Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Aboriginal language Wikipedia faces cultural hurdles, say researchers
The Guardian
Nyungar man Clint Bracknell is one of a group of academics from the Western Australia and Curtin universities tackling how to create a Wikipedia version in the language of his people. If successful, it will become the first Wikipedia in an Indigenous ...

Daily Mail
Miranda Tapsell and Casey Donovan pay tribute to fellow Indigenous ...
Daily Mail
Acknowledging the forced removal of children and mistreatment of Indigenous Australians in the past, an array of famous people in the Aboriginal community did their bit to remind fans of National Sorry Day on Tuesday. Love Child star Miranda Tapsell, ...
This Is Why Australia Has 'National Sorry Day'TIME
Comment: National Day of Healing: 'sorry', empathy and the road to reconciliationSBS
May 26, 1998: Australia acknowledges 'Stolen Generation' on first National ...BT.com

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ABC Local
Central Australian Indigenous choir takes Lutheran hymns back to Germany in ...
ABC Local
An Indigenous choir from Hermannsburg in Central Australia has blended its ancient singing traditions with 14th Century German hymns, in a tribute to its mission history. The choir, made up of women and two men from the Lutheran-established mission, ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous people fear being left out of recognition debate, academic says
The Guardian
In a keynote speech to the biennial National Rural Health Conference in Darwin on Monday, she said Indigenous people are concerned that a referendum, to be held in 2017, will result only in symbolic recognition without any real constitutional power.

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The Guardian
Australia developing first ever school curriculum for Indigenous languages
The Guardian
Teaching language to Indigenous children empowers them to 'think along the lines' of their own culture and to see the 'incredible intelligence' of their own people, says Darug man and teacher Richard Green. Photograph: Peter Holmes A Court/AAP.
Mackay Regional Council to celebrate Reconciliation WeekMackay Daily Mercury

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Kudos: this week's winners
ArtsHub (subscription)
This was the first land grant by colonial authorities to an Aboriginal person in Australia. Led by Mundine, a group of emerging and established Indigenous artists developed work inspired by the life and story of Bungaree, who was an important ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous man's death in custody blamed on NT 'paperless arrest' powers
The Guardian
Jonathon Hunyor, principal lawyer at the North Australian Aboriginal justice agency (Naaja) said the arrest powers lacked accountability and safeguards, and had a greater impact on homeless and Aboriginal people. Naaja has previously challenged the ...
'Death in custody result of NT policy'Daily Mail

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Beyond Sorry: colonial oppression on Australian stages
The Conversation AU
It's been seven years since Kevin Rudd delivered his apology to Indigenous Australians. On Australia's stages dramatists continue to explore the ramifications of that apology and colonial history.

The Conversation AU
Why Aboriginal people need autonomy over their food supply
The Conversation AU
Going without food, or going without nutritious food, has heavy consequences for Indigenous people, as we learnt on a recent research trip to the West Kimberley. Indigenous Australians are already twice as likely to have a disability or chronic illness ...
Aboriginal languages could reveal scientific clues to Australia's unique pastAncient Origins

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USA TODAY
Australia's closing of Aboriginal communities sparks protests
USA TODAY
SYDNEY — Government moves to close remote indigenous communities because of alleged social problems and the cost of maintaining them is triggering a new wave of protests planned for next week across Australia. Western Australia's government said it ...

Ancient Origins
Aboriginal languages could reveal scientific clues to Australia's unique past
Ancient Origins
The loss of Australian aboriginal languages could obstruct access to unique scientific information regarding Australia's ancient geological history, according to a story reported this week by BBC News. Ancient Australian aboriginal legends passed down ...

Green Left Weekly
John Pilger: Honour our Aboriginal heroes
Green Left Weekly
If you want to meet the best Australians, meet Indigenous men and women who understand this extraordinary country and have fought for the rights of the world's oldest culture. Theirs is a struggle more selfless, heroic and enduring than any historical ...

The Australian
Sotheby's puts faith in Aboriginal art
The Australian
“They see indigenous Australian art as a field with broad international interest,” he said. In Australia, Bonhams, Sotheby's Australia and Deutscher and Hackett used to stage one or two dedicated Aboriginal art sales each year, with hundreds of lots on ...

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Governments must help indigenous communities develop native title land
The Australian
The absence of the infrastructure of property on indigenous lands was highlighted this week. Australian cities and towns, rural and regional, including non-indigenous townships in the remotest parts of the country, have the property infrastructure of ...

The Australian
British Museum's Indigenous Australia exhibition draws crowds
The Australian
The stores visit came towards the end of a momentous week for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and artists who were in London in late April to attend the official opening of the museum's landmark exhibition Indigenous Australia ...

The Australian
Noel Pearson's indigenous recognition plan profound and practical
The Australian
Today, few Australians would say that the immemorial connection between indigenous people and the Australian land is not a fundamental aspect both of our history and our current reality. Nor would they deny aboriginal people have suffered grievous ...
Racism must be removed from constitutionBrisbane Times
Patrick Dodson raises concerns over Noel Pearson's model for recognitionSydney Morning Herald

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The Australian
Property rights will help economic development of indigenous Australians
The Australian
Perhaps the biggest shift in thinking doesn't reside inside indigenous communities but the rest of the population. The rest of Australia has had more than 200 years to develop land and enjoy the fruits of economic development. As Australians have done ...
BRANDIS CUTS BEGIN TO BITEAboriginal Art Directory News

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The Australian Financial Review
Funding rules need to be set before Indigenous referendum
The Australian Financial Review
by Marianna Papadakis. Constitutional law experts say funding rules need to be set ahead of any proposed referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution as Liberal senator Cory Bernardi pushes for a publicly-funded "no" campaign.

ArtsHub (subscription)
Red tape driving the Aboriginal art market offshore
ArtsHub (subscription)
The 75 lot sale of mostly early and ethnographic material was drawn together by former Sotheby's Australia Director of Aboriginal Art, Tim Klingender, with a core from notable Dutch collector Thomas Vroom, and the balance (bar two from Australia ...
Buried Country reissue illuminates once again the rich trove of Aboriginal ...ABC Online (blog)

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Renewable energy for remote Australia - can our rural and indigenous ...
Lexology (registration)
The renewable energy industry in Australia has taken more hits in recent years than a punch-drunk boxer. It may be uncharitable to say that Australia's politicians were the only ones throwing the upper-cuts, but there's little doubt they've played a ...

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