Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Conversation AU
When bacteria tell a story: tracing Indigenous Australian ochre sources via microbial 'fingerprinting'
The Conversation AU
We have found a new method for pinpointing the geological origins of ochre found in Indigenous Australian artefacts. The technique relies on RNA (a form of genetic material) from soil microbes to identify the ochre source. This provides a fresh ...

The Australian
Ancient Australian rock arrives at Natural History Museum
The Australian
She said the world's history was tied to the Pilbara region, through the ancient rocks, but also the indigenous Australians who represent the world's oldest continuing civilisation. But Ms Farrell would not be drawn on the culture within Rio Tinto that ...

SBS
Cheika wants more Indigenous Wallabies
SBS
But he is confident the gesture - together with a little more "concerted effort" across the board - can make rugby a more attractive pursuit for young Indigenous talents. Australia will become the first national side to wear an Indigenous jersey in ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
'When 1800 people leapt to their feet, I knew I wasn't in Australia'
The Sydney Morning Herald
We need to trust our egalitarian intuitions more fully and work harder for a "fair go" for and with everyone, especially Indigenous Australians and our neighbours. And, as Keating said, we should do this with cleverness and goodwill towards others and ...

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SBS
Homeownership among young people drops in Australia
SBS
It is also a grim picture among Indigenous communities. Indigenous people are seven times more likely to live in social housing, less than half as likely to own their own home and more than twice as likely to rent. First Home Buyers Australia is an ...

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NME.com
Taika Waititi has stuffed Thor: Ragnarok with Aussie Easter eggs
ABC Online
He made a conscious effort to create opportunities for Indigenous Australians and Māori people, “to make [himself] feel a little bit more at home.” “These films are so big – just the scale is huge – there's hundreds of hundreds more people than I'm ...
'Thor: Ragnarok' Director Taika Waititi Says He Filled The Film With Cool Aussie Easter EggsJunkee

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The Macleay Argus
Heart disease kills more regional, rural and remote Australians
The Macleay Argus
Inequality in heart disease is most evident among Indigenous Australians living in communities remote to central health services. For example, Indigenous Australians living in Central Australia develop heart failure on average 20 years younger than the ...

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Mashable
Taika Waititi peppered 'Thor: Ragnarok' with Indigenous Australian and New Zealand references
Mashable
"That spaceship, that's painted with the Aboriginal flag colours. No one else knows that but us." Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok was filmed in Australia's Gold Coast, and stars locals Chris Hemsworth and Cate Blanchett, but that's not what makes it a ...
Only Aussies And Kiwis Will Get "Thor: Ragnarok" Easter Eggs, Says DirectorBuzzFeed News

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Katherine Times
Indigenous smoking rates cut down
Katherine Times
The number of smoking-related deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians is predicted to continue to increase, and to peak over the next decade, resulting in thousands of premature deaths that are largely preventable. New research ...

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Lynton Tapp's recipe for Rosella Prosecco Jelly
3AW
The plant has also long been a part of the indigenous Australians way of life and in 1886 it was documented that Aborigines harvested the young plant and ate the roots, young shoots and leaves as a part of their diet. The Aboriginals would also use the ...

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SBS
'Unacceptable to routinely reject committee's views': Australia grilled on human rights record by UN
SBS
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop nominated the empowerment of women globally, indigenous rights, abolition of the death penalty and crises in North Korea and Syria as the issues Australia would pursue during its tenure. It will also push for reforms to ...
Australia grilled on human rights by UNNEWS.com.au

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NEWS.com.au
Aboriginal teen Sarafina Elliott flies flag on Mount Everest
NEWS.com.au
The 16-year-old Yawuru/Ngarluma girl planted the Aboriginal flag on the world's tallest mountain to honour her culture. “I thought everyone knows Australians go there and I don't think the Aboriginal flag has been up there,” she told NITV News.

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The Australian
The story of Australia's first indigenous representative
The Australian
At long last, the first indigenous person ever to represent Australia in any sport will be recognised. Depicted on the jersey, forming a ring around a stylised wallaby, are 14 waterholes, each of them representing the 14 Aborigines who have played Test ...
'I'm not just confident, I'm more than confident'RTE.ie

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Courier Mail
Labor, Greens will unite to not hold citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day
Courier Mail
LABOR will support a Greens plan that gives politically-correct councils the right to stop holding citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day because “it cannot ignore” indigenous people feel the day “represents a history of dispossession and suffering”.

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ABC Online
Wallabies trailblazer Lloyd McDermott on his Indigenous pride and rugby league's poaching
ABC Online
Ten years later he was admitted to the Bar in New South Wales and eventually became Australia's first Indigenous lawyer. He says he has three loves in his life — his family and fellow Indigenous people, the law and rugby union. On Saturday, the ...
Indigenous jersey just the beginning for BealeRugby.com.au
Kurley Beale unveils Wallabies indigenous jumper for All Blacks clashNEWS.com.au

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ABC Online
New stamps highlight work of Indigenous artists Bede Tungutalum and Banduk Marika
ABC Online
A Northern Territory artist whose work will be celebrated on a new stamp says he hopes it will inspire other Australians to learn about his culture. The works of two NT artists — Bede Tungutalum and Banduk Marika — have been chosen to appear on new ...

James wants people to come to his party
National Indigenous Times
Mr Gibbs said he was fed up that the opinions of Aboriginal Australia were being ignored. He said his party would push for programs in communities to combat high incarceration rates, promote reconciliation and engage with those people who were in prison.

National Indigenous Times
Namatjira's work now has a bigger canvas
National Indigenous Times
Mr Namatjira was a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art and is considered the most famous Indigenous Australian of his generation. The Namatjira Legacy Trust has been established to protect the interests of his family and to benefit the ...
The $1 Namatjira Copyright deal – how it happenedArtsHub

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National Indigenous Times
Doco exposes 'fake news' about island
National Indigenous Times
Ms Mordey, an illustrator for Magabala Books, said she was offered the K'Gari project this year not long after graduating from Griffith University with a degree in contemporary Australian Indigenous art. She said Fraser Island should return to its ...

National Indigenous Times
Smoking down but deaths still to rise
National Indigenous Times
An epidemic of smoking-related deaths is about to hit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, health researchers have warned. A research team led by Dr Raymond Lovett from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the ...

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