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The Guardian
Australia developing first ever school curriculum for Indigenous languages
The Guardian
Teaching language to Indigenous children empowers them to 'think along the lines' of their own culture and to see the 'incredible intelligence' of their own people, says Darug man and teacher Richard Green. Photograph: Peter Holmes A Court/AAP.
Mackay Regional Council to celebrate Reconciliation WeekMackay Daily Mercury

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The Hindu
Aboriginal art from Australia
Business Standard
An exhibition from Australia, which reveals the aboriginal history of the world's longest stock route through the deserts of Western Australia, has gone on display here. Titled 'Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route' the show provides a window to the ...
Aboriginal works that convey sacred storiesThe Hindu

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Kudos: this week's winners
ArtsHub (subscription)
This was the first land grant by colonial authorities to an Aboriginal person in Australia. Led by Mundine, a group of emerging and established Indigenous artists developed work inspired by the life and story of Bungaree, who was an important ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous man's death in custody blamed on NT 'paperless arrest' powers
The Guardian
Jonathon Hunyor, principal lawyer at the North Australian Aboriginal justice agency (Naaja) said the arrest powers lacked accountability and safeguards, and had a greater impact on homeless and Aboriginal people. Naaja has previously challenged the ...
'Death in custody result of NT policy'9news.com.au

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The Guardian
Indigenous man's death in custody blamed on NT 'paperless arrest' powers
The Guardian
Jonathon Hunyor, principal lawyer at the North Australian Aboriginal justice agency (Naaja) said the arrest powers lacked accountability and safeguards, and had a greater impact on homeless and Aboriginal people. Naaja has previously challenged the ...
'Death in custody result of NT policy'Daily Mail

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Beyond Sorry: colonial oppression on Australian stages
The Conversation AU
It's been seven years since Kevin Rudd delivered his apology to Indigenous Australians. On Australia's stages dramatists continue to explore the ramifications of that apology and colonial history.

The Conversation AU
Why Aboriginal people need autonomy over their food supply
The Conversation AU
Going without food, or going without nutritious food, has heavy consequences for Indigenous people, as we learnt on a recent research trip to the West Kimberley. Indigenous Australians are already twice as likely to have a disability or chronic illness ...
Aboriginal languages could reveal scientific clues to Australia's unique pastAncient Origins

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The Conversation AU
Why Aboriginal people need autonomy over their food supply
The Conversation AU
Going without food, or going without nutritious food, has heavy consequences for Indigenous people, as we learnt on a recent research trip to the West Kimberley. Indigenous Australians are already twice as likely to have a disability or chronic illness ...
Aboriginal languages could reveal scientific clues to Australia's unique pastAncient Origins

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Daily Mail
Rare illustrations by French explorers in 1800s show aboriginal people and ...
Daily Mail
A hundred detailed illustrations of life in Australia before colonisation, painted by French explorers, will go on display around the country for the first time. Painted between 1800 and 1804 during an expedition commissioned by Napoléon Bonaparte, the ...

USA TODAY
Australia's closing of Aboriginal communities sparks protests
USA TODAY
SYDNEY — Government moves to close remote indigenous communities because of alleged social problems and the cost of maintaining them is triggering a new wave of protests planned for next week across Australia. Western Australia's government said it ...

USA TODAY
Australia's closing of Aboriginal communities sparks protests
USA TODAY
SYDNEY — Government moves to close remote indigenous communities because of alleged social problems and the cost of maintaining them is triggering a new wave of protests planned for next week across Australia. Western Australia's government said it ...

Ancient Origins
Aboriginal languages could reveal scientific clues to Australia's unique past
Ancient Origins
The loss of Australian aboriginal languages could obstruct access to unique scientific information regarding Australia's ancient geological history, according to a story reported this week by BBC News. Ancient Australian aboriginal legends passed down ...

Ancient Origins
Aboriginal languages could reveal scientific clues to Australia's unique past
Ancient Origins
The loss of Australian aboriginal languages could obstruct access to unique scientific information regarding Australia's ancient geological history, according to a story reported this week by BBC News. Ancient Australian aboriginal legends passed down ...

Green Left Weekly
John Pilger: Honour our Aboriginal heroes
Green Left Weekly
If you want to meet the best Australians, meet Indigenous men and women who understand this extraordinary country and have fought for the rights of the world's oldest culture. Theirs is a struggle more selfless, heroic and enduring than any historical ...

Green Left Weekly
John Pilger: Honour our Aboriginal heroes
Green Left Weekly
If you want to meet the best Australians, meet Indigenous men and women who understand this extraordinary country and have fought for the rights of the world's oldest culture. Theirs is a struggle more selfless, heroic and enduring than any historical ...

The Australian
Sotheby's puts faith in Aboriginal art
The Australian
“They see indigenous Australian art as a field with broad international interest,” he said. In Australia, Bonhams, Sotheby's Australia and Deutscher and Hackett used to stage one or two dedicated Aboriginal art sales each year, with hundreds of lots on ...
Now, experience Australian Aboriginal art in DelhiNew Kerala

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The Australian
Sotheby's puts faith in Aboriginal art
The Australian
“They see indigenous Australian art as a field with broad international interest,” he said. In Australia, Bonhams, Sotheby's Australia and Deutscher and Hackett used to stage one or two dedicated Aboriginal art sales each year, with hundreds of lots on ...

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Governments must help indigenous communities develop native title land
The Australian
The absence of the infrastructure of property on indigenous lands was highlighted this week. Australian cities and towns, rural and regional, including non-indigenous townships in the remotest parts of the country, have the property infrastructure of ...

The Australian
British Museum's Indigenous Australia exhibition draws crowds
The Australian
The stores visit came towards the end of a momentous week for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and artists who were in London in late April to attend the official opening of the museum's landmark exhibition Indigenous Australia ...

The Australian
British Museum's Indigenous Australia exhibition draws crowds
The Australian
The stores visit came towards the end of a momentous week for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and artists who were in London in late April to attend the official opening of the museum's landmark exhibition Indigenous Australia ...