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Calls for proper recognition of Indigenous veterans
ABC Online
NANCE HAXTON: More than 400 Indigenous young men fought for their country in World War I. Once at the battlefront they were treated as equals and received the same pay. But it was a very different story on their return to Australia. Redland City ...
Honour roll set up for Australia's indigenous veteransRadio Australia

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Aboriginals seek place in Constitution
The West Australian
The Bill would amend the preamble of the WA Constitution to insert language stating the Houses of Parliament "resolve to acknowledge the Aboriginal peoples as the First Peoples of Western Australia and traditional custodians of the land". The preamble ...

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Aboriginals seek place in Constitution
The West Australian
The Bill would amend the preamble of the WA Constitution to insert language stating the Houses of Parliament "resolve to acknowledge the Aboriginal peoples as the First Peoples of Western Australia and traditional custodians of the land". The preamble ...

Indigenous body 'victim of cruel funding game'
The Australian
Kirstie Parker, the co-chairwoman of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, will today address the first day of the Australian Council of Social Service conference in Brisbane, condemning funding cuts in indigenous affairs. “While our mobs ...

The Guardian (blog)
Indigenous Australian films wow east Africa
The Guardian (blog)
When organisers of a tour of Indigenous Australian films in east Africa announced public screenings of the films in Kampala on social media, several people got in touch wondering if they'd get the chance to watch “wildlife documentaries”. “They're like ...

The Guardian (blog)
Indigenous Australian films wow east Africa
The Guardian (blog)
When organisers of a tour of Indigenous Australian films in east Africa announced public screenings of the films in Kampala on social media, several people got in touch wondering if they'd get the chance to watch “wildlife documentaries”. “They're like ...

An Indigenous history in cartoons
ArtsHub (subscription)
Presented by the Burrinja Cultural Centre in partnership with the Australian Cartoon Museum, She'll Be Right, Mate takes a somewhat different approach to the way our Indigenous history has been recorded. Featuring over 70 cartoons chronicling ...

The rise of methamphetamine use in Aboriginal communities
ABC Local
While the Australian Crime Commission's Illicit Drug Data Report 2012-13 detailed record rates of methamphetamine use and the impacts in Australian cities, the meth or 'ice' story in the Kimberley has mostly been limited to quietly spoken rumours of a ...

The rise of methamphetamine use in Aboriginal communities
ABC Local
While the Australian Crime Commission's Illicit Drug Data Report 2012-13 detailed record rates of methamphetamine use and the impacts in Australian cities, the meth or 'ice' story in the Kimberley has mostly been limited to quietly spoken rumours of a ...

Leading Patyegarang's dance of culture and country
ArtsHub (subscription)
The forthcoming Bangarra Dance Theatre production of Patyegarang has given Indigenous dancer Jasmin Sheppard a unique chance to express her culture and country on stage through dance. 'It's been exciting to embody a character and take her story on a ...

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Indigenous Australian Artist Gordon Bennett Dies at 58
In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog)
Acclaimed contemporary Indigenous Australian artist Gordon Bennett has died of natural causes at 58. He will be remembered as one of Australia's most critically engaged and innovative artists. A statement from Brisbane's Milani Gallery says that his ...

Indigenous kids go from Borroloola to Brazil
SBS - The World Game
Moriarty, is an accomplished painter and author who has an Order of Australia, but what these kids would hold in the highest esteem is that he was the first Indigenous Australian selected to represent Australia in football. However his story is one of ...

Indigenous leader makes her military mark on the nation
The Australian
Her role in establishing Australia's first war memorial to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, unveiled in Adelaide last year, and her distinguished service to the indigenous community through the promotion of improved aged-care and health results ...

Indigenous leader makes her military mark on the nation
The Australian
Her role in establishing Australia's first war memorial to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, unveiled in Adelaide last year, and her distinguished service to the indigenous community through the promotion of improved aged-care and health results ...

Doctors: Aboriginal Australians Experience Widespread Racism Even When ...
Business Insider Australia
And nearly one-third reported racism in health settings in the past 12 months, suggesting considerable room for improvement in creating safe spaces for Aboriginal people. The survey, reported in the Medical Journal of Australia, asked 221 people about ...

SFGate
Indigenous Australian heritage a point of pride for Spurs' Mills
SFGate
Popovich explained to his players the significance of June 3 to indigenous Australians, who celebrate it as Eddie Mabo Day, the anniversary of a high court decision recognizing the land rights of indigenous Australians and, specifically, Torres Strait ...

South Yarra student joins UN Youth Australia trip to NZ for indigenous rights ...
Herald Sun
The St Kevin's Year 12 student travels to New Zealand next month as a delegate on the United Nations Youth Australia Aotearoa Leadership Tour, where he hopes to learn more about his passion — indigenous rights. Daniel, 17, of South Yarra, will explore ...

The soft power of Rachel Perkins, bringing Aboriginal stories into the mainstream
The Australian
The slight but strong-willed 44-year-old continues the fight, a generational extension of his work, by serving on the boards that govern filmmaking and screen culture and by bringing Aboriginal stories to middle Australia through her Sydney-based ...

ABC Local
Speaking up about Indigenous language demise
ABC Local
A South Australian professor is concerned about the future of the state's Indigenous languages and what their loss would mean to the confidence, culture and knowledge of land for Aboriginal people. Dean of Aboriginal Scholarship at the University of ...

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ABC Local
Speaking up about Indigenous language demise
ABC Local
A South Australian professor is concerned about the future of the state's Indigenous languages and what their loss would mean to the confidence, culture and knowledge of land for Aboriginal people. Dean of Aboriginal Scholarship at the University of ...

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