Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Advertiser
Radioactive waste dump in SA could be stalled unless indigenous people are properly consulted
The Advertiser
But in a submission to a Senate inquiry, the Human Rights Commission said it was concerned that Adnyamathanha indigenous people near Hawker were unhappy with the consultation process. “This situation requires immediate attention if the consideration of ...

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NEWS.com.au
Aboriginal activist writes Anzac Day 'lest we forget' post about 'black genocide'
NEWS.com.au
In reference to Anzac Day, Ms Jarrett who describes herself as a “Gumbaynggirr Dunghutti Bundjalung Warrior Woman” says indigenous people are “prisoners of war”. Ms Jarrett is the same activist who said on Australia Day that murder, rape and genocide ...

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The West Australian
Pilbara brothers' war sacrifice remembered
The West Australian
At the onset of World War II, five indigenous brothers from the North West set off to fight for their country, but only three would return home. Brothers Arnold, Edgar, Albert, Elliott and Eric Lockyer, who grew up on Mallina Station near Whim Creek ...

SBS
The unit that never existed: Indigenous Vietnam vets from secret unit reunite after 45 years
SBS
In December 1972, Goreng Goreng man Steve Collins returned to his grandparents' farm in Eidsvold in central Queensland after a seven-month tour with the 4th Australian Infantry Battalion in Vietnam. His grandparents, who raised him, were overjoyed at ...

NEWS.com.au
Anzac Day 2018: Australia remembers
NEWS.com.au
Dr Neuhaus spoke of all the Australian men and women who have fought for their country in her speech this morning but highlighted the often forgotten role of women who have served and died for Australia since the Boer War. She spoke particularly of the ...
Now can Anzac Day return to a day of solemn reflection?The Guardian
Lest we forget, again, our violent frontier pastIndependent Australia
Thousands turn out in Sydney, Melbourne and other cities and towns as Australia pauses to mark Anzac DayABC Online
SBS -Pursuit
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CNN
Australia's forgotten indigenous World War II veterans
CNN
Every April 25, Australia commemorates the sacrifices of its military servicemen and women on Anzac Day, including the Indigenous Australians who have fought in every conflict since the Boer War. Originally created to honor the members of the ...

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ABC Online
Anzac Day 2018: Culture connects Kimberley Norforce recruits to Anzac commemoration
ABC Online
These Indigenous recruits in the remote West Australian town of Halls Creek are using their culture to connect with the spirit of Anzac. They carry spears instead of rifles. On patrols they rely more on bush skills than maps and English is often their ...

ABC Online
Anzac Day 2018: Remembering Daniel Hodgekiss 100 years after the battle at Villers Bretonneux
ABC Online
The Australian War Memorial estimates "about 1,000 Indigenous Australians — out of an estimated population of 93,000 in 1901 — fought in the First World War (though the real number is probably higher)." "Daniel was quite remarkable in that he ...

ABC Local
Anzac Day 2018: Indigenous diggers' stories shared through augmented reality app
ABC Local
A new augmented reality app has been developed to share the seldom-told stories of Australia's Indigenous servicemen. Called Dilly Bag, the app works by interacting with the Boys from Barambah exhibition on display at the Ration Shed Museum in ...

NEWS.com.au
Now can Anzac Day return to a day of solemn reflection?
The Guardian
It's a you-flew-here-we-grew-here-style of nationalism that long ago inveigled Australia Day, marking the first fleet's arrival in 1788, itself already profoundly exclusive of the continent's timeless, abiding Indigenous heart. For years now I've been ...
Anzac Day 2018: Australia remembersNEWS.com.au
Beyond Anzac: What really shaped our nation?Pursuit
Thousands gather across Australia for Anzac Day dawn servicesSBS
The Australian -Washington Post
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The Cairns Post
Cairns performer returns to France for centenary of Anzac sacrifice
The Cairns Post
This year's service will mark the centenary of the April 24-25, 1918, battle at Villers-Bretonneux, which claimed 1200 young Australian lives. “It's a huge highlight for me,” says David, who played there on Anzac Day 2017 and again at the Battle of ...
Beyond Anzac: What really shaped our nation?Pursuit
First woman to speak at ACT dawn service to highlight role of womenBrisbane Times
Anzac Day: Some of us were denied the chance to serveThe Age
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The Australian
Anzac Day: the indigenous fight after war to find lasting peace
The Australian
Taken from his parents as a child, and put into the Stolen Generations brutality of the Kinchela Boys Home in northern NSW, Cook began a long series of lessons about self-identity through an institutional war being waged on indigenous Australia. Even ...

The Advertiser
Gin producers from SA such as Applewood, Adelaide Hills Distillery and Never Never are creating a unique Australian ...
The Advertiser
Since then Sacha has gone one step further and combined ingredients from indigenous food purveyor Something Wild into a spirit that is one of the most startling you could ever imagine tasting. Those ingredients include Australian green ants, a native ...

The Age
“A woman does love her own little home”: How Anzac mother's dream was dashed
The Age
Mrs Saunders is all but forgotten these hundred years after her struggle ended in bitter tears, though she is the ancestor of generations of Australian soldiers. She would not live to see it, but her boy Chris would come home and father one of ...

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SBS
'It was hot, humid, helicopters flying overhead': Uncle Graham Atkinson, Aboriginal Vietnam Veteran
SBS
According to the Australian War Memorial and Indigenous veteran's groups, around 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men served in Vietnam, at a time in which the protests for civil rights raged in both the United States and Australia. Graham ...

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Pro Bono Australia
Funding Boost for Remote Indigenous Housing in NT
Pro Bono Australia
Despite these funding announcements, the Labor Party said Indigenous housing in Australia was still under threat without a national agreement. In a joint statement, Labor Senators Doug Cameron and Patrick Dodson said the government's announcement was a ...

2GB (press release)
Grandson of fallen indigenous solider breaks down sharing his story
2GB (press release)
Indigenous Australians played a role in World War One, but it's a story rarely covered. 1500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders served Australia in the war despite, 100 years ago, not even having the right to vote. They weren't allowed to enlist to ...
Australia's First People to the UN: govt statements are 'hypocritical in ...The Mandarin
One man's emotional Anzac Day journey to say thank you | SBS NewsSBS

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Indigenous investigations – about this series
The Guardian
This reporting is funded by the Balnaves Foundation through the Guardian Civic Journalism Trust. The grant supports Indigenous affairs reporting over three years. All journalism produced is editorially independent. All our journalism follows GNM's ...

Research focusing on indigenous dementia
Yahoo News
More than 400,000 Australians currently experience dementia and that number is expected to pass one million in 2050 as the population ages. Aged care and indigenous health minister Ken Wyatt said the projects tie in with the government's attempts to ...

InDaily
SA Aboriginal child incarceration an “ongoing tragedy”
InDaily
This is despite Aboriginal children representing only 4.5 per cent of the state's child population. “I consider these statistics an ongoing tragedy – they represent a generational loss because these children are our children,” Wright said. “These ...