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British Museum exhibit reignites call for return of Indigenous relics
ArtsHub (subscription)
The collaborative exhibit to be displayed in London this week and at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) in November, answers decades of calls for the return of Indigenous artifacts from the British Museum, with materials from 1770 to present day ...

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Brisbane Times
Aboriginal man `hassled' at Brisbane Airport
ABC Online (blog)
A Nyaywana man claims to have been hassled by customs officials in Brisbane over the weekend, after he presented an Aboriginal passport when returning to Australia from New Zealand. Callum Clayton-Dixon is the Chair of the Aboriginal Provisional ...
Aboriginal passport refused at Brisbane AirportBrisbane Times
Officials At Brisbane Airport Refuse To Consider Aboriginal Passport As 'Valid ...International Business Times AU

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International Business Times AU
Aboriginal passport refused in Brisbane
The Australian (blog)
"We as Aboriginal people collectively have the fundamental human right as recognised by the United Nations to determine our own political independence and our own political status and the Aboriginal passport is a statement and an assertion of this ...
Aboriginal man `hassled' at Brisbane AirportABC Online (blog)
Officials At Brisbane Airport Refuse To Consider Aboriginal Passport As 'Valid ...International Business Times AU
Aboriginal passport refusedStuff.co.nz

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Aboriginal passport refused in Brisbane
The Australian (blog)
"We as Aboriginal people collectively have the fundamental human right as recognised by the United Nations to determine our own political independence and our own political status and the Aboriginal passport is a statement and an assertion of this ...

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Herald Sun
Recognition of Aborigines in Constitution only serves to divide
Herald Sun
Pearson does still want the Constitution changed, so that Parliament — which represents all Australians — must always consult other representatives, Aboriginal ones, about any matter affecting them. “Parliament should hear the views of indigenous ...
Recognition? In your dreamsCourier Mail

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Crikey (blog)
Djambawa Marawili: On Homelands, Art and Caring for Indigenous Knowledge
Crikey (blog)
I urge the government and wider Australia to respect our Indigenous cultural knowledge base as an asset of inestimable value for Australia and the world; for building strong and healthy livelihoods for my peoples; and fostering effective empowered ...

Crikey (blog)
Djambawa Marawili: On Homelands, Art and Caring for Indigenous Knowledge
Crikey (blog)
I urge the government and wider Australia to respect our Indigenous cultural knowledge base as an asset of inestimable value for Australia and the world; for building strong and healthy livelihoods for my peoples; and fostering effective empowered ...

The Guardian
Mount Panorama in Bathurst given Indigenous name 'Wahluu'
The Guardian
He said the dual name of Mount Panorama and Wahluu is an important acknowledgement of Aboriginal tradition and history. The geographical names register officially recorded the two names last week in the same way Ayers Rock officially became known as ...

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Yahoo7 News
Player from Australia's oldest surviving Aboriginal football club aims for a ...
Yahoo7 News
Daryl Dudley plays for Koonibba in the Far West Football League (FWFL), the oldest surviving Aboriginal football club in Australia. His ability drew the attention of league officials who put his name forward as part of a scheme called Footy Means ...

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Independent Australia
Noel Pearson's assimilation agenda divides Indigenous movement
Independent Australia
Of course, we received the usual hits from government. The predictable attack on character in order to justify the closure on 150 Indigenous communities in Western Australia (note to Colin Barnett: get some new material; this was done to death and ...

Yahoo7 News
Player from Australia's oldest surviving Aboriginal football club aims his ...
Yahoo7 News
Daryl Dudley plays for Koonibba in the Far West Football League (FWFL), the oldest surviving Aboriginal football club in Australia. His ability drew the attention of league officials who put his name forward as part of a scheme called Footy Means ...

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ABC Online
Player from Australia's oldest surviving Aboriginal football club aims his ...
ABC Online
Daryl Dudley plays for Koonibba in the Far West Football League (FWFL), the oldest surviving Aboriginal football club in Australia. His ability drew the attention of league officials who put his name forward as part of a scheme called Footy Means ...

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The Australian
A hand-painted figure. Photo: Mike Donaldson Source: Supplied
The Australian
The Dambimangari Corporation, led by her brother-in-law and Aboriginal artist for the 2000 Sydney Olympic ceremony Donny Woolagoodja, is working with archeologists to record and date their community's art. Their efforts are part of extraordinary ...

The Australian
A hand-painted figure. Photo: Mike Donaldson Source: Supplied
The Australian
Their efforts are part of extraordinary momentum gathering around Australia's rock art heritage just as threatening clouds hang over heritage laws that have for decades protected some of the nation's most precious works. “We really want to ... Veth ...

ABC Online
Musician who penned Vietnam war anthem 'I Was Only 19' pays tribute to ...
ABC Online
A new song to commemorate Australia's Indigenous soldiers has been launched at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra. The Australian Army commissioned the song by musician John Schumann, who is best known for his Vietnam war anthem, ...
Indigenous soldiers inspire anthemNEWS.com.au
John Schumann pens new track for Anzac centenaryToowoomba Chronicle

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ABC Online
Musician who penned Vietnam war anthem 'I Was Only 19' pays tribute to ...
ABC Online
A new song to commemorate Australia's Indigenous soldiers has been launched at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra. The Australian Army commissioned the song by musician John Schumann, who is best known for his Vietnam war anthem, ...
Indigenous soldiers inspire anthemNEWS.com.au
John Schumann pens new track for Anzac centenaryToowoomba Chronicle

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Green Left Weekly
New NT group says fund and support self-determination for Aboriginal ...
Green Left Weekly
Community Solidarity Action was launched in Darwin to respond to funding cuts under the federal government's Indigenous Advancement Strategy and to protest against the closure of communities in Western Australia. The group was launched by community ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Pearson's proposals for indigenous recognition deserve consideration
The Australian
And further: “If we want to ensure that indigenous people are properly consulted in parliament's law-making for indigenous affairs in Australia, then we need to say so clearly and explicitly in law … The procedure for proper consultation with the ...
A pathway to consensus on Indigenous recognitionSydney Morning Herald

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The community must act to conquer indigenous inequality
The Australian
We are the biggest provider of intensive support to indigenous high school kids in Australia. We operate across the nation with a focus on urban and rural regions. These kids don't face the same challenges as that experienced in many remote communities ...

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The Australian
Recognition for indigenous Australians in Constitution remains elusive
The Australian
When Cape York leader Noel Pearson made his second dramatic intervention into the faltering debate on the recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution this week, he was not motivated by a desire to grandstand, as some of his critics ...
A pathway to consensus on Indigenous recognitionSydney Morning Herald

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