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The Beijinger (blog)
Rare Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings on Exhibit in Beijing
The Beijinger (blog)
The origin of the practice of painting on bark cannot be determined, but all the patterns, according to Mathew Trinca, the director of the National Museum of Australia, are handed down through generations, tracing back to cultural relics from when ...

InDaily
Aboriginal women working for cultural connection in child protection system
InDaily
When she approached Western Australian child protection authorities, she was placed in a children's home. With the help of local politicians, Moyle's mother successfully advocated for her return to her Aboriginal family in South Australia when she was ...

Brisbane Times
'I think there are members of the current government who wish that we had died out,' says Indigenous writer Anita Heiss
Brisbane Times
Remarkably, debate over what happened to Indigenous Australians when this country was settled by Europeans continues to this day. Statistics on the Reconciliation Australia website show one in three Australians don't recognise the Stolen Generations.

ABC News
Dingo arrival coincides with decline of native predators on Australian mainland: fossil study
ABC News
If dingoes did enter Australia during the timeframe suggested by the study, this could help explain the decline of other native predators around this time. The study highlights evidence that Tasmanian tiger and devil populations began waning around the ...
Dawn of the dingo: Iconic Australian dog was brought to the continent aboard Aboriginal ships 1500 years later than ...Daily Mail

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The Australian
We cannot ignore the effects of colonisation on indigenous communities
The Australian
As in any country or society, opinions will always vary, but as the national organisation to prevent violence against all Australian women and their children, it is Our Watch's responsibility to listen to and make central these voices. We can't solve a ...
COLONISATION DIDN'T BASH THESE WOMENHerald Sun (blog)
Blind Justice? Not in our experience.IndigenousX (press release) (blog)

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Inside Film
Catriona McKenzie on the 'brain cracking' Boori Monty Pryor and 'The Wrong Kind of Black'
Inside Film
“Australia has to wake up. We as a nation have not been able to engage with Aboriginal Australia, and that has to shift. This is just one story of millions of stories that are waiting to be told about the impact of white colonial Australia on ...

ArtsHub
Review: Tony Albert – Visible, Queensland Art Gallery
ArtsHub
Conceptually, it extends Albert's premise for this exhibition, which questions how we have visualised Aboriginal Australia as mere self-serving décor and thuggish lads, and while the aesthetic may have changed, he asks, has the intention also changed?

The West Australian
Charity's bid to curb over-representation of Aboriginal children in State care
The West Australian
Mission Australia staff will start attending unsafe homes in a bid to curb over-representation of Aboriginal children in State care. The Department of Communities will refer families at risk of having children removed to Mission Australia. Staff will ...

The Conversation AU
Explainer: how Tasmania's Aboriginal people reclaimed a language, palawa kani
The Conversation AU
Across Australia, an estimated 250 Indigenous Australian languages and hundreds more dialects were spoken before the British arrived. The cultural disruption caused by invasion has resulted in more than half of these languages vanishing. In parts of ...

The Conversation AU
Explainer: how Tasmania's Aboriginal people reclaimed a language, palawa kani
The Conversation AU
Across Australia, an estimated 250 Indigenous Australian languages and hundreds more dialects were spoken before the British arrived. The cultural disruption caused by invasion has resulted in more than half of these languages vanishing. In parts of ...

SBS (blog)
Expert Opinion: Traditional Indigenous healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gap
SBS (blog)
Ngangkari are Aboriginal healers of the Anangu of the Western Desert in Central Australia, which includes the Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra and Yankunytjatjara peoples. In some places, particularly South Australia, ngangkari are increasingly being ...

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SBS (blog)
Expert Opinion: Traditional Indigenous healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gap
SBS (blog)
Ngangkari are Aboriginal healers of the Anangu of the Western Desert in Central Australia, which includes the Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra and Yankunytjatjara peoples. In some places, particularly South Australia, ngangkari are increasingly being ...

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The Guardian
Native title system 'embeds racism', Australia's first Indigenous silk says
The Guardian
Australia's first Indigenous silk, Tony McAvoy, says the native title system “embeds racism” and puts traditional owners under “duress” to approve mining developments or risk losing their land without compensation. McAvoy, speaking at a forum in ...

The Guardian
Native title system 'embeds racism', Australia's first Indigenous silk says
The Guardian
Australia's first Indigenous silk, Tony McAvoy, says the native title system “embeds racism” and puts traditional owners under “duress” to approve mining developments or risk losing their land without compensation. McAvoy, speaking at a forum in ...

Herald Sun (blog)
COLONISATION DIDN'T BASH THESE WOMEN
Herald Sun (blog)
The latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, released in February, show that indigenous women are 32 times more likely than non-indigenous women to be hospitalised because of family violence. Similarly, indigenous men are ...
We cannot ignore the effects of colonisation on indigenous communitiesThe Australian
Blind Justice? Not in our experience.IndigenousX (press release) (blog)

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NEWS.com.au
Aust breaching standards: Indigenous group
NEWS.com.au
A submission by the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations group, representing traditional owner organisations across the Murray-Darling Basin, says the Water Act is inconsistent with Australia's international obligations under the Biodiversity ...

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NEWS.com.au
Aust breaching standards: Indigenous group
NEWS.com.au
A submission by the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations group, representing traditional owner organisations across the Murray-Darling Basin, says the Water Act is inconsistent with Australia's international obligations under the Biodiversity ...
Call for Water Act to further recognise Indigenous rights, interestsABC News

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Aust breaching standards: Indigenous group
NT News
A submission by the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations group, representing traditional owner organisations across the Murray-Darling Basin, says the Water Act is inconsistent with Australia's international obligations under the Biodiversity ...

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The Australian
Aust breaching standards: Indigenous group
The Australian
"After decades of advocacy, Basin governments are beginning to acknowledge First Nations' rights and interests in water, yet Australia's Water Act and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan fall far short of international standards of recognising Aboriginal ...

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InDaily
Marshall aims to build 'stronger' relationship with APY communities
InDaily
He said last week a number of senior Aboriginal leaders in South Australia had questioned him about Marshall's commitment to Aboriginal affairs, including on issues relating to the treaty process – which Marshall has ended – and remote Indigenous housing.

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