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Union launched for Indigenous people in 'racially discriminatory' work-for-the-dole scheme - ABC Online

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 7:27pm

ABC Online

Union launched for Indigenous people in 'racially discriminatory' work-for-the-dole scheme
ABC Online
More than 30,000 people are covered by the CDP, most of whom are Aboriginal. Australia's peak union body has established the First Nations Workers' Alliance to represent CDP participants. "We do believe that it's racially discriminatory," said Kara ...

Red dots spatter wall of 'great Australian silence' over black/white frontier violence - The Guardian (blog)

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 6:00pm

The Guardian (blog)

Red dots spatter wall of 'great Australian silence' over black/white frontier violence
The Guardian (blog)
In his 1968 Boyer lecture the anthropologist William Stanner spoke about the “great Australian silence” – the failure of most books about Australia's past to substantively address Indigenous history, not least resistance and the black/white frontier ...
NAIDOC Week: Using Aboriginal words in our daily speech key to ...ABC Online
Spotify Launches 'Black Australia' Playlist For NAIDOC Week - B&TB&T
Qantas asked Aboriginal artist to work for free during NAIDOC weekSBS
KSAT San Antonio -Daily Mail -PS News
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Australian Indigenous student awarded first Conaci scholarship - Vatican Radio

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 5:59pm

Vatican Radio

Australian Indigenous student awarded first Conaci scholarship
Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) A 19 year old Aboriginal student from Brisbane has been named as the inaugural Francis Xavier Conaci scholar, an initiative providing educational opportunities for young people from Australia's Indigenous communities. Nathan Pitt was ...

Indigenous Australians form pro-Israel group - The Times of Israel

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 4:37pm

The Times of Israel

Indigenous Australians form pro-Israel group
The Times of Israel
SYDNEY — A group called Indigenous Friends of Israel was established by indigenous Australians in what organizers said was a bid to counter growing support in the country's Labor party for recognition of a Palestinian state and to boost bipartisan ...

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Beale reveals Indigenous jersey - Rugby.com.au

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 10:29am

Rugby.com.au

Beale reveals Indigenous jersey
Rugby.com.au
Wallabies centre Kurtley Beale has revealed the design of Australia's first Indigenous jersey on Thursday night. Beale was a vocal advocate of the introduction of such a jersey, speaking to RUGBY.com.au last year, and his dream has come to fruition.
Wallabies to wear historic indigenous jersey against All Blacks in Brisbane in Octoberdailytelegraph.com.au

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Wallabies to wear historic indigenous jersey against All Blacks in Brisbane in October - dailytelegraph.com.au

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 10:21am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Wallabies to wear historic indigenous jersey against All Blacks in Brisbane in October
dailytelegraph.com.au
The Wallabies' indigenous jersey — which will be worn in the third Bledisloe Cup game in Brisbane in October — is not only the first of its kind for Australian rugby, it is only the second time the Wallabies jersey has ever been changed for a one-off ...
Beale reveals Indigenous jerseyRugby.com.au

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Few Indigenous inmates have finished year 12, prison reform expert says - The Guardian

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 8:18am

The Guardian

Few Indigenous inmates have finished year 12, prison reform expert says
The Guardian
Georgatos, who works closely with prisoners across Australian facilities, said in his experience close to 100% of Indigenous inmates had not finished year 12. “I visited one Perth-based prison in WA and spoke to 15 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
NAIDOC Week: Using Aboriginal words in our daily speech key to ...ABC Online
Spotify Launches 'Black Australia' Playlist For NAIDOC Week - B&TB&T
Qantas asked Aboriginal artist to work for free during NAIDOC weekSBS
PS News -Daily Mail -mySanAntonio.com
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Speaking our languages forces Australia to see us - Port Macquarie News

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 7:20am

Port Macquarie News

Speaking our languages forces Australia to see us
Port Macquarie News
In her book Being Australian, sociologist Catriona Elder speaks of the 'terra nullius narrative' – a white story written in an empty space. Elder says the 'terra nullius story meant non-Indigenous peoples could imagine they were telling a story where ...

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NAIDOC Week: Blind elder's crusade to reduce diabetes in Indigenous communities - ABC Online

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 7:15am

ABC Online

NAIDOC Week: Blind elder's crusade to reduce diabetes in Indigenous communities
ABC Online
Ms Hooker said unfortunately her family's story was common in Indigenous Australia. Thirty-seven per cent of Indigenous adults have diabetes, and 13 per cent have already lost vision, according to a 2015 report by the University of Melbourne Indigenous ...

Digital map of Indigenous Australian massacres brings country's bloody past into the light - Mashable

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 3:48am

Mashable

Digital map of Indigenous Australian massacres brings country's bloody past into the light
Mashable
A new online map is documenting the massacres of Indigenous Australians by European colonists in the frontier wars, shedding light on the country's bloody past. It took four years for researchers at the University of Newcastle in Australia to compile ...

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Indigenous feared targets of controversial new ACT bail law - The Canberra Times

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 2:46am

The Canberra Times

Indigenous feared targets of controversial new ACT bail law
The Canberra Times
Winnunga said anti-consorting laws introduced throughout Australia to stop bikie crime had been used against Aboriginal people more than organised crime gangs. It feared the Director of Public Prosecutions would continue applying the bail review power ...

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The Australian paleo diet: Which native animals should we be eating? - ABC Online

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 2:43am

ABC Online

The Australian paleo diet: Which native animals should we be eating?
ABC Online
The archaeological record suggests Aboriginal Australians had varied diets prior to colonisation, with specific prey and butchery patterns in different parts of the country. For example, in Ice Age south-west Tasmania (between approximately 40,000 and ...

NAIDOC Week: Using Aboriginal words in our daily speech key to preserving languages - ABC Online

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 2:27am

ABC Online

NAIDOC Week: Using Aboriginal words in our daily speech key to preserving languages
ABC Online
Incorporating Indigenous greetings in our everyday speech, like the above Dharug equivalent of "hello, how are you", would help to emphasise and retain Australian cultural identity, language teachers say. While many words in Australian English already ...
Spotify Launches 'Black Australia' Playlist For NAIDOC WeekB&T
Qantas asked Aboriginal artist to work for free during NAIDOC weekSBS
Spurs' Patty Mills named 'Person of the Year' for promoting Aboriginal culturemySanAntonio.com

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Spotify Launches 'Black Australia' Playlist For NAIDOC Week - B&T

Thu, 2017/07/06 - 1:01am

B&T

Spotify Launches 'Black Australia' Playlist For NAIDOC Week
B&T
The playlist comprises of 50 songs, and aims to be an immersion into the diverse sounds of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music. Artists featured include Electric Fields, Ziggy Ramo, A.B Original, Dan Sultan, Yothu Yindi, Jessica ...

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20 of the most beautiful Aboriginal baby names - Central Telegraph

Wed, 2017/07/05 - 11:49pm

Central Telegraph

20 of the most beautiful Aboriginal baby names
Central Telegraph
ALTHOUGH there were over 700 Aboriginal dialects when the Europeans arrived in Australia in the 18th century, there are now less than 150 and most of those are endangered. To honour these beautiful languages, I've put together a list of my favourite ...

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20 of the most beautiful Aboriginal baby names - Chinchilla News

Wed, 2017/07/05 - 11:45pm

Chinchilla News

20 of the most beautiful Aboriginal baby names
Chinchilla News
ALTHOUGH there were over 700 Aboriginal dialects when the Europeans arrived in Australia in the 18th century, there are now less than 150 and most of those are endangered. To honour these beautiful languages, I've put together a list of my favourite ...

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NAIDOC Week 2017 - Protecting language may delay inevitable - The Irrigator

Wed, 2017/07/05 - 10:47pm

The Irrigator

NAIDOC Week 2017 - Protecting language may delay inevitable
The Irrigator
NAIDOC Week organisers and ambassadors talk of an Australia where its native people are dual-lingual and regularly practicing traditional aspects of their culture, while also successfully contributing greatly to modern society as healthy and educated ...

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

Wed, 2017/07/05 - 10:46pm

Camden Advertiser

Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians
Camden 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.

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

Wed, 2017/07/05 - 10:40pm

Esperance Express

Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians
Esperance Express
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
New map records sites of Australia's colonial massacresReuters

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Ludlam, not Australia, in New York for nuclear weapons ban treaty talks - SBS

Wed, 2017/07/05 - 9:41pm

SBS

Ludlam, not Australia, in New York for nuclear weapons ban treaty talks
SBS
“New Zealand is here. The Netherlands, a NATO country, is here. Why isn't Australia here?” Indigenous Australians have also criticised the government for not joining the historic discussions, accusing Australia of overlooking its own history of nuclear ...

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