Aboriginal inmates the next Muslim extremists?
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's spy agency has been enlisted to help crack down on radicalisation in jails after revelations Aboriginal prisoners are converting to Islam and risk becoming extremists. Sheikhs and imams are being brought into prisons to deliver de ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Are Aboriginal inmates the next Muslim extremists?
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's spy agency has been enlisted to help crack down on radicalisation in jails after revelations Aboriginal prisoners are converting to Islam and risk becoming extremists. Sheikhs and imams are being brought into prisons to deliver de ...

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Did Iggy Azalea's Comments Upset The Aboriginal Community?
2DayFM (blog)
"The thing about Aboriginal people and why I think it's difficult for them is because they don't believe you should live in an enclosed structure like a house, um, they sleep under the stars, it's how they live," Iggy told host Real Sway. "For us to ...

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The Australian Bankers Association says lending decisions in indigenous ...
Courier Mail
“We believe low levels of home ownership remain a key driver for indigenous disadvantage,'' a NAB spokeswoman said yesterday. “We are working with Indigenous Business Australia to offer indigenous clients split home loans and are exploring other ways ...

Big Goals for Indigenous Leadership
Pro Bono Australia
Since winning a Westpac Community Leaders Award, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre Chief Executive Officer Rachelle Towart has firmly fixed her sights on the organisation reaching its goal of enrolling 1000 Indigenous leadership students by 2020.

Voice judge will.i.am calls for an indigenous voice in Aussie music
The Daily Telegraph
The Voice Australia judge traded the luxury of the big red spinning chair for a pint-sized orange plastic chair at this southeast school where more than two-thirds of the students are from an indigenous background. will.i.am looked at home chatting ...

Voice judge will.i.am calls for an indigenous voice in Aussie music
The Daily Telegraph
The Voice Australia judge traded the luxury of the big red spinning chair for a pint-sized orange plastic chair at this southeast school where more than two-thirds of the students are from an indigenous background. will.i.am looked at home chatting ...

Fairfax's Mundine attack 'racist'
The Australian
He is an Aboriginal man who is not afraid to mix it with politicians and business leaders. He often challenges the status quo and many who sympathise with the underdog don't like his message that indigenous Australians can empower themselves without ...

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Fairfax's Mundine attack 'racist'
The Australian
Mundine recently offended environmentalists by accusing them of sterilising Aboriginal land with their campaigns to stop mining and development, thus denying Aboriginal Australians the same economic opportunities that are available to non-indigenous ...

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Indigenous group delays Buru
The Australian
Last month, Buru won the support of the Yungngora native title holders at Noonkanbah, 320km east of Broome. The group said an independent expert's report had found Buru's fracking plan had found the project would be a “very low risk” to their country.

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Islam and Indigenous Australia
ABC Online
From at least as early as 1650, Muslim fishermen from Makassar in Indonesia made annual trips to Australia's far north coast in search of sea cucumbers—or trepang—which are highly valued in Chinese medicine and cooking. Indigenous Australians also ...

Islam and Indigenous Australia
ABC Online
From at least as early as 1650, Muslim fishermen from Makassar in Indonesia made annual trips to Australia's far north coast in search of sea cucumbers—or trepang—which are highly valued in Chinese medicine and cooking. Indigenous Australians also ...

Aboriginal tourism on agenda for Esperance
Esperance Express
He said a more robust marketing regime between bodies including WAITOC, Australia's Golden Outback (AGO) and Australia's South West (ASW) would keep visitors coming to experience all aspects of the region, including Aboriginal tourism. "If the money ...

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Star turn from David Gulpilil in Charlie's Country
The Australian
IT is more than 40 years since we first saw David Gulpilil in Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout, and since then he has become a symbol, for many a defining face, of indigenous Australia — at least for cinema audiences. In C harlie's Country, a magnificent new ...

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