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Indigenous cricketer 'King Cole', who died during 1868 UK tour, honoured in England - ABC News

Thu, 2018/06/07 - 1:08am

ABC News

Indigenous cricketer 'King Cole', who died during 1868 UK tour, honoured in England
ABC News
In 1868 a team of 13 Indigenous cricketers travelled by sea to England for a gruelling 47-match trip in what was Australia's first ever sporting team to tour overseas. It was ten years before the Australian cricket tour that gave birth to Test cricket ...

Church communities urged to push for better rights for Indigenous Australians - Catholic Leader

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 9:00pm

Catholic Leader

Church communities urged to push for better rights for Indigenous Australians
Catholic Leader
A former provincial of the Passionist Fathers, Fr Kevin Dance, who has represented his congregation on indigenous issues at the United Nations said there was “a long way to go” to achieving justice for indigenous Australians, but the Uluru statement ...

Australian students feel lonelier and more left out than a decade ago - The Guardian

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 6:46pm

The Guardian

Australian students feel lonelier and more left out than a decade ago
The Guardian
“Although these results don't tell us why some students have a lower sense of belonging, they do highlight where the social issues are – among students who are Indigenous, female, Australian-born, from low SES backgrounds and country areas,” she said.

Legal giants put weight on Aboriginal community support - Australasian Lawyer

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 6:19pm

Australasian Lawyer

Legal giants put weight on Aboriginal community support
Australasian Lawyer
Eight of Australia's top law firms have pledged more support for the nation's indigenous peoples. Allens, Ashurst, Clayton Utz, Colin Biggers & Paisley (CBP), Gilbert + Tobin (G+T), Hall & Wilcox, HWL Ebsworth, and Sparke Helmore have partnered with ...

Keep our electoral indigenous names, says Warren Mundine - The Australian

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 2:10pm

The Australian

Keep our electoral indigenous names, says Warren Mundine
The Australian
He urged the commission to rethink a plan to rename the southern Victorian seat of Corangamite as Cox, saying Corangamite was an important indigenous name significant for Australia's indigenous and electoral history. Speaking to The Australian after ...

Chad Wingard and Port Adelaide celebrate community links - The Australian

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 2:10pm

The Australian

Chad Wingard and Port Adelaide celebrate community links
The Australian
The Murray Bridge-born Wingard provided the star factor with his indigenous teammates at Port Adelaide yesterday ahead of the 11th running of the Aboriginal Power Cup in South Australia. The three-day carnival has drawn more than 400 indigenous kids ...

Governments can close gap by buying from Aboriginal businesses - The Australian

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 2:07pm

Governments can close gap by buying from Aboriginal businesses
The Australian
As the Prime Minister's recent Closing the Gap report revealed, although there has been progress, the target of halving the gap in employment between Aboriginal people and other Australians by this year is not on track. Indeed, we've slipped backwards.

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Echoes of Uluru as nascent office hailed for voice to parliament - The Australian

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 2:02pm

The Australian

Echoes of Uluru as nascent office hailed for voice to parliament
The Australian
Mr Wyatt — whose father Cedric was born at the Moore River Native Settlement in 1940 and removed from his mother — will tell the National Native Title conference in Broome today that Australia's founding fathers “designed our national Constitution ...

Young business entrepreneur helps First Nations youth gain tech skills - Particle

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 4:35am

Particle

Young business entrepreneur helps First Nations youth gain tech skills
Particle
After attending Startup, a 3-day event to connect startup entrepreneurs, Dean was inspired to run one for Indigenous businesses. After 5 months of organising, over 100 people attended Australia's First Indigenous Startup Weekend in Brisbane. But he ...

All roads lead to Katherine for Barunga and Paddy - Katherine Times

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 4:25am

Katherine Times

All roads lead to Katherine for Barunga and Paddy
Katherine Times
With our special guests, and the land councils, Barunga will again play a key role in the future of the nation as a meeting place for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia to discuss Treaty. NT MYSTERY: An inquest starting in Katherine tomorrow hopes ...

'Mystery Road' Is Australia's Answer To 'True Detective' - Junkee

Wed, 2018/06/06 - 3:47am

Junkee

'Mystery Road' Is Australia's Answer To 'True Detective'
Junkee
The series is set between films, in the Eastern Kimberly region of Western Australia. After a mysterious disappearance of a young Indigenous man on an outback cattle station, local police sergeant Emma James (played by Judy Davis) is joined by ...

Reconciliation - the next diversity frontier for our industry? - AdNews

Tue, 2018/06/05 - 11:58pm

AdNews

Reconciliation - the next diversity frontier for our industry?
AdNews
We all know Australia is highly multicultural, with over 49% of Australians either born overseas or have one or both parents who are born overseas (2017 ABS Census). However, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Australia accounts ...

Aboriginal XI begin England tour in style - cricket.com.au

Tue, 2018/06/05 - 9:59pm

cricket.com.au

Aboriginal XI begin England tour in style
cricket.com.au
Both the men's and women's Aboriginal squads, led by Christian and Ashleigh Gardner respectively, are in the UK to mark 150 years since a men's Aboriginal squad toured England, becoming Australia's first sporting team to tour overseas. On Wednesday ...

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Rookie Short ready to shine for Australia - SBS

Tue, 2018/06/05 - 6:18pm

SBS

Rookie Short ready to shine for Australia
SBS
Big-hitting opener D'Arcy Short fully expected to be on tour in England this month - but with the Australian indigenous side not the international one-day squad. The 27-year-old West Australia allrounder, who hails from Katherine in the Northern ...
Short set for long stay in ODI teamcricket.com.au
D'Arcy Short: I was close to giving up on cricketESPNcricinfo.com

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Bangarra digs into indigenous farming for dance work - The Australian

Tue, 2018/06/05 - 2:13pm

The Australian

Bangarra digs into indigenous farming for dance work
The Australian
It maintains connections with communities across Australia, runs dance workshops for indigenous youth and has embarked on an archive project called Knowledge Ground. “We are constantly drawing on our heritage,” Page said, “whether it's black history or ...

Vic MPs debate Aboriginal treaty laws - 9news.com.au

Tue, 2018/06/05 - 9:33am

Corowa Free Press

Vic MPs debate Aboriginal treaty laws
9news.com.au
A treaty between indigenous Victorians and the state government will begin to heal wounds inflicted on generations of Australia's first people, an MP says. The government has agreed to amend its bill for a treaty with traditional land owners following ...
Briggs features in Victorian government campaign before Treaty legislationThe Music Network
Amendments flagged for Vic Treaty billThe Northern Daily Leader

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Indigenous cricketers push for BBL round - The West Australian

Tue, 2018/06/05 - 6:22am

The West Australian

Indigenous cricketers push for BBL round
The West Australian
Australia's leading indigenous cricketers are pushing for their cultures to be celebrated during a stretch of the Big Bash League (BBL). D'Arcy Short, who is poised to make his ODI debut this month, and Dan Christian, currently in England as part of ...

Indigenous cricketers push for BBL round - SBS

Tue, 2018/06/05 - 3:22am

SBS

Indigenous cricketers push for BBL round
SBS
Australia's leading indigenous cricketers are pushing for their cultures to be celebrated during a stretch of the Big Bash League (BBL). D'Arcy Short, who is poised to make his ODI debut this month, and Dan Christian, currently in England as part of ...

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