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Champions of indigenous advancement
The Australian
Beyond that cusp is a future where indigenous Australians close the gap on black and white numbers in employment, incarceration and education. Grab yourself a pen green, gold, red, black, yellow and scribble the words of Mr Mundine across your 2014 ...
Australian of the Year: NSW candidate Adam GoodesABC Online

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Different reflections on Australia Day
Newcastle Herald
Melinda Brown from Speers Point, the Lake Macquarie citizen of the year in 2012, is an indigenous woman who usually spends Australia Day in Sydney taking part in Aboriginal events. She said she wanted her granddaughter Yasmine, 3, to know there were ...

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Debate revived on what Australia Day means to Indigenous Aussies
SBS
As millions of Aussies prepare to celebrate Australia Day this weekend, the debate on what the day means to Indigenous Australians has been revived. By. Tara Callinan. Source. NITV News. UPDATED 3 MINS AGO. On January 26, 1788 Captain Arthur ...

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Debate revived on what Australia Day means to Indigenous Aussies
SBS
As millions of Aussies prepare to celebrate Australia Day this weekend, the debate on what the day means to Indigenous Australians has been revived. By. Tara Callinan. Source. NITV News. UPDATED 3 MINS AGO. On January 26, 1788 Captain Arthur ...

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The Guardian
Push intensifies for Indigenous recognition in constitution
The Guardian
The Indigenous leader charged with building community consensus to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution says the issue should be dealt with in this term of government, and considered separately from the next federal election. Tanya ...

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'Invasion Day' debate resurfaces
SBS
To some Indigenous Australians, January the 26th is "Invasion Day" - the day in 1788 when the First Fleet of British settlers arrived on Australian shores. By. Marina Freri. Source. World News Australia Radio. UPDATED 29 MINS AGO. To some Indigenous ...
Australia Day is not a cause for celebration for allFraser Coast Chronicle
Should we shift our Australia Day?Central Queensland news
Australia Day – celebration of a nationMyguidon

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'Invasion Day' debate resurfaces
SBS
"What is of issue for many people, those Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians, is that the 26 of January is not really Australia Day. It's not a day that we should be celebrating. We need to have a conversation about ...
Should we shift our Australia Day?Central Queensland news

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The Guardian
How Indigenous Australians map their world
ABC Online (blog)
Their culture is complex and diverse, having the oldest living cultural history in the world going back at least 50,000 years. The Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures have survived for so long mainly due to their ability to adapt ...
Q&A with Kirstie Parker: on acts of kindness and Indigenous survivalThe Guardian

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Indigenous soldiers remembered: the research behind Black Diggers
The Conversation
Black Diggers premiered at the Sydney Festival last weekend – and initial inspiration came from the discovery by festival director Lieven Bertels, that a young Aboriginal soldier, Private Rufus Rigney from Raukkan in South Australia, was buried in the ...

Indigenous soldiers remembered: the research behind Black Diggers
The Conversation
Black Diggers premiered at the Sydney Festival last weekend – and initial inspiration came from the discovery by festival director Lieven Bertels, that a young Aboriginal soldier, Private Rufus Rigney from Raukkan in South Australia, was buried in the ...

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What Is Australia Day? From Convict Ships to Cultural Celebration
International Business Times UK
Purposefully held on the same date as Australia Day, it was a protest held by Aboriginal Australians against the 150 years of mistreatment and seizure of land when the first ships landed. The first march was organised by two bodies. One protest was ...

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Indigenous football ambassador on mission to find new stars
SBS
In the same year, he also became the first to lead an Australian club side to domestic success, after Newcastle Jets won the A-League championship. A proud indigenous Australian and FFA ambassador North is passionate about encouraging indigenous ...

Easy ways to make Australia Day a day to remember
The Daily Telegraph
The raising of the Aboriginal and Australian flags on the Sydney Harbour Bridge honours age-old custodial traditions and marks the start of the Australia Day celebrations across the state. A fire will be lit at the Sydney Opera House and carried aboard ...

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Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings
Crikey
Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings. by Helen Razer. There is one of those things I believe the expert photoshoppers call a “macro” currently circulating madly online. I am all for a critique of that ...

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Crikey
Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings
Crikey
Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings. by Helen Razer. There is one of those things I believe the expert photoshoppers call a “macro” currently circulating madly online. I am all for a critique of that ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Archie Roach still a powerful voice for Indigenous justice
The Guardian (blog)
Yet Roach's music has had a more overtly political voice which speaks directly to issues affecting Australia's Indigenous people, drawing on stories from his life. Roach credits forerunners like Little and Bob Randall – whose 1970 song Brown Skin Baby ...

The Guardian (blog)
Archie Roach still a powerful voice for Indigenous justice
The Guardian (blog)
“The song with him has a lot do with what I've sung about through the years – the struggles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It is through these fresh voices in music that a new generation of Australians will become more familiar with ...

Crikey
Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings
Crikey
Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings. by Helen Razer. There is one of those things I believe the expert photoshoppers call a “macro” currently circulating madly online. I am all for a critique of that ...

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Crikey
Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings
Crikey
It is time for a real Treaty ratified by the Australian Parliament and by a referendum of all Indigenous people. If Indigenous people really want the Constitution to be 'completed' that can be agreed in the Treaty as well. by Boerwar on Jan 23, 2014 at ...

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Australia's young Indigenous bring powerful voice to rights message
UNICEF Australia
YOUNG Indigenous teenagers from across the country converge on Sydney this week to bring their singing and song-writing talents to a project led by UNICEF Australia. The crew of talented performers has been brought together by experienced mentors and ...