Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous employment on the Minerals Council agenda
Australian Mining
The Minerals Council of NSW and the NSW government have signed an agreement to boost jobs for Aborigines. Aboriginal Affairs Minister Victor Dominello said the government is teaming up with the council in a bid to initiate Aboriginal businesses and ...

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Yunupingu a 'giant among his people'
The Australian
"He was one of the generation of Indigenous Australians who saw a different way ahead, and what they brought to the consciousness of Australia is going to be valued forever," he said. "He himself is a giant amongst his people and a legendary figure in ...

Yothu Yindi frontman Yunupingu dies aged 56
ABC Online
The former Australian of the Year, who was 56, died at his home in Yirrkala in Eastern Arnhem Land. He had been fighting kidney disease for several years. Yunupingu brought his local people, the Yolngu people, and Indigenous issues to a national stage ...

Brisbane Times
Yothu Yindi frontman Mandawuy Yunupingu dies aged 56
ABC Online
"He was one of the generation of Indigenous Australians who saw a different way ahead, and what they brought to the consciousness of Australia is going to be valued forever," he said. "Mandawuy himself is a giant amongst his people and a legendary ...
Australian indigenous band Yothu Yindi frontman Mandawuy Yunupingu dies at 56MetroNews Canada
Yothu Yindi lead singer Yunupingu dies aged 56Adelaide Now
GALLERY: Yothu Yindi singer Yunupingu diesThe Border Mail
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Yothu Yindi frontman Mandawuy Yunupingu dead at 56
ABC Message Stick
He broke records throughout his life, becoming the first Indigenous Australian from Arnhem Land to gain a university degree. In 1990 he also made history when he took over as head of the Yirrkala Community School, making him Australia's first ...

Indigenous art takes centre stage at GOMA
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) is staging the largest exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian art in its history, officially opened by Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts Ian ...

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Former Yothu Yindi frontman Mandawuy Yunupingu dies aged 56
Radio Australia
The former Australian of the Year, who was 56 years old, died at his home in Yirrkala in Eastern Arnhem Land. Yunupingu brought his local people, the Yolngu people, and Indigenous issues to a national stage with his musical career. He co-founded Yothu ...
Yothu Yindi singer diesIllawarra Mercury
Yothu Yindi lead singer Mandawuy Yunupingu dies aged 56Adelaide Now
GALLERY: Yothu Yindi singer Yunupingu diesLatrobe Valley Express

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Indigenous students receive UC boost
The Canberra Times
A program run though the University of Canberra to mentor indigenous high school students across Australia and support them into university study will receive a funding boost of $400,000. The federal Minister for Higher Education and Skills, Sharon ...

I am a racist and so are you
Crikey
Would that I had the evolved compassion of a Sam de Brito sufficient to see Aboriginal Australians as “an ancient, unique people”. Perhaps I could work on seeing them as Mystic and Noble as well? Fortunately, many commentators did that work for me ...

Racism will continue until the truth is told, says former Power player Che ...
Courier Mail
FORMER Essendon and Port Adelaide champion Che Cockatoo-Collins has warned racism will continue unless there is drastic change to how the history of indigenous Australia is taught. His call is for state governments to have a close look at the curricula ...

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Strong leadership will improve indigenous education results
The Australian
Three years ago the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation made a public submission on the draft action plan, saying "the plan has too much business as usual, with too much reliance on implementation by existing industry players and the ...

Let's join hands to eradicate a historical wrong
The Australian
Recognising indigenous Australians in our Constitution is one such issue. For too long, our nation's road map, the Constitution, has not acknowledged the extraordinary history, culture and contribution of the first Australians. With modern thinking ...

Aborigines repelled first white men in Qld
Yahoo!7 News
Aboriginal tribespeople peered out from behind palm trees, frightened but struck with wonder by the enormous floating creature on the horizon. The sighting, in 1606, is thought to be the first time indigenous Australians laid eyes on a European ship ...

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Aboriginal people's first ship sighting
BigPond News
Aboriginal tribespeople peered out from behind palm trees, frightened but struck with wonder by the enormous floating creature on the horizon. The sighting, in 1606, is thought to be the first time indigenous Australians laid eyes on a European ship ...

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Pulver accepts indigenous challenge
The Australian
Australia has produced some wonderful Aboriginal rugby players, including the Ella brothers and Kurtley Beale. But rugby lags behind the AFL and the NRL in Aboriginal participation. “Frankly, I think it has been a lost opportunity for Australian rugby ...
Australian Rugby Union celebrates National Reconciliation Week unveiling the ...ARU Rugby
ARU on front foot about racism: PulverThe West Australian

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ARU on front foot about racism: Pulver
Ninemsn
The Australian Rugby Union have shown they're on the front foot when it comes to tackling racism in sport with their timely announcement of an indigenous reconciliation plan, says the game's chief executive Bill Pulver. The ARU unveiled their maiden ...

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I am a racist and so are you
Crikey
Helen Razer is a horrid racist who selfishly fails to understand the pain of indigenous Australia. I make this declaration for two reasons. First, a simple cut'n'paste will now save several bloggers the trouble of typing it themselves. Second, it ...
Eddie McGuire, Adam Goodes and 'apes': a landmark moment in Australian race ...The Conversation
Eddie McGuire's comment reflected a serious problem in Australia, says Mick ...The Australian
Giving racism the bootThe Age
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Playwriting and Indigenous arts honoured this week
artsHub Australia (subscription)
The Australia Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board presented Gulpilil with Australia's highest peer-assessed award for an Indigenous artist at the 6th annual National Indigenous Arts Awards at the Sydney Opera House this week.

Twists and turns on the path to reconciliation
Brisbane Times
When Fred Hollows and I travelled the country together for the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program in the 1970s, some attitudes towards indigenous Australians still resembled apartheid in South Africa. In my children's lifetimes there have been ...

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Twists and turns on the path to reconciliation
The Age
When Fred Hollows and I travelled the country together for the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program in the 1970s, some attitudes towards indigenous Australians still resembled apartheid in South Africa. In my children's lifetimes there have been ...

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