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Gippsland Times
Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians
Gippsland Times
Dementia expert Kylie Radford, who led the research published in the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, says she hopes the study could go some way to explaining why the rate of dementia in Australia's Indigenous population is three to four ...

The Conversation AU
We need to stop innovating in Indigenous housing and get on with Closing the Gap
The Conversation AU
The tenth anniversary of the launch of the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) Closing the Gap agenda came and went, with the usual (often exasperated) commentators noting the lack of progress. The Australian Human Rights Commission was ...

ABC Online
Rottnest Island 'tent land' closure an important day for Aboriginal people
ABC Online
It would be correct to say, moreover, that this is the largest mass burial site in Australia. The Act to Constitute Rottnest Island as a Legal Prison 1841 was designed to ensure that the "Aboriginal race… may be instructed in useful knowledge and ...

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ABC Online
Rottnest Island 'tent land' closure an important day for Aboriginal people
ABC Online
It would be correct to say, moreover, that this is the largest mass burial site in Australia. The Act to Constitute Rottnest Island as a Legal Prison 1841 was designed to ensure that the "Aboriginal race… may be instructed in useful knowledge and ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous sides ready to re-trace steps of pioneers
The Sydney Morning Herald
She grew up in Sydney, and is now an Indigenous leader. But because of her mother's disjointed childhood, the star Australian all-rounder is still learning about her heritage. Gardner though, is part of history. Later this week she flies out to England ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous sides ready to re-trace steps of pioneers
The Sydney Morning Herald
She grew up in Sydney, and is now an Indigenous leader. But because of her mother's disjointed childhood, the star Australian all-rounder is still learning about her heritage. Gardner though, is part of history. Later this week she flies out to England ...

Geelong Advertiser
Graham “Polly” Farmer and Sir Doug Nicholls honoured with murals ahead of the Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round
Geelong Advertiser
“Both Dad and Polly's work helped to improve the lives of indigenous Australians and will continue to do so in the future as we celebrate their legacy.” The Sir Doug Nicholls Round will continue to be celebrated through all matches of Round 11 ...

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Geelong Advertiser
Graham “Polly” Farmer and Sir Doug Nicholls honoured with murals ahead of the Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round
Geelong Advertiser
“Both Dad and Polly's work helped to improve the lives of indigenous Australians and will continue to do so in the future as we celebrate their legacy.” The Sir Doug Nicholls Round will continue to be celebrated through all matches of Round 11 ...

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ABC Online
Former Aboriginal prison on Rottnest Island closed for tourist lodging
ABC Online
Photo: The Quod, the Rottnest prison that was built by and housed Aboriginal prisoners. (720 ABC Perth: Emma Wynne). Aboriginal men were taken from all over Western Australia and imprisoned on the island from 1838 until 1904. Aboriginal heritage ...

Golf Australia
Second shot for First Nations
Golf Australia
Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia are again joining forces to back an initiative to provide indigenous students from across the country the chance to compete on the big stage. On the back of its previous success, the First Nations team will ...

SBS
Gold medal awarded to Australian Green Ant Gin
SBS
Green ants have traditionally been used by Indigenous Australians as medicine, but Something Wild first harvested them for René Redzepi's Noma Australia pop-up in 2016. The demand from restaurants has since exploded, with a kilo of green ants now ...

ABC Local
Hobart should adopt dual Aboriginal name nipaluna passed on by leader Wurati, community says
ABC Local
Australia's second-oldest city was named after Colonial Secretary Lord Hobart. While the adoption of kunanyi for Mount Wellington has been embraced by the community, the suggestion to build a Truth and Reconciliation Art Park at Macquarie Point has ...
Will Hobart take on an Indigenous name?SBS

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ABC Local
Hobart should adopt dual Aboriginal name nipaluna passed on by leader Wooreddy, community says
ABC Local
Australia's second-oldest city was named after Colonial Secretary Lord Hobart. While the adoption of kunanyi for Mount Wellington has been embraced by the community, the suggestion to build a Truth and Reconciliation Art Park at Macquarie Point has ...
Will Hobart take on an Indigenous name?SBS

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ABC Message Stick
Last of Rabbit-Proof Fence sisters, whose trek home was made into famous film, dies
ABC Message Stick
At the time, Western Australia had a policy of removing children from Aboriginal parents and taking them into state care for "integration" into western society. Tens of thousands of Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families until ...

National Indigenous Times
Deadly virus sparks meeting in Alice
National Indigenous Times
Representatives of Aboriginal community-controlled health services in Central Australia, Alice Springs Hospital and key research groups will meet in August as an $8 million taskforce is launched to tackle the potentially deadly HTLV-1 virus in Australia.

National Indigenous Times
Deadly virus sparks meeting in Alice
National Indigenous Times
Representatives of Aboriginal community-controlled health services in Central Australia, Alice Springs Hospital and key research groups will meet in August as an $8 million taskforce is launched to tackle the potentially deadly HTLV-1 virus in Australia.

ABC Online
'I was told I couldn't do it because I was Aboriginal': Erika Chapman-Burgess's journey to becoming a doctor
ABC Online
Life expectancy: Close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation; Employment: Halve the gap in employment by 2018; Reading and writing: Halve the gap in reading and numeracy for Indigenous ...

ABC Online
'I was told I couldn't do it because I was Aboriginal': Erika Chapman-Burgess's journey to becoming a doctor
ABC Online
Life expectancy: Close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation; Employment: Halve the gap in employment by 2018; Reading and writing: Halve the gap in reading and numeracy for Indigenous ...

National Indigenous Times
Lovers of design: pull up a chair
National Indigenous Times
Top Indigenous designers from around Australia and the Torres Strait have been invited to show their creations. Work will include graphic design by Marcus Lee Designs in Victoria, Balarinji Designs in New South Wales and Galimbaa Designs in Queensland.

ABC Message Stick
Hazel Hawke's Barunga gifts on display to celebrate historic statement's 30th anniversary
ABC Message Stick
The exhibition is a collaboration between Parliament House and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). "They're important because of their association with the Barunga Statement, which is an object of ...