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Jandamarra: The outlaw who fought to save his country and people from colonisation
ABC News
More than 100 years ago, 30 police officers went searching for an Aboriginal warrior feared by authorities across Western Australia. His name was Jandamarra. His home? Bunuba country, nestled in the remote landscapes of the Kimberley. Picturesque ...

The Guardian
'A most resolute lady': the radical resistance of Indigenous women
The Guardian
Louisa was a young girl when she was abducted by sealers from a beach near the heads of Port Phillip Bay and carried off to a distant, wind-swept island in the Bass Strait. Her mother, grandmother and aunt are also said to have been taken that day. The ...

The Guardian
'A most resolute lady': the radical resistance of Indigenous women
The Guardian
The life that lay in store for them included decades of bonded labour as seal hunters, private domestics and oftentimes sex slaves to their captors, who were known to have each held up to seven native wives at a time while ensconced among the remote ...

Aboriginal bark paintings of Australia on display in China
Xinhua
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition featuring over 100 pieces of Australian aboriginal bark painting opened Tuesday at China's National Museum in Beijing. It is the first time for the traditional paintings, which were created on bark by ...

The Australian
Indigenous Round to address lack of netball diversity
The Australian
South Australia's Aboriginal Netball Academy allows 25 high school students to spend a day per week at the Thunderbird's home stadium, where they split their time between studying and training. This year, the team's own Fiona Fowler has signed on as a ...

The Australian
Indigenous Round to address lack of netball diversity
The Australian
South Australia's Aboriginal Netball Academy allows 25 high school students to spend a day per week at the Thunderbird's home stadium, where they split their time between studying and training. This year, the team's own Fiona Fowler has signed on as a ...

Rights for first peoples make it 'clear' an advisory role is needed
The Australian
“We have an understanding that Aboriginal people have a right to exercise their wishes for the future, not only as citizens of Australia and through the political institutions available to all Australians but through this particular means that would ...

Rights for first peoples make it 'clear' an advisory role is needed
The Australian
The objection that it would privilege indigenous Australians over others ignored the fact it was “essential to recognise the rights of indigenous peoples to their lands, territories and resources”, a right distinct to those of other minorities ...

The Australian
Johnny Mawurndjul: hunter, fisher and country chronicler
The Australian
Mawurndjul's extraordinary trajectory as an artist, especially from the time his work was included in Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia in New York in 1988 and in Magiciens de la terre in Paris in 1989, and during his travel to Aratjara: Art ...

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Banking royal commission hears funeral plan targeted Aboriginal customers
ABC News
The first company under scrutiny, Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund (ACBF), describes its funeral plan as "tailored to meet the needs" of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Tracey Walsh from Mooroopna in Victoria gave evidence of her ...
Financial sharks targeted Indigenous Australians: Royal CommissionNine
Funeral insurer targeting Indigenous Australians ignored court ordersThe Sydney Morning Herald
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companiesThe Guardian
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Tennant Creek children involved in break-ins to steal food, Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion told
ABC News
The Country Liberal Party's Opposition Leader Gary Higgins even called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to take a greater interest in northern Australia's Indigenous issues. Along with the Social Services Minister Dan Tehan, Senator Scullion visited ...

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The Guardian
'Pragmatic' approach now likely in Indigenous voice to parliament, Pat Dodson says
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians will become more “pragmatic” in efforts to construct a voice to parliament after Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of the proposal, Labor senator Pat Dodson has said. Dodson and Liberal MP Julian Leeser, the co-chairs of the joint ...

Investment Magazine
Big Super Day Out criss-crosses Queensland
Investment Magazine
Locating lost super has been a top priority for the Big Super Day Out, which has been designed to help Indigenous communities improve their financial literacy. The days are also about raising awareness of the financial challenges Indigenous Australians ...

Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard  ABC Local

From the arrival of the First Fleet to the trauma of the Stolen Generations, the fight for land rights and the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the story of Indigenous ...

Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard  ABC News

From the arrival of the First Fleet to the trauma of the Stolen Generations, the fight for land rights and the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the story of Indigenous ...

Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard  ABC News

From the arrival of the First Fleet to the trauma of the Stolen Generations, the fight for land rights and the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the story of Indigenous ...

Herald Sun
Royal commission hears how finance companies exploit Aboriginal people
Herald Sun
“Sorry business” after an Aboriginal person's death is a major, expensive ritual that can last for weeks, so the targeting of indigenous Australians for funeral insurance plans is a special focus of the banking royal commission. The Aboriginal ...

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NAIDOC 2018: Because of her, we can
ABC News
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year, we acknowledge the invaluable contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
NAIDOC Week celebrations in ParkesParkes Champion-Post
Celebrating NAIDOC Week is to celebrate strength of indigenous womenPort Stephens Examiner
Far North Queensland borrowers thought higher interest rates were better for themThe Australian
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The Guardian
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companies
The Guardian
Car dealers also targeted Indigenous people with high-interest loans and useless insurance, taking advantage of needing a car in remote communities, said Financial Counselling Australia's Lynda Edwards. “Some car dealers will actually drive into ...
Far North Queensland borrowers thought higher interest rates were better for themThe Australian
Bank fees eroding up to 10% of income in remote communitiesThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companies
The Guardian
Car dealers also targeted Indigenous people with high-interest loans and useless insurance, taking advantage of needing a car in remote communities, said Financial Counselling Australia's Lynda Edwards. “Some car dealers will actually drive into ...
Bank fees eroding up to 10% of income in remote communitiesThe Sydney Morning Herald

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