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Indigenous stars to play for Australia against Ireland
AFL.com.au
THE INDIGENOUS All-Stars will represent Australia in this year's International Rules Series, and coach Michael O'Loughlin is confident he will lure the cream of the crop for the two-test tour of Ireland. In response to flagging interest from players ...

Sky News Australia
Indigenous team to tackle Irish in International Rules series
Herald Sun
AUSTRALIA will field an all-indigenous line-up for their International Rules Series (IRS) tour of Ireland in October, the AFL's deputy chief Gill McLachlan revealed today. With a side expected to boast Hawthorn forwards Lance Franklin and Cyril Rioli ...
Aust to field indigenous side in IrelandSky News Australia

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Indigenous team to tackle Irish in International Rules series
Courier Mail
AUSTRALIA will field an all-indigenous line-up for their International Rules Series (IRS) tour of Ireland in October, the AFL's deputy chief Gill McLachlan revealed today. With a side expected to boast Hawthorn forwards Lance Franklin and Cyril Rioli ...

The Westender
Telstra gives $5 million boost to Indigenous digital programs
iTWire
“The nation should be optimistic about the future participation of Indigenous Australians in the digital world. Our focus is to avoid a digital divide while holding on to our culture. The strength of the ideas coming from the IDEA Summit has thrown up ...
Australia Council won't determine who is IndigenousartsHub Australia (subscription)
Musgrave Park - Friday July 12The Westender

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Tony Abbott visits Tjapukai to examine Indigenous economic development
SpiceNews
Tjapukai continues to operate during the redevelopment and has hired additional Indigenous people from around Australia to broaden the range of cultures represented at the park. Indigenous workers also have been employed as part of the construction ...

Brisbane Times
Yothu Yindi frontman, Aboriginal rights champion and former Australian of the ...
Herald Sun
With Mr Kelly, Mr Yunupingu wrote Treaty, which is a top-30 song in Australia. The Northern Territory's indigenous Chief Minister Adam Giles paid tribute, saying the 56-year-old had educated a generation and thanked his family for sharing him with the ...
Yothu Yindi frontman Yunupingu honoured at memorial serviceABC Online
Colourful farewell for elder YunupinguThe Australian
Yunupingu farewelled in bush state funeralSBS
Brisbane Times
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Yothu Yindi frontman, Aboriginal rights champion and former Australian of the ...
NEWS.com.au
With Mr Kelly, Mr Yunupingu wrote Treaty, which is a top-30 song in Australia. The Northern Territory's indigenous Chief Minister Adam Giles paid tribute, saying the 56-year-old had educated a generation and thanked his family for sharing him with the ...

Brisbane Times
Yothu Yindi frontman, Aboriginal rights champion and former Australian of the ...
Courier Mail
With Mr Kelly, Mr Yunupingu wrote Treaty, which is a top-30 song in Australia. The Northern Territory's indigenous Chief Minister Adam Giles paid tribute, saying the 56-year-old had educated a generation and thanked his family for sharing him with the ...
Yothu Yindi frontman Yunupingu honoured at memorial serviceABC Online
Yunupingu farewelled with tears and musicThe Guardian
Yunupingu farewelled in bush state funeralSBS
Merredin Wheatbelt Mercury
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Australia Council won't determine who is Indigenous
artsHub Australia (subscription)
Australia Council Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board Chair Lee-Ann Buckskin said the new model was based on the need to ensure Indigenous funding went where it was intended without bureaucrats making decisions about individual identity.

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Leading Aboriginal singer given state funeral
The Nelson Mail
An Aboriginal elder, educator and 1992 Australian of the Year, Yunupingu died aged 56 at his home in the small town of Yirrkala on June 2. The barefoot dancers moved through a tin shed where hundreds of mourners have gathered to farewell the the singer ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Yothu Yindi frontman Yunupingu honoured at memorial service
ABC Online
There was a sense of pride among those at the state memorial service, as speaker after speaker reflected on Mr Yunupingu's life and his many achievements, particularly in bridging the divide between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Colourful farewell for elder YunupinguThe Australian
Kevin Rudd, Peter Garrett and Adam Giles attend memorial for Yothu Yindi singerNEWS.com.au
Yunupingu farewelled in bush state funeralYahoo!7 News
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Sky News Australia
Colourful farewell for elder Yunupingu
The Australian
A TRADITIONAL dance has opened the funeral of one of Australia's leading indigenous figures, singer Yunupingu, deep in the heart of Arnhem Land. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles and singer Paul Kelly are among ...
'He showed me Australia through Aboriginal eyes': Yunupingu rememberedABC Local
Yothu Yindi frontman Yunupingu honoured at memorial serviceABC Online
Kevin Rudd, Peter Garrett and Adam Giles attend memorial for Yothu Yindi singerThe Daily Telegraph
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SBS
'He showed me Australia through Aboriginal eyes': Yunupingu remembered
ABC Local
"His legacy for me was changing my world view - I was able to see Australia through Aboriginal eyes," Mr James said. "He was able to help a lot of people do that around the country and internationally." Mr James's said his memories of Mr Yunupingu span ...
Hundreds to honour YunupinguThe Age

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International Business Times
Ayers Rock: The Multimillion-Dollar Plan To Put More Indigenous Faces At An ...
International Business Times
It's the second of three rainy days in the Australian Outback as I sit in front of Anangu elder Rene Kulitja, learning about her dot-painting technique through an interpreter. Such a torrent is rare in these parts, and it means that the rusty, red ...

Aboriginal artefacts scattered
inmycommunity
AN Aboriginal artefact site in Midvale that could date back tens of thousands of years was destroyed over the past three decades before being rezoned from public open space to light industrial, according to the Shire of Mundaring. Archaeology students ...

Gavin Wanganeen reflects on his indigenous history ahead of the Journey to ...
Herald Sun
And when we recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution, all Australians will also be able to take pride in having a new formal connection to the world's oldest living cultures. That is why tomorrow I'll be joining the walk in the city to be part ...

Gavin Wanganeen reflects on his indigenous history ahead of the Journey to ...
The Australian
And when we recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution, all Australians will also be able to take pride in having a new formal connection to the world's oldest living cultures. That is why tomorrow I'll be joining the walk in the city to be part ...

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Hopes hit film will help reduce Indigenous prison rates
ABC Local
PETER LLOYD: The statistics are familiar and disturbing: Aboriginal people make up 2.5 per cent of Australia's population, yet account for almost a third of the number of people in prison. There are hopes that a program being trialled among prisoners ...

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Hopes hit film will help reduce Indigenous prison rates
ABC Online
The statistics are familiar and disturbing - Aboriginal people make up 2.5 per cent of Australia's population yet account for almost a third of the number of people in prison. There are hopes that a program being trialled among prisoner inmates in ...

Stop stalling indigenous recognition: MP
Herald Sun
INDEPENDENT MP Rob Oakeshott is worried political parties are "conveniently buying time" on moves to recognise indigenous people in Australia's founding document. A joint select parliamentary committee has recommended in a report that a draft ...

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