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What is My Grandmother's Lingo? - SBS

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 11:26pm

Illawarra Mercury

What is My Grandmother's Lingo?
SBS
More than 90 per cent of Australia's Indigenous languages are critically endangered, and it's predicted that without intervention, Indigenous language knowledge will cease to exist in the next 10 to 30 years. My Grandmother's Lingo aims to once again ...
Interactive project to preserve Indigenous cultureIllawarra Mercury

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The voice of Aboriginal Australia - ArtsHub (subscription)

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 1:47pm

ArtsHub (subscription)

The voice of Aboriginal Australia
ArtsHub (subscription)
For those living in major cities, it's hard to conceive the importance of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA). CAAMA's broadcast convoy rolls from Darwin to Ceduna right through Central Australia, second only to the ABC, with ...

Bold visions for future Indigenous arts leaders - ArtsHub (subscription)

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 1:16pm

ArtsHub (subscription)

Bold visions for future Indigenous arts leaders
ArtsHub (subscription)
I don't think we have the same thing here in Australia, so I'm looking at how their cultural industry and cultural sector is able to value traditional modes of craft and expression.' De Vries also commented on the connection within the Indigenous Arts ...

New Stolen Generation growing fast, says Michael Lavarch - The Australian

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 1:00pm

New Stolen Generation growing fast, says Michael Lavarch
The Australian
Professor Lavarch will tell the audience a key shift in the Council of Australian Governments' Closing the Gap project must be to include analysis of the difference in removal rates between indigenous and non-indigenous children. “If you look at these ...

Ditch plebiscite or hate will spread to Indigenous referendum, Malcolm Turnbull warned - The Sydney Morning Herald

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 1:00pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ditch plebiscite or hate will spread to Indigenous referendum, Malcolm Turnbull warned
The Sydney Morning Herald
... hurt the prospects for Indigenous constitutional recognition. Indigenous academic Marcia Langton has warned that a vitriolic campaign against marriage equality would "unleash the dogs" on Aboriginal Australia in a referendum campaign that would ...

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Daniel Ricciardo calls on Australians jailed at Malaysian F1 Grand Prix to be freed - Herald Sun

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 9:14am

Herald Sun

Daniel Ricciardo calls on Australians jailed at Malaysian F1 Grand Prix to be freed
Herald Sun
Group members previously stripped to their budgie smugglers at Croatia Yacht Week and in Sydney's Martin Place at a parade called Strut The Streets to help raise cash to mentor indigenous Australians. The pals predominantly met while studying at the ...
Diplomat's son among 'well-connected' Aussie strippersMalay Mail Online

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Dance competition keeps Indigenous culture alive at Sydney Opera House - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 7:27am

ABC Online

Dance competition keeps Indigenous culture alive at Sydney Opera House
ABC Online
The Sydney Opera House's Indigenous programming director, Rhoda Roberts, said the competition was "a vital opportunity" for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. "We're a generation that is facing something that no other Aboriginal ...

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How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places? - The Conversation AU

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 2:39am

The Conversation AU

How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places?
The Conversation AU
The return of land to Indigenous custodians in Australia over the past 20 years is a dramatic shift in Australian land tenure and management. Yet this revolution has, as yet, barely touched urban Australia. Public and policy discussion about the future ...

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Indigenous art: How fake works disrupt the market and disempower local artists - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 2:30am

ABC Online

Indigenous art: How fake works disrupt the market and disempower local artists
ABC Online
Art is an extension of its creator, and traditional cultural art from Indigenous Australians is a visual interpretation of the rich history of one of the oldest living cultures on Earth. The visual interpretation transferred onto traditional artefacts ...

Police refused Indigenous interpreter for witnesses to shooting, says legal service - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 1:02am

The Guardian

Police refused Indigenous interpreter for witnesses to shooting, says legal service
The Guardian
Western Australian police refused to use local Indigenous language interpreters to interview witnesses to the police shooting of an Indigenous man in Broome despite being told they did not speak English well enough to understand their legal rights, the ...

Nigel Scullion defends 'harmful' Indigenous work-for-the-dole program - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/10/05 - 12:40am

The Guardian

Nigel Scullion defends 'harmful' Indigenous work-for-the-dole program
The Guardian
The report by Jobs Australia, a peak body representing not-for-profit employment services, examined the federal Community Development Program (CDP) which operates mostly in remote Indigenous communities and pays unemployment benefits for ...

Dutch royals to visit Australia with trade mission - SBS

Tue, 2016/10/04 - 10:21pm

SBS

Dutch royals to visit Australia with trade mission
SBS
“It is important, because this exhibition showcases Aboriginal mapping of Australia – both the physical features and the spirit of our country - and also the early Dutch cartographers, who were the first, quite literally, to draw Australia onto the map ...

Sorry to tell you, but not everything is racist - dailytelegraph.com.au

Tue, 2016/10/04 - 12:24pm

dailytelegraph.com.au

Sorry to tell you, but not everything is racist
dailytelegraph.com.au
Anthony Dillon identifies as a part-Aboriginal Australian and reckons not everything is racist. Consider the case of indigenous actress Ningali Lawford-Wolf, who claims that late one Saturday night in early 2016 at least four taxi drivers chose not to ...

[ October 4, 2016 ] Warlpiri dancers to showcase Australia's common ground DANCE - National Indigenous Times

Tue, 2016/10/04 - 8:49am

National Indigenous Times

[ October 4, 2016 ] Warlpiri dancers to showcase Australia's common ground DANCE
National Indigenous Times
The Lajamanu Warlpiri people of the Central Desert hope to show Australia through dance that their sacred story and the Australian Coat of Arms have common ground. The kangaroo, the emu, a shield, the Southern Cross and leafy poles will feature in ...

[ October 4, 2016 ] Exclusive; Burney, Mundine clash over violence in Indigenous communities NEWS - National Indigenous Times

Tue, 2016/10/04 - 8:34am

National Indigenous Times

[ October 4, 2016 ] Exclusive; Burney, Mundine clash over violence in Indigenous communities NEWS
National Indigenous Times
Mr Mundine pointed to research that had shown Indigenous women in Australia were 34 times more likely to be hospitalised from domestic abuse and to an epidemic of sexual abuse of Indigenous children that largely went unreported. He also pointed to a ...
Mundine calls for domestic violence inquiryNT News
Action urged to protect childrenThe Guardian (Australia)

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Man condemned for dressing up as Indigenous Australian with petrol can - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/10/04 - 2:40am

The Guardian

Man condemned for dressing up as Indigenous Australian with petrol can
The Guardian
High-profile Indigenous Australians have condemned a social media post showing a man dressed as an Aboriginal Australian and posing with a petrol can. Fabian Natoli posted the image to Instagram with the caption: “Every now and then you just need to ...

Subscribe and save - Australian Geographic

Tue, 2016/10/04 - 12:46am

Australian Geographic

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Australian Geographic
The palace was filled with displays celebrating Australia's major exports: wheat, gold and wool. The exhibition also included an ethnographic exhibition of Indigenous artefacts and items that had been traded by Aboriginal communities over the previous ...

Second Indigenous man shot by Australian police in less than a week - The Guardian

Mon, 2016/10/03 - 11:40pm

The Guardian

Second Indigenous man shot by Australian police in less than a week
The Guardian
In a statement, acting Superintendent Daniel Mulligan said a 66-year-old man from the remote Indigenous community of Balgo had been shot by a police officer after the alleged altercation “between a number of offenders, one of whom was armed with a ...

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