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Indigenous people jailed for stalking in NSW increases eightfold, report finds - The Guardian

Mon, 2017/07/10 - 6:58am

The Guardian

Indigenous people jailed for stalking in NSW increases eightfold, report finds
The Guardian
“I was troubled by the fact that this did not look like an upsurge in offending, it looked like an upsurge in policing and court severity,” he told Guardian Australia. “If we are serious about reducing Indigenous imprisonment, it's really sad that we ...

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Indigenous voice key to education progress - The Australian - The Australian

Mon, 2017/07/10 - 6:42am

Indigenous voice key to education progress - The Australian
The Australian
Aboriginal educational disadvantage will only be addressed with the full participation of indigenous people, from the national level down to individual schools, ...

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Indigenous voice key to education progress - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2017/07/10 - 6:30am

Indigenous voice key to education progress
NEWS.com.au
"Indigenous Australian children carry with them the educational and trauma debts of their parents, grandparents and communities," he said. Dr Gillan, who is Executive Director of Education Partnerships in the Northern Territory Education Department ...

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Women's World Cup: England shake a hoodoo, and expose Australia's concealed flaws - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/07/10 - 12:40am

ABC Online

Women's World Cup: England shake a hoodoo, and expose Australia's concealed flaws
ABC Online
At 20 years of age, she will captain Australia's Indigenous side to England next year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first Australian touring team. She is, on every front, a class prospect with the bat. And in this Australian team? She has ...

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Aboriginal footy talent 'let down by AFL inaction' - The West Australian

Sun, 2017/07/09 - 5:41am

The West Australian

Aboriginal footy talent 'let down by AFL inaction'
The West Australian
Once one of Australia's most exciting footballers, Michael Mitchell fears Aboriginal talent is being lost at the elite level because of AFL inaction at the game's grassroots. The 1984 Sandover medallist and dual All-Australian, who won the AFL's 1990 ...

French-Australian 'common vision' praised - The West Australian

Sun, 2017/07/09 - 1:02am

The West Australian

French-Australian 'common vision' praised
The West Australian
He also thanked Mr Turnbull for ratifying the Paris climate agreement that binds Australia to meeting carbon-emission reductions of 26-28 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030. Mr Macron also invoked a saying attributed to indigenous Australians that “those ...

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New Map Details Aboriginal Massacres in Australia - Voice of America

Sat, 2017/07/08 - 1:48pm

Voice of America

New Map Details Aboriginal Massacres in Australia
Voice of America
Researchers in Australia have created what they say is the most detailed map ever to record the massacres of Indigenous Australians by European settlers. The document, published by the University of Newcastle, took four years to produce, and followed ...

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Marcia Ella-Duncan hopes Netball Australia taps into 'incredible' indigenous talent - The Age

Sat, 2017/07/08 - 9:54am

The Age

Marcia Ella-Duncan hopes Netball Australia taps into 'incredible' indigenous talent
The Age
Marcia Ella-Duncan was the first of just two indigenous women to represent Australia in netball and she says it's time to tap into the "incredible pools of talent" in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Ella-Duncan debuted for Australia ...

Marcia Ella-Duncan hopes Netball Australia taps into 'incredible' indigenous talent - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sat, 2017/07/08 - 9:54am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marcia Ella-Duncan hopes Netball Australia taps into 'incredible' indigenous talent
The Sydney Morning Herald
Marcia Ella-Duncan was the first of just two indigenous women to represent Australia in netball and she says it's time to tap into the "incredible pools of talent" in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Ella-Duncan debuted for Australia ...

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Way ahead for Aborigines - Shepparton News

Sat, 2017/07/08 - 1:48am

Shepparton News

Way ahead for Aborigines
Shepparton News
Professor Langton is among one of the first professors of indigenous studies in Australia and her speech, titled From the margins to the mainstream: Indigenous recovery in rural Australia, proposed education targets for local indigenous youth and ...

11 people elevating Indigenous languages - SBS

Sat, 2017/07/08 - 12:06am

SBS

11 people elevating Indigenous languages
SBS
... including being appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in 2015. One of his key achievements was when AIATSIS' Australian Indigenous Languages Collection was inscribed in Australia's Memory of the World Register, part of UNESCO's Memory of ...

What NAIDOC Week means at Save the Children - Save The Children Australia

Fri, 2017/07/07 - 7:54pm

Save The Children Australia

What NAIDOC Week means at Save the Children
Save The Children Australia
As we celebrate NAIDOC Week, Heather Finlayson, Save the Children's Head of Australian Programs, reflects on the contribution of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, and the enduring partnerships we have developed with organisations and ...

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Fox TV star Hannah Hollis reveals racist vilification at school over Aboriginal background - dailytelegraph.com.au

Fri, 2017/07/07 - 1:06pm

dailytelegraph.com.au

Fox TV star Hannah Hollis reveals racist vilification at school over Aboriginal background
dailytelegraph.com.au
It has now become Hollis' passion to try to change people's perceptions of indigenous Australians and she hopes her career success will inspire others. Hollis is the first person in her family to go to university, where she studied journalism. She ...

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Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians - Cessnock Advertiser

Fri, 2017/07/07 - 12:38pm

Cessnock Advertiser

Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians
Cessnock Advertiser
Professor Ryan and Tasmanian author Professor Henry Reynolds – whose books documented the "forgotten" and "silent" colonial wars against Aboriginal people – said it was time for the Australia War Memorial to recognise this war. "Certainly it is time ...

The Australian palaeodiet: which native animals should we eat? - InDaily

Fri, 2017/07/07 - 2:26am

InDaily

The Australian palaeodiet: which native animals should we eat?
InDaily
The large number of freshwater shellfish middens scattered along Australia's inland lakes, rivers and creeks indicates that freshwater molluscs were an important food resource for indigenous Australians. Recent analysis of middens along the Murray ...

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Indigenous hydrogeologist Bradley Moggridge - Cosmos

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 9:36pm

Cosmos

Indigenous hydrogeologist Bradley Moggridge
Cosmos
Moggridge, 45, currently working on his PhD at the University of Canberra, is a member of the Kamilaroi people, one of the four largest Indigenous nations in Australia. Their traditional lands cover a large expanse of northern New South Wales and ...

Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians - Ararat Advertiser

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 9:33pm

Ararat Advertiser

Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians
Ararat Advertiser
The map shows massacres were widespread, with intense periods of warfare, and often included soldiers and police. Professor Ryan said the massacres of Indigenous Australians were conducted in secrecy and few perpetrators were brought to justice.
Map of Indigenous Australian massacres tells of the country's bloody pastMashable
Online map of Aboriginal massacres evinces the shocking truth of colonial violenceCrikey (registration)
New map records sites of Australia's colonial massacresReuters

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Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians - Western Advocate

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 9:30pm

Western Advocate

Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians
Western Advocate
The map shows massacres were widespread, with intense periods of warfare, and often included soldiers and police. Professor Ryan said the massacres of Indigenous Australians were conducted in secrecy and few perpetrators were brought to justice.
Map of Indigenous Australian massacres tells of the country's bloody pastMashable
Online map of Aboriginal massacres evinces the shocking truth of colonial violenceCrikey (registration)
New map records sites of Australia's colonial massacresBusiness Insider

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Indigenous Aussie scholar Nathan Pitt walks old road to Rome - Brisbane Times

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 9:20pm

Indigenous Aussie scholar Nathan Pitt walks old road to Rome
Brisbane Times
Rome: In 1849 a young boy left a Western Australian monastery on an extraordinary journey. His mentors believed he would be the first Indigenous missionary but he died, homesick, in an ancient abbey. This week his memory has finally been honoured.

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