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Gallery to recognise work of Aboriginal stockmen
ABC Online
CEO Ben Maguire says it is the first time there has been an effort to recognise the role Indigenous people have played in the opening up of inland Australia but more research is needed. "We're asking for another $200,000 for another couple of years to ...

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Indigenous owners to run council's Stradbroke holiday parks
ABC Online
An Indigenous community is taking control of holiday parks on North Stradbroke Island off Brisbane, as part of a native title compensation deal. The Quandamooka People will take ownership of the business and control of the land from Redlands City Council.

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Australian TV drama puts spotlight on Aboriginal life
The Guardian
Redfern Now is the first television series to be commissioned, written, acted and produced by indigenous Australians. "It's a landmark because for so long we have had other people telling our stories and the government telling us what we should be ...
Redfern Now launched under the starsThe Australian
Redfern Now: Thursday, 8.30pm, ABC1The West Australian

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Uluru launch plan for groundbreaking TV
The Australian
The date would mark an important milestone in broadcasting and in Australia's history, SBS managing director Michael Ebeid said. "SBS is incredibly proud to be playing a role in delivering content about indigenous Australians, produced by indigenous ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Cause and compassion
Sydney Morning Herald
Popular music has long been a focal point for those trying to create change or enhance public awareness of social issues and now a group of Australia's finest young indigenous musicians are hitting the road for a tour to raise awareness and promote the ...

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My people must grow up: Alison Anderson
The Australian
Northern Territory Indigenous Advancement Minister Alison Anderson told the Territory's Legislative Assembly that she "despaired at the reluctance" of some of her brethren to take available jobs. "I look at the men of Yirrkala and ask why they will not ...

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Thompson graduates from Indigenous Leadership Course
World of Rugby League
Thompson studied the course through the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre this year, the venue where he works part time throughout the week and where he plans on working full time after his career ends. This course culminated with an intensive ...

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Maintaining Indigenous languages: revering a distant past or contributing to a ...
Crikey (blog)
Special guest Dr. Bill Fogarty argues that Indigenous language maintenance and education is not about reverence for some distant past for esoteric reasons. Rather it is an important asset that can play a role both in developing a future for Indigenous ...

SBS launches indigenous channel
The Australian
"SBS is incredibly proud to be playing a role in delivering content about indigenous Australians, produced by indigenous Australians, to every Australian household. Digital Pass $1 for first 28 Days. "With NITV part of the SBS family, we will reflect ...
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The West Australian
Redfern Now launched under the stars
The Australian
It was an historic event because Redfern Now is Australia's first-ever Indigenous television drama, a series made possible by additional drama funding three years ago from the federal government. "Redfern Now is born of, is resonant of, and speaks of ...
Redfern Now: Thursday, 8.30pm, ABC1The West Australian

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An indigenous team's Australian dream
ESPNcricinfo.com
The sight of foreign cricketers playing or practising at a ground in India is a matter of curiosity for passers-by. A slip-catching and fielding drill, scattered applause and chirps in a familiar accent had drawn a few spectators outside the perimeter ...

NSW behind on Indigenous schools program
Radio Australia
The government announced in May that 15 schools will take part in the 'Connected Communities' program from next year. The program is designed to transform schools in largely Indigenous areas, into community hubs. Every school will get an executive ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal people are still denied full citizenship
ABC Online
However, the fact is that in 2012, many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples still struggle to enjoy full citizenship in Australia. This is because of problems they experience accessing a birth certificate - the document universally recognised ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Television comes to the Block, but for a different drama
Sydney Morning Herald
Its six one-hour episodes were shot in and around Redfern, and feature Australia's most accomplished indigenous actors, including Deborah Mailman, Leah Purcell, Miranda Tapsell and Jimi Bani. As the sun set over Redfern Community Centre, Australian ...

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'Tackle migrants' on genital mutilation
The Australian
Western Australia's first indigenous female magistrate was angry at the latest coverage of court cases concerning female genital mutilation because the practice had been going on in Australia when she was a children's court magistrate. Digital Pass $1 ...

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Dreamtime Racing takes off
Narooma News
THE Youngmanni Aboriginal Cooperative (YAC) was established this year (2012) by a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people from NSW and Victoria. The aim of the YAC is to raise funds to enable young Aboriginal people across Australia enter the ...

Law and justice for abuse victims, Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers
Eureka Street
At the swearing in of Justice Gageler in the High Court on 9 October 2012, the Attorney General Nicola Roxon made the first speech from the Bar Table, commencing: 'First, might I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land that we are meeting on ...

120 dead horses at Balgo to be removed
NEWS.com.au
MORE than 120 horse carcasses left rotting in a parched dam on a remote Aboriginal reserve in northeastern Western Australia will finally be removed after the local shire agreed to intervene. The horses were seeking water when they became stuck in the ...

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Getting Aboriginal stories out of the ghetto
Sydney Morning Herald
The series stars some of Aboriginal Australia's best-known actors - Leah Purcell, Deborah Mailman and her Sapphires co-stars Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell - and harnesses serious directorial clout, with Wayne Blair (The Sapphires) and Rachel ...

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Getting Aboriginal stories out of the ghetto
Brisbane Times
The series stars some of Aboriginal Australia's best-known actors - Leah Purcell, Deborah Mailman and her Sapphires co-stars Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell - and harnesses serious directorial clout, with Wayne Blair (The Sapphires) and Rachel ...
Television comes to the Block, but for a different dramaSydney Morning Herald

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