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Forced evictions are Australia's latest racist assault on Aboriginal People - The Ecologist


The Ecologist

Forced evictions are Australia's latest racist assault on Aboriginal People
The Ecologist
Australia's deliberate and calculated attacks on its indigenous population carry many of the hallmarks of genocide, writes John Pilger. And things are getting worse, not better, as states that have grown rich by exploiting Aboriginal land evict and ...
Australia plans 'flout' international lawRadio New Zealand

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Aboriginal human rights campaigner Ray Jackson shone a light on deaths in ... - Sydney Morning Herald


Aboriginal human rights campaigner Ray Jackson shone a light on deaths in ...
Sydney Morning Herald
On April 23, an Aboriginal man who dedicated his life to fighting against the deaths of his people in Australian police and prison cells succumbed quietly to his own death in his small flat in Waterloo. Ray Jackson, a Wiradjuri warrior for human rights ...

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The World Today - ABC Message Stick


The World Today
ABC Message Stick
ELEANOR HALL: At a Senate inquiry today, a Northern Australia health research centre has called for a national taskforce to tackle the high rate of kidney disease among Indigenous Australians. Professor Alan Cass from the Menzies School of Health ...

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Kidman's sale marks second wave of South Australian colonisation: Paul Reader - Property Observer


Property Observer

Kidman's sale marks second wave of South Australian colonisation: Paul Reader
Property Observer
From the time when Sidney Kidman first cohabitated the bush with Billy the Aboriginal to the adjistment of stock in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara-Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in 2014, Kidman's history has been interwoven with Indigenous Australia. Not ...

What is behind Noel Pearson's change of stance on constitutional recognition ... - The Age


The Sunshine Coast Daily

What is behind Noel Pearson's change of stance on constitutional recognition ...
The Age
Pearson's tale came to mind after the latest development in his approach to Indigenous constitutional recognition. Dissenting from the position of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians, of which he was a member ...
Bokarina firm granted top indigenous honourThe Sunshine Coast Daily

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Closing 'communities' undermines the humanity of Aboriginal lives - The Conversation AU


The Conversation AU

Closing 'communities' undermines the humanity of Aboriginal lives
The Conversation AU
Now deceased and greatly missed by loved ones, the sentiment, emphasis and longing evident in the seeming simplicity of her words are not uncommon among countless Indigenous Australians whose homes lie in locations vastly distant in time, knowledge ...
Forced evictions are Australia's latest racist assault on Aboriginal PeopleThe Ecologist
Don't mention the R wordThe Guardian (Australia)

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Closing 'communities' undermines the humanity of Aboriginal lives - The Conversation AU


The Conversation AU

Closing 'communities' undermines the humanity of Aboriginal lives
The Conversation AU
Now deceased and greatly missed by loved ones, the sentiment, emphasis and longing evident in the seeming simplicity of her words are not uncommon among countless Indigenous Australians whose homes lie in locations vastly distant in time, knowledge ...

Netballer to play in Australian Indigenous U14 side - Gladstone Observer


Gladstone Observer

Netballer to play in Australian Indigenous U14 side
Gladstone Observer
Kaniesha has been selected in the Australian Indigenous Under-14 netball side, known as the Budgies. It is a step up from the last three years and a very proud moment for the 13-year-old. "I got into the Queensland team and played the last three years ...

What is behind Noel Pearson's change of stance on constitutional recognition ... - Brisbane Times


The Sunshine Coast Daily

What is behind Noel Pearson's change of stance on constitutional recognition ...
Brisbane Times
Pearson's tale came to mind after the latest development in his approach to Indigenous constitutional recognition. Dissenting from the position of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians, of which he was a member ...
Bokarina firm granted top indigenous honourThe Sunshine Coast Daily

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Bokarina firm granted top indigenous honour - The Sunshine Coast Daily


The Sunshine Coast Daily

Bokarina firm granted top indigenous honour
The Sunshine Coast Daily
RECOGNITION is important, which is why staff at John Pearson Consulting are thrilled that the Bokarina firm has been named the 2015 Australian Small Business Champion for indigenous business. Since 2010, JPC's Indigenous Workstars has placed more ...
What is behind Noel Pearson's change of stance on constitutional recognition ...Brisbane Times

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Australia needs to own up to its slave history - Daily Life


Daily Life

Australia needs to own up to its slave history
Daily Life
Historians Dr Rosalind Kidd and Dr Thalia Anthony have documented how Aboriginal Australians of all ages were forcibly sent to work on sheep and cattle properties across Australia under government schemes that were supposedly "designed to protect ...

Project Officer – Indigenous Projects - Pro Bono Australia


Project Officer – Indigenous Projects
Pro Bono Australia
Experience in engaging and working sensitively, respectfully and effectively with Indigenous Australians and communities. Experience in and understanding of community housing and homelessness service delivery in Queensland. Proven written and verbal ...

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Aboriginal stake in Kidman carve-up - Stock Journal


Stock Journal

Aboriginal stake in Kidman carve-up
Stock Journal
From the time when Sidney Kidman first cohabitated the bush with Billy the Aboriginal to the adjistment of stock in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara-Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in 2014, Kidman's history has been interwoven with Indigenous Australia. Not ...

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Aboriginal stake in Kidman carve-up - Stock Journal


Stock Journal

Aboriginal stake in Kidman carve-up
Stock Journal
From the time when Sidney Kidman first cohabitated the bush with Billy the Aboriginal to the adjistment of stock in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara-Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in 2014, Kidman's history has been interwoven with Indigenous Australia. Not ...

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Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation is a challenge to review - The Conversation AU


The Conversation AU

Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation is a challenge to review
The Conversation AU
Reviewing Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation, which opened last week at London's British Museum, is a challenge. Sponsored by BP, the collaborative exhibition draws on Australian Aboriginal objects and artefacts, many of which were taken from ...
Indigenous Australians mark Anzac DaySBS
British Museum curator hits back at criticism of Indigenous Australia exhibitionSydney Morning Herald
Exhibition explores Indigenous Australia's enduring historyCCTV
Londonist -Green Left Weekly -Crikey (blog)
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Police shut down Aboriginal ANZAC Day march - Red Flag


Red Flag

Police shut down Aboriginal ANZAC Day march
Red Flag
Forced to the back of Canberra's ANZAC Day parade, Aboriginal activists and their supporters assembled to remember the wars that are never mentioned from the stage, but which more profoundly shaped Australia. The Frontier Wars lasted more than 140 ...

Indigenous Australians mark Anzac Day - SBS


SBS

Indigenous Australians mark Anzac Day
SBS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have fought for Australia in every war since Federation in 1901. Pastor Ray Minniecon started the Coloured Diggers March nine years ago to fight for the recognition of the role of Indigenous diggers. He ...

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Indigenous Australians mark Anzac Day - SBS


SBS

Indigenous Australians mark Anzac Day
SBS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have fought for Australia in every war since Federation in 1901. Pastor Ray Minniecon started the Coloured Diggers March nine years ago to fight for the recognition of the role of Indigenous diggers. He ...

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British Museum curator hits back at criticism of Indigenous Australia exhibition - Sydney Morning Herald


Sydney Morning Herald

British Museum curator hits back at criticism of Indigenous Australia exhibition
Sydney Morning Herald
For curator Gaye Sculthorpe​, a key moment in the British Museum's important new exhibition Indigenous Australia: enduring civilisation comes right at the end, where we can watch a film of Abe Muriata​ from Cardwell, Queensland, splitting canes to make ...

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