Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

MuMbrella
Buzzfeed Australia appoints Amy McQuire as Indigenous affairs reporter
MuMbrella
A Darumbal woman from central Queensland, Amy McQuire has spent more than a decade covering Aboriginal Australia. Amy was previously Editor of both the National Indigenous Times and Tracker Magazine. She has reported for NITV News in the ...

Cambridge University refuses to return Aboriginal artifacts to Australia
Business Insider
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The University of Cambridge has refused a request by an Australian man to return important Aboriginal artifacts taken by British explorer Captain James Cook nearly 250 years ago. Rodney Kelly is seeking the return of four spears from ...

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SBS
Britain's Cambridge University refuses to return Aboriginal artifacts amid protests
SBS
The artifacts are recognized as a significant symbol of first contact between the British and indigenous Australians and of Aboriginal resistance to colonization. However, the University of Cambridge has rejected a request for their return lodged by Kelly.

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ABC Online
Red Symons: Indigenous MP wants presenter pulled into line by ABC over 'racist' interview
ABC Online
Linda Burney, the first Indigenous woman to be elected to a seat in the federal Lower House, said she was offended by the interview that had "very racist overtones", but did not think Symons should be sacked. "If he was trying to be humorous, then it ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous kids in Alice Springs create murals of their culture and dreams with Artolution
ABC Online
Two New York-based artists who have created large-scale art projects with young people in war-torn and developing countries have brought their paint and skills to Indigenous communities in Central Australia. Alice Springs is becoming a little brighter ...

The Australian
Cambridge refuses to return Aboriginal spears 'stolen' by Cook
The Australian
Cambridge University has rejected a demand for the return to Australia of hugely significant Aboriginal spears collected by James Cook's crew at Botany Bay in ...
Aboriginal man demands Cambridge University return his ancestor's ...Cambridge News

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Aboriginal affairs roundtable held in WA
SBS
State and territory Aboriginal affairs leaders say it is inevitable the federal government will need to have treaty negotiations with indigenous people. Representatives from Western Australia, the ACT, the Northern Territory, South Australia and ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Explore Western Australia
Telegraph.co.uk
Western Australia provides the perfect platform to learn more about the richness and enigma of the Aboriginal way of life, with dozens of indigenous tour operators sharing their experiences, stories and traditional lands. Here are some of the best ...

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Aboriginal affairs roundtable held in WA - The Australian
The Australian
State and territory Aboriginal affairs leaders say it is inevitable the federal government will need to have treaty negotiations with indigenous people.

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Aboriginal affairs roundtable held in WA
NEWS.com.au
Representatives from Western Australia, the ACT, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Victoria met on Friday for the first roundtable meeting in seven years to discuss their progress on Aboriginal affairs. WA Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben ...

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Aboriginal affairs roundtable held in WA
9news.com.au
State and territory Aboriginal affairs leaders say it is inevitable the federal government will need to have treaty negotiations with indigenous people. Representatives from Western Australia, the ACT, the Northern Territory, South Australia and ...

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The Conversation AU
Why more schools need to teach bilingual education to Indigenous children
The Conversation AU
The schools desperately needed Aboriginal teachers, and training programs were developed through the establishment of Batchelor College and the School for Australian Linguistics (now combined as Batchelor Institute for Indigenous Tertiary Education).

Smithsonian
Australia to Return Remains of Japan's Indigenous Ainu People
Smithsonian
In the early 20th century, Japanese anthropologists flocked to the northern island of Hokkaidō to study the indigenous Ainu people. Researchers excavated Ainu burial sites and shipped several sets of Ainu skeletal remains to scholars overseas ...

The Australian
Indigenous art plan stakes out fresh territory
The Australian
If you believe the hype, northern and central Australia's cultural institutions are in for a transformation. There will be a new fine art museum outside the Northern Territory parliament, perhaps part-funded with revenue from a carpark to be rebuilt ...

The Mercury
It's time to talk about Australia Day, says Rebecca White
The Mercury
“There's shared concern I think that at the moment it excludes indigenous Australians and that's certainly very worthy of us to give consideration to how we make sure Australia Day is an inclusive day that celebrates everything we're really proud of as ...

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National Indigenous Times
Marcia Langton takes aim at 'cashed-up green groups'
National Indigenous Times
The majority of Indigenous Australians are being thwarted in their efforts to build better lives by green groups that hijack debates and lobby against projects that would provide an economic return to communities, according to Marcia Langton. In a hard ...

Australia's greatest health burden: the five big killers
The Border Mail
"Indigenous Australians experienced a cancer burden 1.7 times that of non-Indigenous Australians, and the gap was particularly notable when it came to lung cancer," she said. Indigenous males had a lung cancer burden 2.3 times that of non-Indigenous ...

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Teacher Magazine
Financial literacy – where Australia sits
Teacher Magazine
In addition, the average financial literacy score for Indigenous students was 411 points, significantly lower than the OECD average of 489 points and also significantly lower than the average for non-Indigenous Australian students of 508 points. This ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous picture books offering windows into worlds
The Conversation AU
But in the scope of its ambition, the depth and complexity of its range, and its commitment to bringing the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to all Australians, Magabala Books looms large on the Australian literary landscape.

The Age
The big five cancer killers: Australia's greatest health burden revealed in Australian Institute of Health and ...
The Age
"Indigenous Australians experienced a cancer burden 1.7 times that of non-Indigenous Australians, and the gap was particularly notable when it came to lung cancer," she said. Indigenous males had a lung cancer burden 2.3 times that of non-Indigenous ...