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Understanding the abominable jail & suicide rates of Aboriginal and Torres ... - The Stringer


The Stringer

Understanding the abominable jail & suicide rates of Aboriginal and Torres ...
The Stringer
Extreme poverty is what has led to 15 per cent of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of the Kimberley eking out life in one form of homelessness or another. Extreme poverty is what has led to 13 per cent of Western Australia's ...
Program aims to cut Indigenous smoking | afr.comThe Australian Financial Review
Gallipoli: Indigenous Australian soldiers travel to Turkey to bring spirits of ...ABC Online
The World Today - Traditional ceremony at Gallipoli to pay tribute to ...ABC Message Stick
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Gallipoli: Indigenous Australian soldiers travel to Turkey to bring spirits of ... - ABC Online


ABC Online

Gallipoli: Indigenous Australian soldiers travel to Turkey to bring spirits of ...
ABC Online
A group of Indigenous Australian soldiers will travel to Gallipoli next week to perform a special ceremony for those who never made it home. Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek.
Program aims to cut Indigenous smoking | afr.comThe Australian Financial Review
The World Today - Traditional ceremony at Gallipoli to pay tribute to ...ABC Message Stick

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July 29, 2015, 11:55 am - The West Australian


The West Australian

July 29, 2015, 11:55 am
The West Australian
"I'd also say to Aboriginal footballers and to the AFL, the AFL has probably been the outstanding sporting code in Australia for bringing young Aboriginal men in and making them football stars and their development and their education and their careers.
Adam Goodes booed because he speaks out for Indigenous people, Senator Nova ...ABC Online
Booing Adam Goodes might not make you racist, but it does make you a flogBusiness Insider Australia
'We can win this battle against racism': Leaders call for solidarity on the ...Sydney Morning Herald
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Program aims to cut Indigenous smoking - The Australian Financial Review


The Australian Financial Review

Program aims to cut Indigenous smoking
The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous-specific activities were required because the strong history and impact of mainstream action in Australia had failed to deliver equivalent reductions in smoking rates within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, the tender ...
Traditional ceremony at Gallipoli to pay tribute to Indigenous soldiersABC Message Stick

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Program aims to cut Indigenous smoking - The Australian Financial Review


The Australian Financial Review

Program aims to cut Indigenous smoking
The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous-specific activities were required because the strong history and impact of mainstream action in Australia had failed to deliver equivalent reductions in smoking rates within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, the tender ...
Traditional ceremony at Gallipoli to pay tribute to Indigenous soldiersABC Message Stick

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Racists slammed after crowd boos Australian Indigenous footballer - Mashable


The Age

Racists slammed after crowd boos Australian Indigenous footballer
Mashable
A star Australia rules football player is taking a break after being repeatedly booed at games across the country. Sydney Swans player and Indigenous Australian Adam Goodes is at the centre of a media storm after the continuous disrespectful actions of ...
Lewis Jetta performs spear-throwing indigenous dance after kicking goal ...The Age
Adam Goodes booed because he speaks out for Indigenous people, Senator Nova ...ABC Online
Indigenous leaders call for action over abuse directed at AFL player Adam GoodesABC Message Stick
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Australia can show the US a thing or two in the lock-up stakes - Sydney Morning Herald


Sydney Morning Herald

Australia can show the US a thing or two in the lock-up stakes
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians are imprisoned at a rate 13 times that of other Australians, according to figures collated by the Productivity Commission. That's not 13 per cent higher, or twice as high, but 13 times the rate, 1300 per cent of the rate for the ...

Tarnanthi Aboriginal art festival in Adelaide brings indigenous artists to town - The Australian Financial Review


The Australian Financial Review

Tarnanthi Aboriginal art festival in Adelaide brings indigenous artists to town
The Australian Financial Review
An initiative of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarnanthi will be the most ambitious showing of indigenous art in the gallery's 134-year history. While the gallery will be its focal point, the festival will be spread across 21 South Australian ...

Adam Goodes booed because he speaks out for Indigenous people, Senator Nova ... - ABC Online


ABC Online

Adam Goodes booed because he speaks out for Indigenous people, Senator Nova ...
ABC Online
Adam Goodes was booed by a Perth AFL crowd because he has spoken out about Indigenous issues, Australia's first Aboriginal female parliamentarian says. Northern Territory Labor Senator Nova Peris, who was also the first Indigenous woman to win an ...
Booing Adam Goodes might not make you racist, but it does make you a flogBusiness Insider Australia
Indigenous leaders call for action over abuse directed at AFL player Adam GoodesABC Message Stick
Goodes makes a stand, and we can't cop thatThe West Australian
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From Stationery to Indigenous Storytelling - Pro Bono Australia


From Stationery to Indigenous Storytelling
Pro Bono Australia
The company says it already has one of Australia's largest corporates committed to purchasing the Tjindgarmi range. In March, the Federal Government announced a three per cent target for Commonwealth procurement with indigenous suppliers by 2020, ...

After taking up painting aged 33, pioneering artist Albert Namatjira shaped ... - Australian Geographic (blog)


Australian Geographic (blog)

After taking up painting aged 33, pioneering artist Albert Namatjira shaped ...
Australian Geographic (blog)
BORN ON 28 July 1902, and originally named Elea, Namatjira received his western name – Albert – after his family joined the Lutheran Church when he was three. From the Arrernte people, Albert grew up at the Hermannsburg Mission – then the largest ...

One this day in history... - Australian Geographic (blog)


One this day in history...
Australian Geographic (blog)
Albert was prolific, painting more than 2000 pieces (at least one-to-two a week for 25 odd years), determined to provide for his family in a way that few Aboriginal Australians at the time could dream of. However, life was not easy for the artist, who ...

Long fight for stolen wages for Western Australia's Aboriginal stockmen and women - ABC Online


ABC Online

Long fight for stolen wages for Western Australia's Aboriginal stockmen and women
ABC Online
Mr Yanigee was an Aboriginal stockman on Moola Bulla Station, in Western Australia's far north. Moola Bulla was run by what was then known as the Native Welfare Department and it is remembered for its brutal punishments and strict controls. Mr Yanigee ...
WA facing legal challenge over 'stolen wages' paymentsABC Message Stick

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Country Song | ArtsHub Australia - Performing ArtsHub - ArtsHub (subscription)


ArtsHub (subscription)

Country Song | ArtsHub Australia - Performing ArtsHub
ArtsHub (subscription)
However, from the outset it is important to note that this production is a fictionalised account of Little's (and other prominent Indigenous Australians) story. Even so, it still provides a good crash course on the country's quite recent and frankly ...

Dust and Dancing to Celebrate Indigenous Australia | National Geographic (blogs) - National Geographic


Dust and Dancing to Celebrate Indigenous Australia | National Geographic (blogs)
National Geographic
This gathering is the widely known Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival in the North Queensland region of Australia. During this festival, Aboriginal groups from all over the region (and often times from around the country) get together for a weekend of ...

Dust and Dancing to Celebrate Indigenous Australia | National Geographic (blogs) - National Geographic


Dust and Dancing to Celebrate Indigenous Australia | National Geographic (blogs)
National Geographic
This gathering is the widely known Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival in the North Queensland region of Australia. During this festival, Aboriginal groups from all over the region (and often times from around the country) get together for a weekend of ...

Fortescue helped fund Wirlu-Murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal elders' campaign ... - ABC Online


ABC Online

Fortescue helped fund Wirlu-Murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal elders' campaign ...
ABC Online
Last week a Federal Court judge laid bare the part played by FMG in organising the meeting, which took place in Roebourne, east of Karratha in Western Australia. Justice Steven Rares told the court participants at the meeting would have been unaware of ...

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