Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Courier Mail
If you love Australia, change the date
Courier Mail
In 1938, then Australian premiers gathered in Sydney to mark 150 years since the First Fleet's landing. That same day, Aboriginal leaders held a Day of Mourning and Protest to highlight the mistreatment of Aboriginal people and campaign for equal rights.
Australia Day is an 'inappropriate way and day to celebrate'Northern Star

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Warren Mundine: We must stop celebrating Australia Day on ...
dailytelegraph.com.au
This week we mark a very significant day in Australias history. January, 26, 1788 was the first time Europeans landed on this continent to stay.
Australia Day is an 'inappropriate way and day to celebrate ...Northern Star

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9news.com.au
2017 Australian of the Year: The seniors getting recognition for their 'extraordinary contributions'
9news.com.au
A former member of Australian 60s girl group the Sapphires, Ms Peeler now serves as a principal at Worawa Aboriginal College. Through her work, Ms Peeler has served as a cultural advocate, ensuring Indigenous knowledge and values are incorporated ...

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Domain News
It's time to rethink how we design our cities: Indigenous architect
Domain News
Samoan-born architect Dr Albert Refiti said Australian cities should adopt design principles that reflect Indigenous Australian identity. The State Library talk on Indigenous architecture. Photo: Jim Malo. “I think you really have to understand the ...

World News For January 23 2017
POPSUGAR Australia
Statistics show that young Indigenous people are more likely to take their own lives at five times the rate of non-Indigenous Australians. It's an unacceptable number that led to the creation of a community-based support service in West Australia that ...

ABC Online
Indigenous suicide: Struggling communities get $10 million funding ...
ABC Online
A community-based support service to prevent Indigenous suicides is getting a $10 million boost as the Government begins to roll it out across Australia.

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Geelong Advertiser
Being an Australian worth celebrating
Geelong Advertiser
Australia Day reminds us of that and unites us regardless of our religious, racial or national backgrounds. I know that many within our Australian indigenous community see January 26 as “Invasion Day” and the beginning of British colonisation and ...

Courier Mail
A fortunate life is not for all
Courier Mail
Since settlement in 1788, while the “strong men and brave women” were making Australia our home, racism was excluding Aborigines, sending them to prison for offences that did not apply to white people. Today, indigenous Australians are the most ...

SBS
Spirits soar as Raise The Bar catapults Indigenous young guns to academic and sporting success
SBS
As many as 38 Indigenous teens from all corners of Australia attended the third Raise The Bar Academy at the University Of Melbourne. Program co-founder Bridgid Junot says it provided an opportunity for the talented athletes to expose themselves to the ...

SBS
10 things you should know about January 26
SBS
You should know that... The first sanctioned marriage between an Aboriginal person and a convict, Robert & Maria Lock, occurred on the 26th January 1824. This union was performed on the 26th only by coincidence and has nothing to do with 'Australia Day ...

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The Advocate
Know Australia Day before you change it
The Advocate
Many Indigenous elders shudder at the mentioning of Australia Day as a time to celebrate this country, for the scars inflicted on their culture still show. There is a significant number of people – probably a majority of Australians – who will ...

Courier Mail
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
Courier Mail
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
dailytelegraph.com.au
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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The Advertiser
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
The Advertiser
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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Herald Sun
Arnhem Land: Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
Herald Sun
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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The Australian
Indigenous hopes for heritage status for Lake Condah
The Australian
Yesterday, descendants of Victoria's southwest Aboriginal peoples heard Malcolm Turnbull grant them their wish — Australia's commitment to seek World Heritage status for the site. On the lake's shore, the Prime Minister told the crowd that he had been ...
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape: Ancient Aboriginal site a step closer to UNESCO World Heritage statusABC Online
Ancient Indigenous site Budj Bim a step closer to World Heritage status after a big day for Portland districtThe Age
Remarks at Budj Bim Cultural LandscapeSatellite PR News (press release)

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The Australian
Our day of dilemma
The Australian
The conversation won't stop until we do something about it because it makes too many people uncomfortable – a minority of Australians, aware that we've not listened hard enough to our Aboriginal brothers and sisters over several centuries. Disquiet ...

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The Advertiser
Waving the flag for right reasons?
The Advertiser
In 1988, with the Bicentennial First Fleet re-enactment in Sydney Harbour, every state and territory agreed to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 itself, rather than with a long weekend. This was the year indigenous Australians renamed Australia Day ...

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The Mercury
Waving the flag for right reasons?
The Mercury
In 1988, with the Bicentennial First Fleet re-enactment in Sydney Harbour, every state and territory agreed to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 itself, rather than with a long weekend. This was the year indigenous Australians renamed Australia Day ...

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Courier Mail
Waving the flag for right reasons?
Courier Mail
In 1988, with the Bicentennial First Fleet re-enactment in Sydney Harbour, every state and territory agreed to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 itself, rather than with a long weekend. This was the year indigenous Australians renamed Australia Day ...