Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Online
Changing weather: Understanding Australia through ancient Indigenous knowledge of seasons
ABC Online
"We call it arretherre. It's the bad wind. People get irritable and cranky because of the west wind." Arrernte indigenous elder Veronica Dobson is talking about the weather from a unique point of view. She learned about the natural world from her ...

Financial Times
Statue wars spread from US to Australia
Financial Times
A public debate over the impact of colonisation on Australia's indigenous population has raged since the 1980s, shortly after academics began disputing the official view of a peaceful settlement of Australia, instead arguing it was an invasion resisted ...

ABC Online
Cooktown wants monuments to mark first reconciliation between Indigenous and European people in 1770
ABC Online
Cooktown is planning to erect a series of statues to commemorate the first recorded reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia in 1770. Alberta Hornsby, a Bama historian and Guugu Yimithirr woman, is part of the team behind the ...

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Mackay Daily Mercury
'More important issues than statues'
Mackay Daily Mercury
In Sydney, a statue of Captain James Cook has been at the centre of a debate on whether the plaque stating he discovered Australia should be changed to acknowledge indigenous Australians. Cr Hill said she had not received any direct complaints about ...

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SBS
'Aust film of the year' to air in London
SBS
Indigenous-Australian film making talent will be on display at the upcoming London Film Festival, with Warwick Thronton's Sweet Country in the official competition. The Melbourne-born festival director Clare Stewart told AAP the "highly-anticipated ...

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The Australian
Indigenous history lessons 'capitulation to the left': Abbott
The Australian
The Australian revealed on Wednesday the government had commissioned Melbourne University to devise resources to enhance teaching on pre-settlement indigenous history under the leadership of prominent indigenous academic Marcia Langton.

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The Northern Daily Leader
Wattle Day: Could a new, golden Australia Day bloom in the springtime?
The Northern Daily Leader
The wattle has been the annual herald of new life to Australians from the first Indigenous people, who used the tree for all manner of purposes over tens of thousands of years, to those who have adopted the green and gold - the foliage and the bloom ...

Wattle Day: Could a new, golden Australia Day bloom in the springtime?
Brisbane Times
The wattle has been the annual herald of new life to Australians from the first Indigenous people, who used the tree for all manner of purposes over tens of thousands of years, to those who have adopted the green and gold – the foliage and the bloom ...

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Courier Mail
History can't be reduced to 'us' and 'them'
Courier Mail
She has not publicly condemned, as have others with indigenous heritage, the extremists who spray-painted the words “change the date” and “no pride in genocide” on Cook's statue, the former harking back to a campaign to can Australia's national day ...

Courier Mail
Townsville's Mayor says Robert Towns statue is least of the city's concerns
Courier Mail
In Sydney, a statue of Captain James Cook has been at the centre of a debate on whether the plaque stating he discovered Australia should be changed to acknowledge indigenous Australians. Cr Hill said she had not received any direct complaints about ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Census 2016: Indigenous population in NSW and Victoria doubles
The Sydney Morning Herald
The number of Aboriginal Australians living in NSW and Victoria has doubled since 2001, figures released by the Bureau of Statistics show, far outpacing the growth in the non-Indigenous population of both states. In NSW, the number of Aboriginal and ...

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BuzzFeed News
The Australian Government Accidentally Listed A $3.8m Indigenous Grant To Australia Day
BuzzFeed News
The Indigenous Advancement Strategy fund was allocated $4.9 billion over four years in the 2015-2016 budget to support a range of programs aimed at improving life for Indigenous Australians across the areas of employment, education, health and culture.

The West Australian
Pilbara Aboriginal tourism ready, waiting for global exposure
The West Australian
Australia's North West Tourism chief executive Glen Chidlow spoke of the campaign to “soften” the perception of the Pilbara, by promoting the outstanding tourism opportunities, in particular the Karijini, Murujuga and Millstream national parks ...

Loop PNG
Barras draw with Australian Indigenous
Loop PNG
The Hebou PNG Barramundis fought their way to a draw against the Australian Indigenous side at the Peter Burge Oval in Brisbane, Australia, yesterday. The hosts took the bat first finishing at 5/278, mostly thanks to an unbeaten 124 runs from opener ...
Sport: PNG cricketers fight back to earn tie v Australian IndigenousRadio New Zealand

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The Australian
Indigenous teachings without British, western history a 'capitulation' to the Left: Abbott
The Australian
“It's a history of which all Australians should be proud and I imagine most children would be thrilled to learn more about the indigenous history of their local area and our nation.” Education Minister Simon Birmingham said yesterday Senator Scullion's ...

NEWS.com.au
Wattle group argues first day of Spring should replace January 26
NEWS.com.au
Local councils in Fremantle, Hobart and Melbourne have abandoned Australia Day ceremonies on January 26, arguing the date marking the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet is offensive to indigenous Australians who see it as “Invasion Day”. The Federal ...

The Conversation AU
Lasers and dung beetles: the 2017 Eureka Prizes celebrate the best of Australian science
The Conversation AU
Working with the South Australian Museum and Aboriginal families and communities, The Aboriginal Heritage Project uses DNA from hair samples to construct a map of Indigenous Australia prior to colonisation. In March, he wrote a piece detailing the DNA ...
Universities share the gongs at EurekasThe Australian (blog)

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The Cairns Post
Keep Cook statues but build new monuments to Australia's black history
The Cairns Post
Captain Cook's diaries reveal conflict had broken out between indigenous inhabitants and Captain Cook's man after they landed in 1770 at what would later become Cooktown. Aboriginal men took umbrage at the Europeans taking turtles for food, and lit ...

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The Australian
Bipartisan support for Scullion's pre-Cook history lessons
The Australian
As revealed by The Australian, the Northern Territory senator has commissioned the University of Melbourne to develop new teaching materials under the leadership of prominent indigenous academic Marcia Langton. Senator Scullion hopes to present a ...

The Australian
Albanese disputes need to change Captain Cook statue
The Australian
Mr Albanese said there were bigger issues facing indigenous Australians than inscriptions on statues. On Monday Mr Shorten backed calls for an extra plaque to be placed on the statue that would recognise Aborigines inhabited the continent before ...

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