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ABC Online
Turnbull must make Indigenous recognition a priority
ABC Online
After having a "rumble" - as it was described by Cape York leader Noel Pearson - with Indigenous leaders over funding a separate process for Indigenous conferences, Mr Abbott had finally got on board with the wishes of black Australia for an autonomous ...
Media atmosphere was Abbott's own doingThe Australian Financial Review

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ABC Online
Turnbull must make Indigenous recognition a priority
ABC Online
After having a "rumble" - as it was described by Cape York leader Noel Pearson - with Indigenous leaders over funding a separate process for Indigenous conferences, Mr Abbott had finally got on board with the wishes of black Australia for an autonomous ...

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Science /AAAS
Indigenous Australians accurately record sea level rises through storytelling ...
International Business Times AU
An “extraordinary” accuracy in 21 Indigenous stories in Australia about the dramatic sea level rises between 7,000 and 18,000 years ago was discovered by scientists. In a continuous oral tradition without comparison to any other stories around the ...
Indigenous Australian stories reveal sea level rise from 7000 years agoScience /AAAS
How Indigenous Australians have been recording sea level rises for over 7000 ...Daily Mail

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The Stringer
When will they implement the CNS? Western Australia's deplorable pace of ...
The Stringer
If there had been a stout CNS advocate for Ms Dhu, well she may well be here with us today instead of the deplorable and tragic death she suffered at Western Australia's South Hedland Police Station – August 4, 2015. Federal Minister for Indigenous ...

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Wall Street Journal
In Western Australia, Aboriginal Communities Face Dim Future
Wall Street Journal
The state of Western Australia has proposed withdrawing funding for as many as half of the Aboriginal communities scattered across its territory, a vast swath roughly the size of Alaska and Texas combined. The proposal comes as sharp declines in the ...
Tears Over Cutbacks in Aboriginal AreasPress Release Rocket

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Wall Street Journal
In Western Australia, Aboriginal Communities Face Dim Future
Wall Street Journal
The state of Western Australia has proposed withdrawing funding for as many as half of the Aboriginal communities scattered across its territory, a vast swath roughly the size of Alaska and Texas combined. The proposal comes as sharp declines in the ...

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Science /AAAS
Indigenous Australian stories reveal sea level rise from 7000 years ago
Science /AAAS
A unique storytelling method among indigenous groups in Australia may have helped preserve faithful accounts of dramatic sea level rise that occurred between 18,000 and 7000 years ago, The Guardian reports. In the study, published in Australian ...

4th National Indigenous Theatre Forum
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The forums also identified a need for more producers to support the sheer volume of artists in Australia making work, which led to the successful Emerging Indigenous Producer program, spearheaded by the Australia Council. Today there are over 20 ...

Mining Journal (subscription)
Fortescue Metals inks deal with Australian Aboriginal Mining
International Business Times AU
Fortescue Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nev Power holds a piece of iron ore in front of a remote-controlled truck at the Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine located in the Sheila Valley, around 400 km (249 miles) south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region ...
Fortescue lays ground for Aboriginal-owned mineMining Journal (subscription)

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NEWS.com.au
Hugh Jackman wants Australia to change 'negative' view on country's Aboriginal ...
International Business Times AU
The actor got candid during an interview with Australia's SBS2 anchor Marc Fennel for his current affairs program “The Feed.” Jackman said his experience interacting with the Aboriginal people does not connect with what the country is negatively ...
'We're verging on defeatism': Hugh Jackman wants Australia to changeNEWS.com.au
Hugh Jackman calls for renewed fight to stop Indigenous community closuresSBS

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The Guardian
Revealed: how Indigenous Australian storytelling accurately records sea level ...
The Guardian
Indigenous rock art in Kakadu national park in the Northern Territory. Researchers say stories about sea level rises in Australia date back though more than 7,000 years of continuous oral tradition. Photograph: Helen Davidson for the Guardian.

The Guardian
Indigenous Australian storytelling records sea level rises over millennia
The Guardian
Indigenous rock art in Kakadu national park in the Northern Territory. Researchers say stories about sea level rises in Australia date back though more than 7,000 years of continuous oral tradition. Photograph: Helen Davidson for the Guardian.

ArtsHub (subscription)
Aboriginal art becoming darling of US collections
ArtsHub (subscription)
On 17 September the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will open, No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting, an exhibition of more than 75 paintings from the Western Desert area collected by Debra and Dennis Scholl, a Trustee of ...

ABC Online
Concepts of numbers in Indigenous Australian languages changed over time
ABC Online
While English speakers may talk of infinite possibilities, ancient Australian Aboriginal languages very rarely stretched past number five. However, a study published today shows that far from being simple, Aboriginal numeral systems "lost and gained ...

ABC Online
Concepts of numbers in Indigenous Australian languages changed over time
ABC Online
While English speakers may talk of infinite possibilities, ancient Australian Aboriginal languages very rarely stretched past number five. However, a study published today shows that far from being simple, Aboriginal numeral systems "lost and gained ...

Australian Ageing Agenda
Funding boost for program to reduce dementia risk among Aboriginal elders
Australian Ageing Agenda
A $12,500 grant provided by the IRT Foundation will enable Alzheimer's Australia NSW, in partnership with Katungul Aboriginal Medical Service, to hold five 'Aboriginal Dementia Yarn Up' events in the Bega and Eurobodalla shires, where the Aboriginal ...

Twenty per cent still think it's OK to discriminate against Indigenous Australians
Wellington Times
An advertising campaign that explores the casual racism of Australians towards Indigenous people has been viewed more than 3.75 million times, but 20 per cent of respondents to a beyondblue survey still think it is OK to discriminate against Aboriginal ...

Aboriginal iron ore project a step closer
The Australian
Private company Australian Aboriginal Mining Corp has signed a deal that would allow it to deliver up to 2 million tonnes of iron ore from its Extension and Breakaway iron ore deposits into Fortescue's Pilbara rail and port infrastructure over five years.

Telegraph.co.uk
Australian mining minister told to 'frack off' by protesting Aborigines and ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The protest included an unusual mix of Aboriginal representatives, environmentalists and pastoralists (sheep or cattle farmers) – groups which have at times been at odds over land rights but united to warn against the spread of fracking in northern ...
NT govt told to 'frack off' by farmers9news.com.au
Northern Territory fracking protesters shout down mining ministerThe Guardian

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NEWS.com.au
'We're verging on defeatism': Hugh Jackman wants Australia to change
NEWS.com.au
But unlike most lovelorn teenagers, he did that by taking a job building houses in the indigenous community of Areyonga in Central Australia, population 300. It was a “life-changing moment” for the sheltered Sydney youngster, and Hugh wanted to stay ...

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