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Did legalised slavery exist in Australia? ABC Online For almost a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous Australians were forced to work for pastoral stations, missions and government reserves for little more than pocket money. Some have called it legalised slavery and are now fighting to recoup stolen ...
Taleena Simon becomes first Aboriginal woman to sign professional terms in ... TheSportsCampus.com Taleena Simon has become the first Aboriginal woman to receive a full time professional contract in Australia's Sevens program. Hailing from Redfern in Sydney's Inner West, Simon said she was excited to now be a professional athlete. “It's a dream come ...
TALEENA SIMON BECOMES FIRST ABORIGINAL WOMAN TO SIGN ... ARU Rugby Taleena Simon has become the first Aboriginal woman to receive a full time professional contract in Australia's Sevens program. Hailing from Redfern in Sydney's Inner West, Simon said she was excited to now be a professional athlete. “It's a dream come ...
Aboriginal leaders reject call to halt English lessons The Australian He told The Australian that Aboriginal children should learn to read but questioned the language in which they should be taught, what version of English or if it should be in their own language. “We get so caught up in a narrow understanding of what it ...
Aboriginal leaders reject call to halt English lessons The Australian He told The Australian that Aboriginal children should learn to read but questioned the language in which they should be taught, what version of English or if it should be in their own language. “We get so caught up in a narrow understanding of what it ...
Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this ... ABC Message Stick The Recognise campaign calls for a referendum and for all Australians to back constitutional change. It's backed by the Federal Government, Opposition and the Greens, as well the AFL and Cricket Australia. However, there are members of the Indigenous ...
Indigenous campaign builds against constitutional recognition ABC Local The Indigenous community is split over a campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Constitution. The Recognise campaign calls for a referendum and for all Australians to back constitutional change. It's backed by the ...
Indigenous campaign builds against constitutional recognition ABC Local The Indigenous community is split over a campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Constitution. The Recognise campaign calls for a referendum and for all Australians to back constitutional change. It's backed by the ...
Marron farm generates work for Aboriginal community ABC Online A south west Western Australia marron farm has established itself as both a training body and an employer for local Noongar people. Ngalang Boodja Aboriginal Council Corporation. set up the commercial farm in Collie in 2008, in partnership with Premier ...
Budget cuts will lead to early Indigenous smoking deaths, ex-race ... ABC Online In 2010, Mr Calma became the national coordinator of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program, with teams of six around the country running anti-smoking programs targeting Indigenous Australians. "In Darwin, we've got a situation where one of our major ...
The Guardian (blog) Five Indigenous female writers who should be on school reading lists The Guardian (blog) Janke's work is pretty much my idea of the 'great Australian novel'. It covers the geography from Sydney to Cairns and the Torres Strait, and manages to be a love story, crime novel, legal lesson, and a comment on contemporary Indigenous Australians...
ABC Online John Kinsella - soldier, wrestler and Aboriginal elder ABC Online Not many people can lay claim to serving their country at war and at two Olympics, but John Kinsella represented Australia at Mexico and Munich before volunteering for Vietnam. Mr Kinsella is the special guest of Blacktown City Council's NAIDOC week ...
NAIDOC Week across Australia | Photos Newcastle Herald NEWCASTLE: An Aboriginal Australian flag flies at the NAIDOC week rally at Civic Park. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers/Newcastle Herald. ALBURY-WODONGA: NAIDOC committee member Ruth Davys, of Thurgoona, helps her daughter Tacoola Ruth-Davys, ...
NAIDOC Week across Australia | Photos Illawarra Mercury NEWCASTLE: An Aboriginal Australian flag flies at the NAIDOC week rally at Civic Park. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers/Newcastle Herald. ALBURY-WODONGA: NAIDOC committee member Ruth Davys, of Thurgoona, helps her daughter Tacoola Ruth-Davys, ...
Cuts to Indigenous anti-smoking programs will contribute to early deaths of ... ABC Online Anti-smoking programs for non-Indigenous Australians have achieved great success in the last 70 years, with rates dropping to one in five for men and less for women. By contrast, around half all Aboriginal adults smoke. Tom Calma is warning that cuts ...